Hi from scotland

[alans sg]

Hi all Alan from Scotland here , just found this great place this morning and decided to join up , long time SG user , an epi sg400 for a long time and last year i picked up my first Gibson , a 2007 special faded , i swapped out the 490 combo pups and installed a 57c and a 57c+ , it mostly get played through my 1981 jcm800 half stack , looking forward to learning plenty on this site , cheers
Alan

 

[Markm]

Hello & welcome!
Sounds like you have some great gear!
Love those 57s myself

 

[alans sg]

Hi Markm and thanks for the welcome mate , that old marshall rocks , i've had it for well over 23 years and it's never missed a beat :) i also have an old peavey mace and a vox ac15 , gotta love tube amps .
guitar wise a have the gibby sg , 3 epi lp's and sheraton , 2 80's mij fender strats and an 82 westone thunder 1a , great for zappa stuff , a tele and a pile of pedals , cheers
Alan

 

[eS.G.]

Welcome and we are going to need pics! That sounds an amazing stable you have there. MMM and a Peavey Mace and Westone Thunder? MMMMM ampie-goodness.....(and the VOX rocks as well) pics yes we need pics! :-)

Cheers and enjoy the site.

 

[sgtbeefheart]

Welcome to the forum Alan.

What part of Scotland are you in?

I was born a "Bankie", and lived in Edinburgh.

 

[alans sg]

Hi eS.G and thanks for the welcome as well , here's a few pics for you
my 3 epi lps , l - r 05 custom crome with sd 59's , 08 hb std with pearly gates bridge and bb1 in the neck , 97 custom elite bb2 and 490 in the neck , all wired 50's with pio caps and switchcraft switch and jack


westone thunder 1A , 1982 , all stock apart from the frets (someone made it a fretless wonder )


97 sheraton


1985 mij fender strat 7 reissue , refinished in nitro

 

[alans sg]

and more
07 gibson sg special faded , it now has 57 and 57+ pups with nickel cover , wired 50's and the usuall goodies


the back of the sg and my 89 mij fender strat std ( usa pups , pio caps ect ) in the background


peavey mace in 6 x 12 mode ( it can move some air )

1981 marshall jcm800 and 06 epi sg400


and marshall in half stack mode with epi lp's


hope you enjoy the pics , cheers
Alan

 

[alans sg]

and the mace

 

[alans sg]

hi , Sgt beefheart , i'm just ootside motherwell mate no to far fae embra , cheers
Alan

 

[sgtbeefheart]

OK alan, well hing aboot here, yur sure tae enjoy yersel. :)

 

[alans sg]

, hi , will do , are you still livin in embra ? cheers
Alan

 

[sgtbeefheart]

No I left there in '63, moved to the UK with the parents.

Will be taken back at the end.

 

[Biddlin]

Welcome and thanks for the pictures of that nice collection!
;>)/

 

[alans sg]

thanks very much Biddlin , cheers
Alan

 

[CHall1525]

Welcome and nice gear! You've started off well with us by posting pictures! We love pictures around here

I see you sanded the neck on the SG. I did this to my faded SG and absolutely love it. Soo smooth. Cant bring myself to do it to my Standard though, even though I know I would like it.

 

[alans sg]

Hi CHall1525 thanks for the welcome and glad you liked the pics , as for the neck on the sg , it had numerous wee dings and was very sticky ( dunno what the last owner was about) but a wee rub with 800 grit wet and dry removed what finish there was in seconds , so i tried to get most of the dings out (without altering the shape of the neck) and now the neck is super smooth and very playable :) . (i've been doing this to epi's and fenders for years with great results :) , cheers
Alan

 

[LeadFinger]

Nice gear, Alan, and welcome to the forum!

 

[Heket]

Welcome Alan! Alan! Alan! Sorry, you must get that all the time, if you're around people who watched "Walk on the Wild Side"

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So, uh, more related to guitars, that's some fine gear you have there! A Special faded with 57s and a JCM800, you surely can't go wrong with that. I'm a wee bit jealous! Also like the Westone.

 

[alans sg]

Hi lead finger , thanks mate glad to be here

Hi Heket , thanks for the ALAN welcome i used to watch that myself :) i used to visit relations in southend and canvey island many moons ago , and yes the old jcm does that to people , i got it for a song 20 odd years ago and as for the old westone i only picked that up last year , ( i had one back in the 80's ) first thing i ad to do was refret it , some bugger had filed the frets flat cheers
Alan

 

[AC 30]

Great gear you have there alan sg.
Love those SG Specials...I'm refining mine at the moment in Les Paul Gold. The 57c and 57c+ are the best pickup for the SG...well at least for one of your SG's. :)
That pic of your SG400 in front of the Marshall is Classic.
Great to have you here to share in all the fun. I've learned so much from my time here and learning more everyday.
Lots of laughs too. There's a world of stuff in all the sub forums within Everything SG. So welcome aboard and enjoy the ride.