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Hi folks.
Came across this forum while looking for options for reconstructing my '74 SG Standard. Long story short: this was my first guitar, purchased in 1983. I was originally told it was a '67, but dating these things in those days was, as you probably know, virtually impossible. Serial# points to '70 - '73, depending on the source, but the pots are clearly stamped 12th week of '74, so I'll go with that.
I've never been a "leave it stock" person and over the years, I've had a number of different pickups and wiring schemes in it. I also stripped and refinished it (originally cherry, horribly faded from sunlight, now natural). Somewhere along the line, I painted the pickguard and it has since disappeared.
I also have a '60 Supro Belmont, a 2003 Ibanez AG75, and a FrankenPaul that currently consists of a Cortez neck and a Lincoln body. All except the AG75 are works-in-progress.
I haven't played the SG in over two years because the last, and hopefully final modding, was interrupted by a number of things. I'm currently building a wooden cover plate/pickguard/backplate and wiring it up again. All of the previous mods and regular use made it necessary to remove the front side of the control rout and cover it back up. I always wanted more room in there anyway. Things are in motion and I thought I'd introduce myself before posting pics of the progress.
Came across this forum while looking for options for reconstructing my '74 SG Standard. Long story short: this was my first guitar, purchased in 1983. I was originally told it was a '67, but dating these things in those days was, as you probably know, virtually impossible. Serial# points to '70 - '73, depending on the source, but the pots are clearly stamped 12th week of '74, so I'll go with that.
I've never been a "leave it stock" person and over the years, I've had a number of different pickups and wiring schemes in it. I also stripped and refinished it (originally cherry, horribly faded from sunlight, now natural). Somewhere along the line, I painted the pickguard and it has since disappeared.
I also have a '60 Supro Belmont, a 2003 Ibanez AG75, and a FrankenPaul that currently consists of a Cortez neck and a Lincoln body. All except the AG75 are works-in-progress.
I haven't played the SG in over two years because the last, and hopefully final modding, was interrupted by a number of things. I'm currently building a wooden cover plate/pickguard/backplate and wiring it up again. All of the previous mods and regular use made it necessary to remove the front side of the control rout and cover it back up. I always wanted more room in there anyway. Things are in motion and I thought I'd introduce myself before posting pics of the progress.
