DreamInScales
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What makes an SG so special in your opinion?
Why an SG?
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chilipeppermaniac
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Why?
See your post..
The SG is a Guitar player's best friend. Try one for yourself and you will get your answer!!!!
See your post..
The SG is a Guitar player's best friend. Try one for yourself and you will get your answer!!!!
Alex_SG
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Light weight, awesome looks, screams like a banshee, yet can be subtle like a harp... Got it all in one kick ass package!
chilipeppermaniac
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Alex, Have you seen this....
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I have it and I think you'd enjoy it if you have not seen it yet.
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I have it and I think you'd enjoy it if you have not seen it yet.
GibsonSG
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Because they are friggin awsome!! I use my les paul when I break a string or have a different tuning, but for tone, comfort ,playability, looks my sg is always my number 1 
Here it is when I brought it home way back in 2007!!
Here it is when I brought it home way back in 2007!!
chilipeppermaniac
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Because they are friggin awsome!! I use my les paul when I break a string or have a different tuning, but for tone, comfort ,playability, looks my sg is always my number 1
Here it is when I brought it home way back in 2007!!
Gibson SG, welcome to the ETSG and that is a simple yet great and beautiful foto. Nice Pair!!!!
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To sum it up, basically because the sg was made as an improvement over the les Paul, making it lighter, more comfortable to play, and have better upper fret access. Also, it can be said that although the sg has less bass end than the les Paul, it has more bite and more punch for those classic rock tones, and many people say that it has more defined and clearer clean tones, which makes it very versatile.
And because that thing just looks bitchin'!
And because that thing just looks bitchin'!
dbb
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We had a similar thread a while ago...
My take - it has all the best features of a Les Paul, but better fret access and is light enough not to need chiropractic care.
Between the versions with humbuckers or P90's almost every flavor of "Gibson" (and quite a few others) is covered.
Plus, you can play anything from jazz, blues, country to rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, heavy metal rock, etc. on it and it works.
It works well.
Gibson made many great ( and over-rated, too) guitar designs. Great ones like the Les Paul, ES-175, 335/45/55, and of course the SG.
Which was one of their biggest sellers. Why - a great guitar overall.
One of our dear senior members (I forgot which) called the SG the perfected Les Paul..or that the Lester was the SG prototype!
My take - it has all the best features of a Les Paul, but better fret access and is light enough not to need chiropractic care.
Between the versions with humbuckers or P90's almost every flavor of "Gibson" (and quite a few others) is covered.
Plus, you can play anything from jazz, blues, country to rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, heavy metal rock, etc. on it and it works.
It works well.
Gibson made many great ( and over-rated, too) guitar designs. Great ones like the Les Paul, ES-175, 335/45/55, and of course the SG.
Which was one of their biggest sellers. Why - a great guitar overall.
One of our dear senior members (I forgot which) called the SG the perfected Les Paul..or that the Lester was the SG prototype!
DreamInScales
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Nice. I'm sold.
Will definitely happen for me. I'm torn between old and new. I want to go vintage for the cool factor but mostly for the tone. I am a big believer in aged wood and the sound that evolves as the guitar gathers 'character'.
Going new would be nice also since, well, it would be new.
If I go old, not sure I want to spend for a 60's model but might consider an early 70's. Not concerned with collect-ability or perceived market value; just play-ability and tone.
How do SG Forum generally weigh in on buying new/versus vintage in terms of value and tone?
chilipeppermaniac
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That dreaminscales guy's av reminds me of Jerry Garcia. Either that or Sasquatch,Who is it?
Col Mustard
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I'm old enough to have looked longingly at SGs played by working musicians at dances and parties circa 1965 to 1970 something when I began gravitating toward the acoustic world of folk festivals and concert series.
In 1965, Les Pauls were discontinued, unavailable. They'd been so since 1961. They were passe. Strats were cool, Telecasters seemed kind of dated in a Buck Owens sort of way. SGs were radical. The horned god of rock. I never got it about Rickenbackers or Gretch, those always seemed like also-rans. *ducks thrown objects... I know, I know. Those have fans. But I tried to play a 325, and hated the crampy neck... I tried to play a Gretsch something and it was a real struggle. Crossed them off my list.
I always liked the looks of the SG as a young buck... it seemed like one of the coolest guitars around. It still is. Some guitars that were designed to be radical now seem like icons of tradition. Like the Strat. Put a strat silhouette up on the wall, and everybody knows: "Electric Guitar... Rock an Roll!"
When the Strat was new, it was radical enough to take the top of your head off, and the design has aged very well... Some of the best music out there is played and has been played on the Fender Stratocaster from 1954. But the SG still looks radical, to me anyway. The SG still has some of the most rebellious tone out there, but can also sound sweet and jangly, clean and jazzy... maybe the more aggressive shredder type guitars don't have this kind of versatility. So there is the factor of adaptibility to individual style, rather than slavish obedience to trend.
But having said all that, I'll tell you that for me, I always wanted one, and never bought one till I was 60. That thing about getting set in your ways when you're older is no joke. I looked at the SG like it was a life ring, maybe I was drowning in a sea of repetition and rewriting myself, and needed to eject from that trajectory. The SG was just the thing. It forced me to learn how to play all over again (which I embraced with enthusiasm) and popped me out of my comfortable balloon into thin air, and said, 'Fly."
I love my SG. It's the best guitar of any kind I have ever played. Why an SG? Because it comes alive in your hands, and then it does anything and everything you ask of it. I read crybaby posts by guys who bought one and can't get past the surface of it, finding flaws in their new Gibson's looks or detailing. But it's about the sound and the feel of it IMHO... SGs have a soul that it's up to you to find.
Me, I bonded with mine right in the store, out in public with nobody watching. By the time i'd played it for 15 minutes unplugged it wouldn't have mattered what color it was, or whether it had ebony board or baked maple, or whether it was made of three pieces or five, it wouldn't have mattered if it was a Special or a Custom, I had to whip out my Mastercard and take it home. The feelings it aroused in me were fierce. I couldn't stand the idea of putting it back on the shelf so some other Jocko could put his paws on it. That's why an SG. It's almost five years later now, and I still feel the same.
In 1965, Les Pauls were discontinued, unavailable. They'd been so since 1961. They were passe. Strats were cool, Telecasters seemed kind of dated in a Buck Owens sort of way. SGs were radical. The horned god of rock. I never got it about Rickenbackers or Gretch, those always seemed like also-rans. *ducks thrown objects... I know, I know. Those have fans. But I tried to play a 325, and hated the crampy neck... I tried to play a Gretsch something and it was a real struggle. Crossed them off my list.
I always liked the looks of the SG as a young buck... it seemed like one of the coolest guitars around. It still is. Some guitars that were designed to be radical now seem like icons of tradition. Like the Strat. Put a strat silhouette up on the wall, and everybody knows: "Electric Guitar... Rock an Roll!"
When the Strat was new, it was radical enough to take the top of your head off, and the design has aged very well... Some of the best music out there is played and has been played on the Fender Stratocaster from 1954. But the SG still looks radical, to me anyway. The SG still has some of the most rebellious tone out there, but can also sound sweet and jangly, clean and jazzy... maybe the more aggressive shredder type guitars don't have this kind of versatility. So there is the factor of adaptibility to individual style, rather than slavish obedience to trend.
But having said all that, I'll tell you that for me, I always wanted one, and never bought one till I was 60. That thing about getting set in your ways when you're older is no joke. I looked at the SG like it was a life ring, maybe I was drowning in a sea of repetition and rewriting myself, and needed to eject from that trajectory. The SG was just the thing. It forced me to learn how to play all over again (which I embraced with enthusiasm) and popped me out of my comfortable balloon into thin air, and said, 'Fly."
I love my SG. It's the best guitar of any kind I have ever played. Why an SG? Because it comes alive in your hands, and then it does anything and everything you ask of it. I read crybaby posts by guys who bought one and can't get past the surface of it, finding flaws in their new Gibson's looks or detailing. But it's about the sound and the feel of it IMHO... SGs have a soul that it's up to you to find.
Me, I bonded with mine right in the store, out in public with nobody watching. By the time i'd played it for 15 minutes unplugged it wouldn't have mattered what color it was, or whether it had ebony board or baked maple, or whether it was made of three pieces or five, it wouldn't have mattered if it was a Special or a Custom, I had to whip out my Mastercard and take it home. The feelings it aroused in me were fierce. I couldn't stand the idea of putting it back on the shelf so some other Jocko could put his paws on it. That's why an SG. It's almost five years later now, and I still feel the same.
Mr. Happy
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'Cause SG's are built to rock the f**k out!!!
Col Mustard
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oh and to answer a question from the OP... I recommend you buy one that you can bond with like I did in the tirade above. There's so much at stake in the buying and selling of vintage guitars that the criminal factor makes it an arena to avoid. Forget about the vintage mojo...
there's never been a better time to buy a new or recent Sg. --well, yes there has, it was about three months ago when Gibson was marking down their 2012 models and the deals were unbelievable. so regard all posts from that time as unbelievable, and get the best used version you can afford. I'd recommend you go to a brick & mortar store where you can play a number of them, and see if one comes alive in your hands like what happened to me.
Ignore all discussion of old Gibsons, those are now in the rarified country of the collector and the bank vault and the armed guard... which is nowhere's ville. Get a good recent one, new if you can afford it or used for good value. I believe the baked maple fretboard models of the recent past may increase in value simply because they are discontinued now and limited in supply. and they play and look fine. but get one that sets a fire in your belly... there's so much satisfaction in playing it, I just can't tell you in words.
there's never been a better time to buy a new or recent Sg. --well, yes there has, it was about three months ago when Gibson was marking down their 2012 models and the deals were unbelievable. so regard all posts from that time as unbelievable, and get the best used version you can afford. I'd recommend you go to a brick & mortar store where you can play a number of them, and see if one comes alive in your hands like what happened to me.
Ignore all discussion of old Gibsons, those are now in the rarified country of the collector and the bank vault and the armed guard... which is nowhere's ville. Get a good recent one, new if you can afford it or used for good value. I believe the baked maple fretboard models of the recent past may increase in value simply because they are discontinued now and limited in supply. and they play and look fine. but get one that sets a fire in your belly... there's so much satisfaction in playing it, I just can't tell you in words.
chilipeppermaniac
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Colonel,
Today my new SG, Brown Sugar took me back to Howlin Wolf and Albert King as I found the sounds they were laying down. I just worked on Killing Floor and Born Under a Bad Sign and was happy how it was sounding.
Today my new SG, Brown Sugar took me back to Howlin Wolf and Albert King as I found the sounds they were laying down. I just worked on Killing Floor and Born Under a Bad Sign and was happy how it was sounding.
DreamInScales
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I'm sure you recognize my AV as JG enjoying a roll-your-own
chilipeppermaniac
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Yup, Scales. That was what I thought but also made a funny in my bud smitty's direction cuz of his Sasquatch. Welcome here!!!
chilipeppermaniac
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I just love you tube vids where the guy plays the song on the turntable!!!!!
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