Your unique SG

[Dorian]

I scalloped the neck of one of my SGs in 2010. The depths of scallops were set to match my fingers.

It is by far my favorite for lead guitar work, and now I developed a delicate touch for chords, too.











(The finishing went well. I had practiced scalloping on a beater strat copy, which is still a nice guitar with some rough edges.)

 

[dub-setter]

 

[Madmatt]

I've been adding some mods to future tribute.

The stock plastic was one ply junk, so I swapped the control cavity cover with the one from my old g-400 (which was shielded 3-ply). I took the switch washer off and put this on instead

Which started life as a Georgia state quarter, I drilled a hole into it so it could be mounted.. The only hard thing was finding a coin with a design that wouldn't be obliterated by the hole.

I swapped the pickups to a symore duncan screamin' demon in the neck (which is a 70/80 style hot paf) and a dimebucker in the bridge (super hot bill Lawrence style blade pickup.)

And I replaced the chrome barrel knobs it came with, added reflecter top hats.

I plan on changing the truss rod cover, ripping out the factory pcb and rewiring, and I'd really love to put a stetsbar on it. But every thing is on hold until I get someone professional to look at the frets, they were wierd out of the box, and I don't really have the skills to deal with them.

 

[Metal89]

Those dimebuckers are killer but I dont have any experience with the screaming demon, how is it??

 

[Madmatt]

Those dimebuckers are killer but I dont have any experience with the screaming demon, how is it??

It awesome! It's got a warmer sound with more present mids, so it's good for alot of classic hard rock stuff that would use a gibson (led zeppelin, ac/dc, slash, ect.). It pushes overdrives like crazy in the neck, but it cant take the insane levels of gain the dimebucker can.

Oh, it's a bit noisy too, that could just be the one I have though.. I did buy it used

 

[Metal89]

Very cool!!

 

[Dave Johnson]

Maybe not a "one of a kind" SG, But one of few sporting a Bigsby B7.

I saw a couple of em here & just had to do it. Always been a Bigsby fan, even had a mid 70's SG with a factory B5 on it. But the B7 just does it for me! The guitar is just a run of the mill 2005 61 reissue. Added the Bigsby & a roller bridge close to a year ago and never regretted a thing.

 

[shreddy bender]

She's been seen here before but here's Helena. Slightly modified '03 Special Faded.

 

[shreddy bender]

Oh and by the way... she effing rocks in case you were wondering.

 

[eS.G.]

Maybe not a "one of a kind" SG, But one of few sporting a Bigsby B7.

I saw a couple of em here & just had to do it. Always been a Bigsby fan, even had a mid 70's SG with a factory B5 on it. But the B7 just does it for me! The guitar is just a run of the mill 2005 61 reissue. Added the Bigsby & a roller bridge close to a year ago and never regretted a thing.

I played this one.........it is WONDERFUL. and way more fun in person than in pics!

 

[loganwebb]

I played this one.........it is WONDERFUL. and way more fun in person than in pics!

Wicked

 

[JohnnyGoo]

that Red 61 SG with the B7 just kills me every time i see it.Bad to the Bone lookin there now

 

[javamagic]

Modify to make special, my arse! You made it from scratch to make it special.

True, but the thread didn't ask "How did you modify your SG?", it asked what made yours unique.

You've got the skills and all the jigs to make your own Cipollina SG. I can send you some patterns for the fiddly bits and then you can spend hours cutting little bits of pearl for the inlays.

 

[Col Mustard]

I've been adding some mods to future tribute.

The stock plastic was one ply junk, so I swapped the control cavity cover with the one from my old g-400 (which was shielded 3-ply). I took the switch washer off and put this on instead

Which started life as a Georgia state quarter, I drilled a hole into it so it could be mounted.. The only hard thing was finding a coin with a design that wouldn't be obliterated by the hole.

I plan on changing the truss rod cover, ripping out the factory pcb and rewiring, and I'd really love to put a stetsbar on it. But every thing is on hold until I get someone professional to look at the frets, they were wierd out of the box, and I don't really have the skills to deal with them.

Kernel says: very cool mods on a very cool SG. Love the switch washer especially.
But even more, I love that little Orange Micro Terror sitting on that 4/10 Continental. The little Terror can really move
some air that way. That's another thing you can do to your SG to make it unique... Plug it into an Orange Micro Terror
and run as big a cab as your budget (or your back) will allow. Here's mine with my 1/10 + 1/12 cab as well as a smaller
1/8 cab for hauling to practice. It might get loud...

 

[Madmatt]

Kernel says: very cool mods on a very cool SG. Love the switch washer especially.
But even more, I love that little Orange Micro Terror sitting on that 4/10 Continental. The little Terror can really move
some air that way. That's another thing you can do to your SG to make it unique... Plug it into an Orange Micro Terror
and run as big a cab as your budget (or your back) will allow. Here's mine with my 1/10 + 1/12 cab as well as a smaller
1/8 cab for hauling to practice. It might get loud...
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Yeah man.. For sure.

But the amp isnt a continental, its a old hughes and kettner, the old owner pulled the nameplate off, and I added that badge (it's the door insignia off a 70s Lincoln continental from the junk yard)

 

[12ay7a]

I want to see what you've done to make your SG one of a kind.

Not a lot visibly, But a few things, starting with some Ron Ellis P90s. These are juicier than the Gibsons, microphonic, more note bloom, more gusto. Hard to quantify but these are like the old ones and others are not.

Also, Grover Rotomatics. I hate tulip heads. String-saver saddles which, in this case, ADD tone. Treble bleed kit which I'll photograph soon, but I don't feel like tearing it apart. Switch indicator made just for me and my attitude.

 

[Ron]

I'll wait another 20 years until all the 2013 rubbed vintage white SGs have been modified and mine becomes unique by default

I've added a bigsby with a vibramate to my 50's tribute, so that's a pretty unique sounding guitar with all of that p90 goodness!

Can't upload the photo though... File is too large... It's the guitar in my profile pic!

 

[Biddlin]

;>)/

 

[Col Mustard]

that's cool, a maestro on a classic! makes sense to me.

 

[RTH]

Epi's dreaded amber knobs ? Come on !

He doesnt get the joke. Its really an inside thing between us Epiheads.