Incoming NGD! (Gibson SG content)

Tig · Nov 26, 2013

Arriving Friday, unless the weather gets even nastier, my first Gibson.

Gibson SG Standard - Natural Burst
This exact one...

smaller than recent model headstock

Jipes · Nov 26, 2013

Very nice guitar I always admire the simplicity and efficiency of those SG models, in the hands of Derek Trucks, Frank Zappa or Angus young they do miracles

Tig · Nov 26, 2013

Jipes said:
Very nice guitar I always admire the simplicity and efficiency of those SG models, in the hands of Derek Trucks, Frank Zappa or Angus young they do miracles

Merci, Jipes!

In my hands, they do gut spasms. :thwap

Jipes · Nov 26, 2013

Don't be too hard with yourself pleasure is not directly proportional to guitar skills :dance

tjcurtin1 · Nov 26, 2013

That was very well said, Jipes. Tig, I love that color/finish on an SG - first time I've seen it - is it just natural mahogany? Enjoy it, she's a beauty!

piebaldpython · Nov 27, 2013

Oh dude.......love the color of your SG. Tig, what kind of wood is that? Dunno if that's mahogany. I have a lap steel in mahogany and it's considerably darker than yours. Anyway, your axe looks awesome. Hope it sounds just as good. Enjoy.

helliott · Nov 27, 2013

Tig said:
Arriving Friday, unless the weather gets even nastier, my first Gibson.

Gibson SG Standard - Natural Burst
This exact one...

smaller than recent model headstock

Wow. That looks a lot like an SG I had -- colour and all -- about 30 years ago. Sold it cause I needed the dough for a new amp. Wish I hadn't. It was great especially for slide. Now I'm gassin for another having seen yours.

Tig · Nov 27, 2013

tjcurtin1 said:
That was very well said, Jipes. Tig, I love that color/finish on an SG - first time I've seen it - is it just natural mahogany? Enjoy it, she's a beauty!

piebaldpython said:
Oh dude.......love the color of your SG. Tig, what kind of wood is that? Dunno if that's mahogany. I have a lap steel in mahogany and it's considerably darker than yours. Anyway, your axe looks awesome. Hope it sounds just as good. Enjoy.

Thanks, all. It is mahogany with a mild "natural burst" finish. The recent price drop brought it into my radar.
The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive on this model, which has the '57 Classic pickups and 60's neck profile.

The Grand Vizier · Nov 28, 2013

Congrats Tig beautiful guitar mate.
I have only owned one Gibson an SG Special 60's tribute, I loved the guitar but not those P90's.
I even replaced the pickups with another brand of P90 to no avail so it had to go,plenty of guys like P90's but they are not my cup of java..
One day I will buy another but with 'buckers.

Tig · Nov 29, 2013

The cat trap has arrived!

Luckily it included a new SG.

In excellent condition. It is very loud unplugged. The fit and finish are perfect.
I'll replace the strings and adjust the action and intonation later.

tjcurtin1 · Nov 29, 2013

Unplugged?!? Unplugged?!? Well, plug 'er in, man!

piebaldpython · Nov 29, 2013

Just beautiful......... that's a real nice case too. Isn't how funny how cats love boxes? Baby Cobra has 4 cats and they all love boxes.

Brian Krashpad · Nov 30, 2013

Dang Doug, I saw that on Wein's first, but CONGRATS AGAIN!

Tig · Nov 30, 2013

OK, this guitar wasn't supposed to be this good. After lowering the bridge and intonating just the D string, I plugged it in.

Keeper. The individual string clarity is better than any guitar I've owned or played. Through a clean amp the highs ring. I've never had hum buckers that are bell like. I can get almost tele twang with a compressor pedal. Finger picked chords let each note sing. It also sustains longer than my other guitars, but I didn't expect it to.

Cranked amp, she comes alive like an angry mountain lion. The neck pickup punches out that wood producing woody tone above the 12th fret. The bridge purrs with great low string harmonics and bite.

Hey, I know the honeymoon just started, but Gibsons aren't supposed to be this good anymore. I'm supposed to be cussing at Henry J about how their quality is in the sh** can these days. Maybe I got lucky or maybe certain models have better consistency than others.

All I know is this guitar is fantastic and I love it. Will Mrs. T let her in our bed, even if I don't name her?

Brian Krashpad · Dec 1, 2013

Name her after Mrs. T! She can't fault you having TWO of her!

Tig · Dec 1, 2013

Brian Krashpad said:
Name her after Mrs. T! She can't fault you having TWO of her!

You, sir, are a genius! :bravo:

mrmudcat · Dec 7, 2013

wowza!!!!

Duffy · Dec 22, 2013

I just saw this. What a beautiful SG.

I bought one of the older style full pickguard ones in heritage cherry when they were getting ready to release these new Standards and it is a super nice SG - 490/498 pickups. Mine is a super nice guitar and sounds great, plays great, etc. Best Gibson I've bought yet.

Yours is so cool looking with that light natural burst or whatever it is and I especially like fifty seven classic pickups. I have them on my Epiphone Tribute LP plain top and they are really nice pickups.

How are you enjoying this guitar after some time has now passed? I bet you really like it. What amp are you playing it thru?

Good luck with it and I suppose you have something new coming for Christmas?

Tig · Dec 23, 2013

Duffy said:
I just saw this. What a beautiful SG.

I bought one of the older style full pickguard ones in heritage cherry when they were getting ready to release these new Standards and it is a super nice SG - 490/498 pickups. Mine is a super nice guitar and sounds great, plays great, etc. Best Gibson I've bought yet.

Yours is so cool looking with that light natural burst or whatever it is and I especially like fifty seven classic pickups. I have them on my Epiphone Tribute LP plain top and they are really nice pickups.

How are you enjoying this guitar after some time has now passed? I bet you really like it. What amp are you playing it thru?

Good luck with it and I suppose you have something new coming for Christmas?

Thanks, Duffy. The '57 pickups are copies of Seth Lover's design and spec's (but in the day they varied quite a bit). They create the exact humbucker tones and range I've been hunting. I'm in love with everything about this guitar. With a wide Brookwood Leather strap, it has no neck dive. I've been playing it mostly through the Egnater Tweaker 15 for the nice touch responsive feel. Best Christmas present ever!

Duffy · Dec 23, 2013

Tig said:
Thanks, Duffy. The '57 pickups are copies of Seth Lover's design and spec's (but in the day they varied quite a bit). They create the exact humbucker tones and range I've been hunting. I'm in love with everything about this guitar. With a wide Brookwood Leather strap, it has no neck dive. I've been playing it mostly through the Egnater Tweaker 15 for the nice touch responsive feel. Best Christmas present ever!

Yeah, I agree, the wide straps work really good, especially with the rawhide side down toward your shirt. The padded smooth ones don't works so well. I like the '57s, no problem there. I also like the Gibson 490/498 because it has a lot of variety of tone, the neck being an alnico 2 and the bridge a hot'ish alnico 5. What I really like thru some fairly strong overdrive is the Dimarzio SuperDistortion I have in one of my LP's. That pickup really makes the distortion or overdrive sing.

I really like the SG's. I see they have some selling for as little as four hundred and something, brand new Gibsons. They seem to mostly have maple set necks, but that doesn't sound like a bad idea, especially if you have broken a mahogany neck before - dropping the guitar, getting it knocked over, etc.

Have fun with that and the Tweaker. It produces some decent gain if that is what you want.

Congratulations again on that beautiful guitar.

otaypanky · Jan 2, 2014

Sweet :thumbsup

Duffy · Jan 7, 2014

Yes, really nice guitar and SG in particular.

I'm sure that is real mahogany. Natural mahogany is a light blonde or dirty blonde color and is usually stained or tinted to give it the heritage cherry hue or whatever other color. The back on my new PRS SE Santana is natural mahogany and it is a rich blonde color, then there is a light blonde maple cap with a beautiful Santana yellow flamed maple veneer on the top. I should post a picture of it.

I know you are having fun with that SG. Don't let it fall over. You don't want to have to deal with that.

Tig · Jan 7, 2014

Duffy said:
Yes, really nice guitar and SG in particular.

I'm sure that is real mahogany. Natural mahogany is a light blonde or dirty blonde color and is usually stained or tinted to give it the heritage cherry hue or whatever other color. The back on my new PRS SE Santana is natural mahogany and it is a rich blonde color, then there is a light blonde maple cap with a beautiful Santana yellow flamed maple veneer on the top. I should post a picture of it.

I know you are having fun with that SG. Don't let it fall over. You don't want to have to deal with that.

Thanks, Duffy!

Yep, she's a natural blonde! I used to work with custom carved mahogany doors and mantels, so I love the stuff. One type of mahogany was straighter grained and blonde while the other was more pink or mixed in color with a sometimes swirled grain. I get the Asian and Honduran mahogany mixed up now, so I don't remember which was which.

I keep my guitars in this stand, but will come up with a loop of some kind as a backup measure to keep them from falling. They are naturally tilted towards the wall, but nothing is completely safe outside of a hard case.

marnold · Jan 11, 2014

Wow! Very pretty indeed. If it sounds half as good as it looks . . .

ZMAN · Jan 15, 2014

Always been my favourite guitar. I have owned one since 1969. It is of course the P90 version. I hadn't played it for a while but decided to bring it out. I liked it so much I bought a Humbucker version a couple of years ago. It is by far my fav. I have Gibson Les Pauls and an ES335, and the SG is still my main go to guitar. Like Duffy I have the 490/498 pickup set and just love them. I like the extra punch of the bridge at 13.50. I have always been a fan of those pickups. My next fav would be the 57s.
I also have an Epi G400. I had a right handed one and a guy wanted to trade a lefty for a righty. I did the deal and the Lefty came with Gibson pickups. I will be giving that one to my Grandson when he gets a little bigger.
How do you like the playing position. I have always been a fan of the double cut. It makes playing the higher frets so much easier.
With the Kluson type tuners you will never get neck dive on an SG. The G400 comes with grovers and they are just too heavy.
I am amazed that more people don't buy SGs. They are amazing bang for the buck in the Gibson line.

Tig · Jan 16, 2014

ZMAN said:
Always been my favourite guitar. I have owned one since 1969. It is of course the P90 version. I hadn't played it for a while but decided to bring it out. I liked it so much I bought a Humbucker version a couple of years ago. It is by far my fav. I have Gibson Les Pauls and an ES335, and the SG is still my main go to guitar. Like Duffy I have the 490/498 pickup set and just love them. I like the extra punch of the bridge at 13.50. I have always been a fan of those pickups. My next fav would be the 57s.
I also have an Epi G400. I had a right handed one and a guy wanted to trade a lefty for a righty. I did the deal and the Lefty came with Gibson pickups. I will be giving that one to my Grandson when he gets a little bigger.
How do you like the playing position. I have always been a fan of the double cut. It makes playing the higher frets so much easier.
With the Kluson type tuners you will never get neck dive on an SG. The G400 comes with grovers and they are just too heavy.
I am amazed that more people don't buy SGs. They are amazing bang for the buck in the Gibson line.

I'm really loving the vintage tones the 57's create. The playing position is great either sitting or standing. I don't have neck dive problems since I use a wide strap from Brookwood Leather. The only problem is with the strap locks, the strap has a half twist to attach properly, where a key holed strap can line up on either side. The upper fret access is perfect.

This is certainly a keep forever guitar for me. The quality is spot on and I love the sound and feel of it. The 2013 year end closeout sale dropped the price down to $899, which is a great deal.

kidsmoke · Jan 17, 2014

I've been trying to remain GAS free for a while now, but a great tele and a Pelham blue SG continue to haunt me, and this report sure ain't helping. Beauty guitar Tig. Congrats.

otaypanky · Jan 19, 2014

Reverse the strap lock for the neck button Doug, then there's no twist ~

Tig · Jan 19, 2014

otaypanky said:
Reverse the strap lock for the neck button Doug, then there's no twist ~

I thought about that, but like to use the strap on my other guitars.
Then again, this one deserves it's very own dedicated strap! :socool

cebreez · Jan 25, 2014

It's carnal lust for sure!!!! Been wanting one those bad boys in piano black for a while now. Just when I got my finances right someone else got theirs wrong. Congrats!! Super Nice Axe!!

Hope to have my first Gibson SG soon as well! Been wanting to get my hands sweating on one at Guitar Center but the closest one to me is Nashville Tn. Everyone that works there right down to the cashier girl plays 10 times better than I do. A little intimidating to say the least. So keeping pounding on it Tig!!!

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