N(old)GD coming.

Swampy

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Went to Guitar Center today to look at Soul Food and OCD pedals. As I was walking in, I looked up on the guitar racks and saw something I haven't seen there before. I honestly haven't seen many of them at all.

I immediately asked someone to take it down. I took it for a test spin on a Blues Deluxe Reissue. Played awesome, sounded killer, and I wasn't going to get this one get away from me like the Alpine White Les Paul did.

With a deposit put down, it should be growling through my Deluxe Reissue by the end of this coming week.

Here's a teaser. And if you saw my brief thread in the pickup section, please don't spoil.

Any guesses? And no I didn't buy any pedals. Just picks.

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Dude, anyone who even glanced at that thread already knows 😎

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If you haven't seen it yet, it's new to you.
 
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Doesn't Guitar Center charge extra for checking? I heard it was an extra dollar per linear inch of check line.
 
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It looks as though my NGD date may be pushed back a week. Hopefully only a week. Damn truck issues!

Anyway, here's what it is. 1974 Cherry SG2. Not a lot of love for SG 2's, it seems, but the thing plays and sounds so sweet. Plus, I've always kind of been attracted to the odd ball/ugly duckling's of guitars. The Wilkinson mini humbuckers will go, and probably get replaced with SD Antiquity ll's.

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Went and played it for a bit today, and did notice a couple things with it. One, and not a big deal, but the nut is shifted a little to the low E. I can always pop it off, and reglue that. The other is one of the posts for the bridge, high E side, is the slightest bit canted towards the neck. While there, I loosened all the strings, removed the bridge and screwed down the post more, and it seemed to help a little bit.

One thing I was told today, was that their "vintage" guitars, you only have 72 hours to return it. Not 30 days like anything else.
 
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That guitar looks so broken in and inviting, I just want to wrap it around me like a favorite blanket!

Congrats!
 
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Damn! That thing OOZES mojo!!!!!!

Don't touch a thing on it!!!!!
 
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masta' c said:
That guitar looks so broken in and inviting, I just want to wrap it around me like a favorite blanket!

Congrats!
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I agree, that is very nice! Nothing like the look and feel of an old guitar, and if they sound as good as they look, then you just found a new friend for a while.
Congrats and thanks for sharing this with us.
 
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That is certainly odd. The switches are the first thing to go on those, so check them.
 
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Aceman said:
Well, since you brought it up first...

I'd replace those knobs with original Gibson silver top hats

And Seynourized is never a bad choice for under those chrome covers....
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If you're going for original, that guitar would've shipped with witch hat knobs. Pretty sure Gibson stopped using top hats on SGs in '67 or '68.
 
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