NGD - '05 SG Classic

[Wattage]

Wasn't really looking for anything, I was helping a friend find something he liked and I stumbled across an '05 SG Classic. I thought it was a Special but I guess Gibson just wanted to play "Confuse the Guitar Junkie" that year :smack:

Someone fitted an ABR bridge on the Nashvillian posts and it flattened out a bit but otherwise it seems to be stock. Well they clearly replaced a white button tuner knob on the d string at some point but meh who cares? It works fine and just looks a little more "aged" I guess?

Picked it up yesterday afternoon and gigged with it last night, worked out great! From the nice chunky 50's-ish neck to the grind-y P90's I am smitten I tell ya. Got rid of a really cool early Heritage that I've been meaning to refin. It had just been sitting around for a few years now so I got away pretty clean and added nothing to the pile, win.

 

[Darg1911]

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Nice.

 

[ErikH]

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I hate you! (j/k).

I had one of those. The only reason it was sold was because we were expecting child #2 and we needed to stockpile cash since my wife doesn't get paid if she doesn't work. Absolutely LOVED that guitar. The only things I changed are the volume pots. Yanked the 300K's for 500K's, left the tone pots stock. It opened it up a little without getting crazy.

Great score, man.

 

[Wattage]

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I may change them to 500’s but we’ll see. I’ve done that before on some of my P90 Gibsons.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Nice! Reminds me of Sosomething’s and Pink Unicorn Horsey’s. Just needs a bigsby.

 

[Wattage]

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Well I’d rather a Maestro if I go trem but not really looking for that right now

 

[stevie_bees]

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Very sweet, I still need to scratch my P90 itch. I loved a Fret-King Esprit 3 that had 3 P90s a few years back. One day...

 

[shupe13]

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Congrats!

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[RorySquier]

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Wow...that's a great looking axe and with P-90 pick ups! It almost looks like Tony Iommi's red SG he had back in the early days of Sabbath.



;>)/

 

[beaubrummels]

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I have one of those! Love those guitars with P90’s! Nice score!

 

[Zombiwoof]

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If it has those Gibson logo pots like mine does you should probably change them all out. Those were CGE pots, and the internals on those are mostly plastic with a really narrow resistance path, inferior to the construction of CTS pots and the like. They are out of the pot business now, and I say good riddance. There is an article on a well-known LP forum (hint-hint) where the guy compares the construction of the CTS and CGE pots and you can see how the CGE's are inferior. My SG Classic had a bad CGE pot right out of the gate, IMO they suck.
Al

 

[Wattage]

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I've replaced stock Gibson pots when they fail but long as they're working I've got no real issue with them. I sprayed these with some cleaner and they spin a little better now which was the only hangup. I generally use CTS pots but lately I've been messing with some Bourns/SD pots and they work pretty well too.

The stock wiring on this guitar is super clean and works fine for now. It's remarkably quiet for P90's so I am not much looking to mess with it. I screw around with my guitars so much it is kind of nice to have a stocker for a change.

I have the feeling this and my '17 LP Trib are going to be my main gigging guitars for a while.

 

[ErikH]

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That guitar will sound amazing with The Heartless Devils stuff.

After I swapped out the volume pots in the one I had, I held on to the Gibson branded ones and recently put one in my Frankenstrat. The 300K works great with the Screamin' Demon I have in there.

 

[Troll]

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Congrats, that's a nice guitar. I already have an SG, but it would be nice with P90 SG in addition..

 

[Wattage]

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From the show the other night

 

[ErikH]

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And how did it do?

 

[Wattage]

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And how did it do?

Killed it, used it for the entire set we did. Didn’t retune once and just tweaked the eq a bit as the set progressed. I was using a house HR Deluxe so I wasn’t entirely sure i had it set where it needed to be at the start. Thing just plays and feels so right.

A few more pics in the link
https://infocusvisions.com/?p=7927

 

[DKSEARS]

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Nice! I’ve thinking of adding an SG to the stable, but haven’t found one I gel with, yet.


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[Securb]

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Nice find definitlly a you guitar.

 

[Wattage]

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Nice! I’ve thinking of adding an SG to the stable, but haven’t found one I gel with, yet.


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This is maybe the 6th one I've owned but I think I nailed it with this one.

and Securb you are not the only person hi has said that to me lol