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[Chickenwings]

whats under the pink blanket? looks cozy...

someone changed the tuners to grovers (my fave!)

and the bridge pickup too (custom):

nice lump of mahogany:

i bought it to be an electric slide workhorse, but it plays so damn nice and fast it seems like a shame to do that to it!
It has a nice chunky 50s style neck and hangs nice and even on the strap too!
winning!

Ive got an a259n and a PGb hanging around in my parts drawer, so they will probably go in tomorrow. I don't really need the extra grunt of the custom and i like A2 sweetness, so hopefully that should make it a pretty sweet sounding axe.

 

[Nacho8807]

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Nice score! I gotta say SGs are about the only kind of guitar where I prefer the looks of a covered hb as opposed to open coils. Might be because of all the lower level "cheap" SGs usually come open coil. Hope you enjoy it!

 

[thebowl]

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Very nice! Perfect guitar for slide, IMHO. HNGD.

 

[Chickenwings]

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yep nacho i agree with you on the nickel covers for sgs.....ill be doing that tomorrow.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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That A2 59n is gonna be awesome in your SG (great looking guitar, by the way).

I don't know about the PGb, however. You may love it. My preference for a great sounding and very versatile bridge pup in an SG is the Custom 8. Very solid, meaty, great mids, tight bass, present highs but not piercing/brittle (like in the stock Custom).

 

[Chickenwings]

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i do have a couple of A8 mags here...i could put one in there just to see before i desolder anything.

something ive noticed...the "in between" position sounds pretty crap. The neck pickup is the stocker gibson (490r?) which sounds pretty nice on its own. I wonder if there is some kind of phasing issue between duncan and gibson pickups? Its no big deal because i have the 59 ready to go...just wondering really.

 

[JeffB]

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Congrats.

And yeah. Mismatch is a problem with 490r and custom in the middle toggle position.. Had that issue 20+ years ago in my old black standard.

 

[FuseG4]

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awesome!
love the full pickguard.

 

[BloodRose]

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Awesome score! beauty! I had an
Epi G400 and put a C8 and a 59b in the neck and it was a killer guitar..

 

[Mad-Max]

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Man, I would totally Iommi the sh*t out of that thing!

 

[Ayrton]

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Sweet!

 

[Chickenwings]

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im probably the first person since the early 70s to neither play any acdc or sabbath riffs on a new sg. Hell, i haven't even stepped on an overdrive pedal yet. Early days i guess. Still getting a feel for how the wood resonates. Its very deep and clear and really sings all the way up the neck. I might save up for another one of these!

 

[Jermo3178]

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awesome... congrats!

 

[BTMN]

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Nice SG! Getcha some Angus Young on with it. :headbang:

 

[Chickenwings]

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ok so in the last 24 hours its had 3 sets of pickups in it.
currently its running an a259n and a CC in the bridge. they balance up nicely and have plenty of grunt without any fizz. I know a lot of folks say a CC is no good in an SG but im pretty stoked - probably because the rounded top end is more forgiving on the scraping and clanging you sometimes get when playing slide sloppily!

 

[BloodRose]

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You have to use your own ear as far a pups that appeal to you. Cant go by what works or doesnt for others. I personally loved a C8 in my SG, but your ears,style and amp set up may work better with the CC. Glad you are digging the guitar!