SG Love

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threechordcharlie

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I had to sell my LP. I Lost my job and needed the money. I picked up an SG today and all I can say is gosh! I love it. I am the guy who always HATED the way these guitars look, and yet It plays like butter. I guess I'll have to stop wearing my glasses and just go with it huh?. Any body else out there who isn't really into the way one of thier axes looks, but still love the way it sounds?
 
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i love my SG Special. Congrats - sorry to hear about the LP though. I think we've all been there :(
 
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I've had some different experiences with SGs. I love the way they look and play but I can't take the tone. I've owned too and played several but all just sound a bit too thin for my tastes.
 
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I like them, i just can't play them. I'm too big, tall and fat. I look ridiculous playing one. I remember when I first started getting into guitars, I wanted one soooo bad cuz it's the axe that Angus Young played. But the first time i went to a guitar store and actually saw one, i was astonished at how small it was. Angus is so tiny, he makes it look huge!
 
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I like the sound but hate the feel of the necks. Most have been too cumbersome for my tastes.
 
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I'm a life-long SG lover myself. One of the world's great electric designs, and one that deserves more exposure in some genres (like blues). I'm a big guy (6'5") and think they're comfortable and just plain feel good. Those curves are in all the right spots. If Hendrix played an SG as his main guitar, a lot more people would own them today. There's a pro-Strat/anti-SG bias with some players, but funny thing is, that while they usually sound tinny with their Strats, they'd sound a lot better with an SG. Peer pressure does strange things to people. To me, playing an SG shows you're not following the herd, and gave some thought to the selection.

Whereas with LP's I prefer bighter PU's, in an SG, I lean towards warmer ones. I think some players have trouble with the sound as matching up PU's for your ideal tone doesn't always happen on the first attempt. But SG's can sound rich with some nice crunch when you hit it; Clapton proved that over 40 years ago. Tweak the PU's if you need to, and you have a guitar made for soloing.
 
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Thanks to Jimmy Page, I've always been a Les Paul lover and probably always will be.

but after the first time I picked up a SG, I immediately knew there was something about it. first, there was this tone similar to an LP, but with more bite. Total Angus guitar bite all the way. Roll back the tone knobs a little bit, put on both pups and you've got that deep dark Sabbath tone with leads on the bridge. Needless to say I was immediately blown away by the tone. Secondly, the SG was so much easier to play than my LP's. It was much more 'instinctive'. I could run and jump and not miss a note. My hands naturally fell where there should and chords and solos flew off the neck effortlessly.

Please don't tell my LP I've been cheating with the SG.

...and don't tell either of them I got the 335 pregnant.
 
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I was never a huge fan of the looks of an SG, so that, coupled with the fact that I play left handed and never actually got to play a real one, delayed the onset of my recent SG phase. Last December I was making the rounds and a local store had two left handed SGs...I picked one up and decades of "SG hate" melted away in seconds. Of the two, one was clearly superior, so I purchased it. Now it is vying with my Les Paul to be #1.

Forum member Zhangliqun wound me a killer set of HBs (with "splats") for it...it sounds awesome.
 
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I actually like the looks of the SG.

The verdict on my SG standard is still out. The neck pickup sound is awsome, but I have to do something about the bridge pickup. Another thing that might or might not work out is the fretboard position, which is shifted to the left. I don't like to look at my left hand constantly and I don't know yet whether I can get used to it.

Also need a non-black pickguard to break up the black/black/brown looks.
 
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About 2 years ago, I was at the local shop, they had this used white SG and I pulled it down, plugged it into a Fender HRD and the guitar just sang. I played so long that my wife actually called to ask where the heck I was. I didn't buy it (dangit) and to this day I have never found an SG that played or sounded that good. Man that SG rocked... If I ever found one that sounded as full and rich as that one and played as good, I would not pass up the opportunity again... (also bear in mind, I am a Strat guy)
 
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Not a gibson guy, but I still maintain that 1 day, I will own a 61ri. I will then drop Phat Cats in it, and rock the world.
 
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I freakin love my SG! i want a 61 reissue bad but for now my sg that I have now will do fine I've done so much with it and it's one of my two main gigging axes. I installed a bigsby myself. at one point the headstock started to crack which I repaired myself. me and this axe have been through a lot and it's one of my fav's that always feels like home.

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FAC said:
..I picked one up and decades of "SG hate" melted away in seconds.
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Don't know why some guys avoid SG's. As you've seen, keep an open mind, give one a try, and don't worry about what anyone else says. If it inspires you, that's all that matters.
 
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blueman335 said:
Don't know why some guys avoid SG's. As you've seen, keep an open mind, give one a try, and don't worry about what anyone else says. If it inspires you, that's all that matters.
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I think there's a perception that the SG is a poor man's LP—that it's less classy or not up to the same standards. I own an LP and an SG, and while what I play in my band calls for the LP, I'd rather be playing the SG. It feels better in my hands, and it offers more of the tone I'm after than my LP does. I love the LP, but not the way I love the SG.

- Keith
 
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Johtosotku said:
I've had some different experiences with SGs. I love the way they look and play but I can't take the tone. I've owned too and played several but all just sound a bit too thin for my tastes.
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Boy, you'd love my '75. It sustains better than my LPC and is twice as sexy. You can hear it on our myspace on a tune called "At the End of the Day", it's the screamy solo in the middle. It's NOT thin.

www.myspace.com/enigmaduo
 
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