SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
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these_go211
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Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
i already own one of my "perfect SGs:" the classic. red, p-90s, fat neck. bought mine for $650 in 2005. everything is stock on it. now i think they run around $900. the other perfect one would be the 61 re-issue. think that is around $1600. hey, look at me, i don't need to stinkin' custom shop!
i already own one of my "perfect SGs:" the classic. red, p-90s, fat neck. bought mine for $650 in 2005. everything is stock on it. now i think they run around $900. the other perfect one would be the 61 re-issue. think that is around $1600. hey, look at me, i don't need to stinkin' custom shop!
ibanezrocks
HardtailPisser
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
Small pickguard, humbucker bridge and p90 neck, the neck joint from the Standard (not the one from the 61RI). Possibly a metallic finish in blue or copper, with the headstock from a LP Custom and white neck binding. I'd also want the neck a tad thinner and flatter both in fretboard radius and back contour, but only a tiny bit. I'd use that for everything.
Small pickguard, humbucker bridge and p90 neck, the neck joint from the Standard (not the one from the 61RI). Possibly a metallic finish in blue or copper, with the headstock from a LP Custom and white neck binding. I'd also want the neck a tad thinner and flatter both in fretboard radius and back contour, but only a tiny bit. I'd use that for everything.
El CHupacabra
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here's what really ticks me off: The doublecuts. The one horn on the left is just marginally larger than the other and IT KILLS ME!!! If they're that close to symmetry, why not just shave off the extra 2 ounces of wood and make it symmetrical??? It doesn't throw off the balance of an ES-335 does it? If I had my perfect SG, it would have 2 P90s and PERFECT SYMMETRY!
here's what really ticks me off: The doublecuts. The one horn on the left is just marginally larger than the other and IT KILLS ME!!! If they're that close to symmetry, why not just shave off the extra 2 ounces of wood and make it symmetrical??? It doesn't throw off the balance of an ES-335 does it? If I had my perfect SG, it would have 2 P90s and PERFECT SYMMETRY!
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
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Beautiful! You're a lucky boy.
I own it already I just have to put it back together (easier said than done)
'62 SG Custom one of my absolute dream guitars, this one isn't mine but ideally what mine will look like when done.
Beautiful! You're a lucky boy.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
I like that slight asymmetry, gives it a nice look. Anyone can make things symmetrical. That doesn't take any imagination.
You need to relax more son. Between this & your avatar, you come across as just a wee bit unstable; women & children probably run from you. Have you tried decaf? Horse tranquilizers?
I like that slight asymmetry, gives it a nice look. Anyone can make things symmetrical. That doesn't take any imagination.
You need to relax more son. Between this & your avatar, you come across as just a wee bit unstable; women & children probably run from you. Have you tried decaf? Horse tranquilizers?
Pink Unicorn Horsey
Megä Pöny Rÿdr
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
I'm not ashamed to admit that if that thing were in my house, I'd try to mount it. Just too sexy!!!
I own it already I just have to put it back together (easier said than done)
'62 SG Custom one of my absolute dream guitars, this one isn't mine but ideally what mine will look like when done.
I'm not ashamed to admit that if that thing were in my house, I'd try to mount it. Just too sexy!!!
mudpuppy
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Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
I'd go with a HB bridge (probably some type of A2) w/ triple shot, and 2 low-noise strat-type SCs. Because I like a thicker neck profile, and SGs tend to be neck-heavy already, I would want a dense body wood, maybe maple. For finish, I'd go blue washed quilt maple, including the headstock. Ebony fingerboard with oval abalone inlays. Mint pickguard and tuner knobs. Controls would probably be a 5-way strat switch and three concentric pot for independent tone & vol on each pup.
I'd go with a HB bridge (probably some type of A2) w/ triple shot, and 2 low-noise strat-type SCs. Because I like a thicker neck profile, and SGs tend to be neck-heavy already, I would want a dense body wood, maybe maple. For finish, I'd go blue washed quilt maple, including the headstock. Ebony fingerboard with oval abalone inlays. Mint pickguard and tuner knobs. Controls would probably be a 5-way strat switch and three concentric pot for independent tone & vol on each pup.
Simon_F
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Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
That's my perfect SG too. Basically one like Glen Buxton's. Fell in love with that when I first saw the back cover of "Love It To Death" in the early 70s.
GB and Michael Bruce with their SGs were really my prototype guitar heroes, several years before I even discovered Lizzy!
Picked up this Epi last year to tide me over until I win the lottery...
I own it already I just have to put it back together (easier said than done)
'62 SG Custom one of my absolute dream guitars, this one isn't mine but ideally what mine will look like when done.
That's my perfect SG too. Basically one like Glen Buxton's. Fell in love with that when I first saw the back cover of "Love It To Death" in the early 70s.
GB and Michael Bruce with their SGs were really my prototype guitar heroes, several years before I even discovered Lizzy!
Picked up this Epi last year to tide me over until I win the lottery...
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
I love SG's I just always end up going for Les Pauls. If I were gonna buy an SG today I'd get a 61ri and put a set of custom shop Duncans in it...based on Ants but with alnico 5 magnets.
If I were gonna have an SG built I'd get a 61ri with the neck profle of a R8 LP and the alnico 5 Ants...
I love SG's I just always end up going for Les Pauls. If I were gonna buy an SG today I'd get a 61ri and put a set of custom shop Duncans in it...based on Ants but with alnico 5 magnets.
If I were gonna have an SG built I'd get a 61ri with the neck profle of a R8 LP and the alnico 5 Ants...
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
+1. Clapton, Buxton, and Bruce did it for me when I was in my formative years. Loved SG's ever since.
+1. Clapton, Buxton, and Bruce did it for me when I was in my formative years. Loved SG's ever since.
El CHupacabra
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Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
TO Mr. Blueman
DOn'T evEr CalL mE unsStaBle Or I doN't eVen KnOW wHat i'lL enD uP doIng, buT it wON't bE CoOl!
And To juxtapose myself to the above message, I like symmetry. I think the whole world is better when you add some symmetry here and there. Not everywhere, but here, there. Certainly if the SG doublecut is that close to symmetry, why not just go the whole way with it, ya know? Maybe not, but It's something that bugs me about the design. Like the ES-335 again, that's perfectly symmetrical, and isn't it such a great aesthetic because of that? Easy on the eye AND the unstable-mind-craving-stability.
And women and children do not flee from me, but I can get a few shifty glances.
TO Mr. Blueman
DOn'T evEr CalL mE unsStaBle Or I doN't eVen KnOW wHat i'lL enD uP doIng, buT it wON't bE CoOl!
And To juxtapose myself to the above message, I like symmetry. I think the whole world is better when you add some symmetry here and there. Not everywhere, but here, there. Certainly if the SG doublecut is that close to symmetry, why not just go the whole way with it, ya know? Maybe not, but It's something that bugs me about the design. Like the ES-335 again, that's perfectly symmetrical, and isn't it such a great aesthetic because of that? Easy on the eye AND the unstable-mind-craving-stability.
And women and children do not flee from me, but I can get a few shifty glances.
Wattage
High Voltologist
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
Yeah Glen and Brenden Harkin from Starz had those old white SG's and they were big influences. I have a pic of Les with one when the SG/LP's first came out that always appealed to me as well.
Glen had a '61 or '62 that ended up with the horseshoe Bigsby and then the '64 with the Maestro. I keep thinking I'll grab one of those Epi Customs to hold me over. I am surprised how good most of the Epi SG's are. I shouldn't have sold the blue EE style Epi I had, it was a really good guitar.
Yeah Glen and Brenden Harkin from Starz had those old white SG's and they were big influences. I have a pic of Les with one when the SG/LP's first came out that always appealed to me as well.
Glen had a '61 or '62 that ended up with the horseshoe Bigsby and then the '64 with the Maestro. I keep thinking I'll grab one of those Epi Customs to hold me over. I am surprised how good most of the Epi SG's are. I shouldn't have sold the blue EE style Epi I had, it was a really good guitar.
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Skaforlifeologist
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
actually i changed my mind. it would be ebony black and pelham blue in alternating 1-1/2 inch diagonal stripes. instead of the phat cats, it'd be PPH, switching out the a2/a8 phat cat for an a2 custom/59 or similar, making the volumes push-pulls for coil cut, phase, and series for the neck and bridge pickups, and a mini-switch for taps(yes, TAPS) on the phat cats for more stratty sounds. the guard/trussrod cover/toggle plates would be creme.
actually i changed my mind. it would be ebony black and pelham blue in alternating 1-1/2 inch diagonal stripes. instead of the phat cats, it'd be PPH, switching out the a2/a8 phat cat for an a2 custom/59 or similar, making the volumes push-pulls for coil cut, phase, and series for the neck and bridge pickups, and a mini-switch for taps(yes, TAPS) on the phat cats for more stratty sounds. the guard/trussrod cover/toggle plates would be creme.
Pink Unicorn Horsey
Megä Pöny Rÿdr
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
Out of curiosity, how much would something like this go for?
I own it already I just have to put it back together (easier said than done)
'62 SG Custom one of my absolute dream guitars, this one isn't mine but ideally what mine will look like when done.
Out of curiosity, how much would something like this go for?
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
61 RI SG in ebony, with 50% increased body thickness, SD Iommi bridge and Seth Lover neck humbuckers, ebony fretboard, no inlays, black binding, and a Floyd Rose. Would be covered in massive amounts of skateboard, snowboard, metal and punk-rock stickers soon after arrival.
Musical style: Zerbofunkamoshadancecore :laugh2:
Expected price from the Gibson CS: about 4k MSRP / 2,5k street price
61 RI SG in ebony, with 50% increased body thickness, SD Iommi bridge and Seth Lover neck humbuckers, ebony fretboard, no inlays, black binding, and a Floyd Rose. Would be covered in massive amounts of skateboard, snowboard, metal and punk-rock stickers soon after arrival.
Musical style: Zerbofunkamoshadancecore :laugh2:
Expected price from the Gibson CS: about 4k MSRP / 2,5k street price
Admit it, the only reason they don´t run is because they´re locked in the classroom with you until the period is over :laugh2::beerchug:
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Simon_F
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Re: SG Lovers Only: Your Perfect SG
Aha, I thought he probably had two. The one on that album cover looks like the pickups are mounted on the guard, but in other pics he has one with black pickup rings and a small guard.
Aha, I thought he probably had two. The one on that album cover looks like the pickups are mounted on the guard, but in other pics he has one with black pickup rings and a small guard.
