SG Owners - Show your SGs

These show your ________ threads are interesting and worthwhile as there are usually some interesting and excellent guitars posted.

Couldn't find any decent pictures of my Standards, however, I did find these. Yes, I know they are awful.
First is an old Walnut SG FIrebrand which I bought in the late 80's. It is a simple guitar with a fast and smooth neck with ebony fingerboard. I've had way too many pickups in this guitar over the years and have settled for a DMZ 36 Ann neck and the Air Norton in the bridge.

Next is a 93 Batwing. I really hate batwing SG's. I walked into a local store one morning and the owner said he had a guitar for me to try and handed me this guitar. It is absolutely the best playing SG I've held. It has a DMZ PAF Master pickup set.

Last one is my 24 fret Charvel Dinky. I swear, I must be on the oldest members of the board and have never owned a Fender. The 24 fret has SSL6's in the neck and middle positions. The original bridge pickup was a Full Shred, which I swapped for a Custom. The selector switch picks either the front or rear coil of the custom to run with single coils and the sounds are very useable. There is nothing 2nd rate about this guitar, the bridge, the pickups, the neck, and the hardware are all excellent.
Also, I've got a gold, 22 fret Dinky with SSL6's and a Hot Rails. Considering there is a 2 fret difference between the guitars, they play very differently

Eventually I'll get some good pictures of my SG's and other guitars and post them.




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Next is a 93 Batwing. I really hate batwing SG's. I walked into a local store one morning and the owner said he had a guitar for me to try and handed me this guitar. It is absolutely the best playing SG I've held. It has a DMZ PAF Master pickup set.

Are you sure that's a '93? If it is, the bridge has been replaced as well as (obviously) the pickguard. I'm curious as the transition year from ABR to Nashville bridges for Gibson USA SG Standards and Specials was 2003. My black SG is a 2007 and my blue/green one is 2003, and they both had factory Nashville bridges.

I've always liked the look of '61 style SGs, but I vastly prefer batwing SGs in practice. The redesigned neck joint vastly improves tuning stability, and they tend to be less neck-heavy too. They don't hold tune as well as my Explorer, Les Paul, or 335, but they sure weigh a lot less.
 
Are you sure that's a '93? If it is, the bridge has been replaced as well as (obviously) the pickguard. I'm curious as the transition year from ABR to Nashville bridges for Gibson USA SG Standards and Specials was 2003. My black SG is a 2007 and my blue/green one is 2003, and they both had factory Nashville bridges.

Thanks for catching my error.

This was a consignment guitar at a respectable local shop. The store owner told me that the owner had too many guitars and this was one of several guitars that had to go. I've had the guitar a few years and don't remember checking the serial number.
So, I just put the serial number into a checker and the date comes as Feb 4, 2003.
Now that I've had a minute to think about the guitar, it was factory stock. The pick guard, wiring, and pickups were replaced under my ownership. The store owner deals with good quality used instruments and accurately represents his merchandise, so I suspect that he told me it was a 2003 and may have heard the number wrongly or recalled the wrong number.
 
2013 61 SG Standard, 57 Classics and Maestro Vibrola.
First Gibson I'd owned in 34 years. Picked this up in summer of 2019.
Scratches my Gibson itch without going full on LP.
 

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​My black SG was pretty popular in years past... The blue/green one joined it about a year ago.
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Sameth - 2007 Gibson SG Standard ('50s neck) in Ebony
  • SD P-Rails w/ Triple Shot rings - pull neck tone for series, pull bridge tone for phase
  • Refretted w/ Jescar 57110-S & nibs removed
  • Tuned to E standard
Ellimere - 2003 Gibson SG Special in Blue/Teal Flip-Flop
  • SD Custom / Jazz - pull neck tone to split both (hum-canceling), pull bridge tone for series
  • Tuned to Drop-D
Both guitars:
  • Bigsby B5 w/ VibraMate Short Tail
  • Tone Pros roller bridge
  • 500K CTS volume pots
  • 500K CTS push-pull tone controls w/ .015 & .022 Orange Drops wired 50s style
  • Gotoh locking Klusons
  • TUSQ-XL nut
  • Dunlop Strap Locks
  • PRS Lampshade knobs
  • Knob pointers
  • Blank trussrod cover
  • D'Addario EXL-110 10-46
I'd really love to refret the blue one too, but not sure when that'll be in the budget. The black one as it stands is pretty much the perfect guitar for what I'm playing these days.

What are your thoughts on the PRails?
 
What are your thoughts on the PRails?

They're versatile; the Triple Shots allow four different sounds from each pickup. The P90 and rail are self-explanatory, while series and parallel provide two additional sounds. Series is comparable in output to a JB or Custom, and it sounds somewhat like a Gibson Iommi 'bucker. Parallel OTOH is similar to a '59 in terms of output, but sounds somewhere between the P90 and a bright PAF. The only sound I don't use is the neck pickup in series as it's just too hot and fat to be usable with my rig. Overall I probably use both P-Rails in parallel about 2/3 of the time or slightly more.
 
Dude where the hell have you been? Nice to see you dropping into the old haunt.

Stressful job, then stressful job hunt. Should be done now so I'm revisiting some fun places. Nice to see you, too.

My photography is kinda limited now, no longer have my house in BOS.
 
that thing is awesome man. jrs and esquires arent the easiest guitars to gig hard with but they reward those who take the time to find the way
 
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