Strange Gibson SG

[idsnowdog]

I'm not sure what this is? The pickups look like they are the Low-Z pickups from the 70's for "recording" guitars. I have seen Les Pauls and Flying V's with them but not an SG. https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/133303694

 

[JB_From_Hell]

That is weird.

 

[hamerfan]

That's a SG250 (2 pickups, 2 slide switches and cherry red) built from 1971 to 1972. They replaced the Melody Maker guitars as lowest model in the Gibson programm. They share the same hardware and pickups as the MM.
I had a SG100 (1 pickup and walnut color) for a very short time with a horrible mod - a scalloped fingerboard. I used it as slide guitar, but did not like the MM style pickup.

 

[Wattage]

hamerfan is correct

 

[BluesMan335]

Hideous.

 

[beaubrummels]

Les Paul Juniors and Melody Makers were the same kind of student guitar when they came out, but now they are collectable, valuable, sleepers, aren't they?

 

[Ashurbanipal]

^^ Yeah, the earlier ones are. These not so much - thicker maple body, very shallow headstock angle, big heel and general aesthetics turn off Gibson peeps.

There was a Sam Ash spot model of these which came with Gibson logo T-Tops, probably the most desirable out of them.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I had one of those briefly, ages ago. The pickups sounded just awful. Got rid of it very quickly.
Personally I wouldn't pay $600 for that guitar, despite it being a 70s Gibson.
Super low-budget model, likely the very bottom of the line at the time.
I'm not sure if that's the original case for this guitar.

 

[Lovegun]

I would rock it if I got it cheap, but not for 1400 bucks. The body looks like two pieces with different finishes. The back of the guitar. doesn't look that bad.

 

[ICTGoober]

You could install any number of stacked single coil sized humbuckers and get a good sound.

 

[Securb]

I think those are the same pickups that were in my Epiphone Wilshire. If so they suck.

 

[ErikH]

Considering how it's beat up, low desirability, original tuners replaced, and generally crappy pickups, that's an overhaul candidate. I'd strip it down, paint it a solid color, put a SG Jr style pickguard on it, slap a Hot Rails in the bridge slot, and make a custom control plate in place of the stock one. Yeah, it would look totally different. A single-pickup rock and roll machine. But not for $1400. No way it's worth that.

 

[Blille]

Considering how it's beat up, low desirability, original tuners replaced, and generally crappy pickups, that's an overhaul candidate. I'd strip it down, paint it a solid color, put a SG Jr style pickguard on it, slap a Hot Rails in the bridge slot, and make a custom control plate in place of the stock one. Yeah, it would look totally different. A single-pickup rock and roll machine. But not for $1400. No way it's worth that.

Or you could just buy a SG Jr instead

 

[idsnowdog]

It stopped being a candidate for me when it reached $100. i just thought it looked strange.

 

[ErikH]

Or you could just buy a SG Jr instead

Yes. Yes, I could. But I have one now. That I built. With a P-90.

Assimilate them all.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Hm, this somewhat known guy used one for a bit too.

 

[jeremy]

pffft... hes wearing white pants!

 

[ICTGoober]

Well, he was in a lounge act at the time, so natch!

 

[jeremy]

that explains the shirt too

 

[zizyphus]

My first guitar was a '64 Gibson Melody Maker that my father tried to learn on. Found it in my grandparents basement as a teenager.

It. was. terrible.

it played terribly, even after a setup, and the tone was awful. The melody maker single coil is thin like you'd expect from a single coil, but also doesnt have the treble chime that you get from a strat.

A close friend of mine got interested in playing around the same time, and bought a squier strat at the same time. Not one of the newer, nicer squiers - I'm talking about a 90s squier, well before Classic Vibe and the other higher-end squiers. It nevertheless completely destroyed my Gibson in every way.