The Best Tone I’ve Heard From An SG

[smitty_p]

Leave it to my man, Eric Johnson, to make great tones!

Admittedly, this is just a cell phone recording, but you can get a sense of the sound. Allowing for that fact, I think this is the nicest sound I’ve heard from an SG.

I already have tickets to his next concert in my area. I hope he breaks out his SG.

 

[67plexi]

Sounds like my SG

 

[Clockworkmike]

Leave it to my man, Eric Johnson, to make great tones!

Admittedly, this is just a cell phone recording, but you can get a sense of the sound. Allowing for that fact, I think this is the nicest sound I’ve heard from an SG.

I already have tickets to his next concert in my area. I hope he breaks out his SG.

I always think AC/DC when i think of an SG, like Pavlov's Dog really lol but Eric gets a great sound on anything from Strats to 335s to SGs

 

[iblive]

I always think AC/DC when i think of an SG, like Pavlov's Dog really lol but Eric gets a great sound on anything from Strats to 335s to SGs

SGs. I also think AC/DC…. But also this chap named Tony and another that went by Zappa.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

Sounds like my SG

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Dicky Betts setup, my favorite.
Nylon saddles and the Gibson whammy.
Is that a '67?
I used to have one of those but it was red.

 

[Clockworkmike]

SGs. I also thing AC/DC…. But also this chap named Tony and another that went by Zappa.

Absolutely! Those two are also guys, along with Frank Marino and Robby Krieger i think of when i see an SG and it was Iommi and Angus that lead me to wanting one.

 

[67plexi]

Dicky Betts setup, my favorite.
Nylon saddles and the Gibson whammy.
Is that a '67?
I used to have one of those but it was red.

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1/1965 1964 spec.

 

[smitty_p]

I always think AC/DC when i think of an SG, like Pavlov's Dog really lol but Eric gets a great sound on anything from Strats to 335s to SGs

A little-known fact is that the studio version of Cliffs of Dover was recorded using an ES-335.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

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1/1965 1964 spec.

I love the way the neck extends out from the body.
They changed that on later SGs. I guess it was too much boing factor.
Didn't they call that a Les Paul? Or was it called an SG? I forget which year the name changed...

 

[Clockworkmike]

I love the way the neck extends out from the body.
They changed that on later SGs. I guess it was too much boing factor.
Didn't they call that a Les Paul? Or was it called an SG? I forget which year the name changed...

If i remember correctly, Les Paul didn't like the new look of the SG ( though Mary Ford did for its weight and profile) so he left Gibson around 1962 ( coinciding with his divorce ironically) and requested they drop his name by 1963. I have seen later years though with the Les Paul SG truss rod covers and allegedly Gibson still used them until they ran out of them

 

[BFT Gibson]

my mains always

 

[iblive]

While I don’t own a genuine Gibby SG. I do have a G400 and I sure like it.

 

[Cadorman]

I was just playing mine last night. I have three Les Pauls I love, but there is just something special about an SG. The reduced weight, easy upper fret axcess and the more pronounced midrange just make for a great playing experience.

 

[iblive]

Currently have the G400 tuned to Double Drop D. A fav of Neil Young.

 

[smitty_p]

I always think AC/DC when i think of an SG, like Pavlov's Dog really lol but Eric gets a great sound on anything from Strats to 335s to SGs

More and more, I associate the SG less and less with Angus Young or Tony Iommi (follow that?!) or even as strictly a hard rock guitar. Though, I’m sure that association will always persist.

It works well for all genres. I really like some of the other players who use it in various roles, such as Derek Trucks, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and others.

I’m glad to see the SG emerging from it’s pigeon hole. Though, it wasn’t always stuck in that stereotype. Rosetta Tharpe was on the scene before Chuck Berry. Though she used various guitars, she seems most associated with her white SG.

 

[Clockworkmike]

More and more, I associate the SG less and less with Angus Young or Tony Iommi (follow that?!) or even as strictly a hard rock guitar. Though, I’m sure that association will always persist.

It works well for all genres. I really like some of the other players who use it in various roles, such as Derek Trucks, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and others.

I’m glad to see the SG emerging from it’s pigeon hole. Though, it wasn’t always stuck in that stereotype. Rosetta Tharpe was on the scene before Chuck Berry. Though she used various guitars, she seems most associated with her white SG.

Its definitely a guitar that can cover ANY genre of music namely from its thin body but fat sound. Ideally, a blues or country style fits this beautifully but definitely a rock machine too. I once heard a guy comment that its not built for metal though lol guess they never heard of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or nearly every stoner/doom band

 

[Inspector #20]

I could never get used to how an SG felt. I had two of them.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

More and more, I associate the SG less and less with Angus Young or Tony Iommi (follow that?!) or even as strictly a hard rock guitar. Though, I’m sure that association will always persist.

It works well for all genres. I really like some of the other players who use it in various roles, such as Derek Trucks, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and others.

I’m glad to see the SG emerging from it’s pigeon hole. Though, it wasn’t always stuck in that stereotype. Rosetta Tharpe was on the scene before Chuck Berry. Though she used various guitars, she seems most associated with her white SG.

I've always thought SG was one of the most playable and great sounding, great sustain light weight.
The lower cost is also attractive for advancing players into a professional grade guitar....great choice I think.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

I could never get used to how an SG felt. I had two of them.

People will still buy Les Pauls, it's not over yet.

 

[gball]

More and more, I associate the SG less and less with Angus Young or Tony Iommi (follow that?!) or even as strictly a hard rock guitar. Though, I’m sure that association will always persist.

It works well for all genres. I really like some of the other players who use it in various roles, such as Derek Trucks, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and others.

I’m glad to see the SG emerging from it’s pigeon hole. Though, it wasn’t always stuck in that stereotype. Rosetta Tharpe was on the scene before Chuck Berry. Though she used various guitars, she seems most associated with her white SG.

For me it has always been Tony Iommi that I associate SGs with. I was never much of an AC/DC fan to be honest, and I find AY's playing rather pedestrian, so I never had any association in my mind with him or that band. Other than Tony probably it would have to be Glenn Tipton and maybe Frank Marino that I think of first.

I love a good SG. Don't own any at the moment but who knows - the '61 Standards with the Sideways Vibrola seem pretty cool and I don't have any guitars with a wang bar...