New Gibson SG Supreme Koa

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Gibson is releasing a new SG Supreme Koa. It is a Sweetwater exclusive only and will be released in October. They are taking pre orders now and I have ordered me one. I have already purchased two of the new Gibson Supreme's this year. One is wine red and the other an ebony 3 pickup model which is a Gibson exclusive only. When I saw the release of the Koa model, I had to add it to my Supreme arsenal. This is the link:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SGSupKNat--gibson-sg-supreme-koa-top-electric-guitar-natural-sweetwater-exclusive
 
Cool, interesting looking guitar. Sugerbuckers,,one of the few never tried..somehow am pulling everything off recently on a 14 SGJ with 61 pickups. Need an explorer real quick to fit under it.
 
BFT Gibson said:
Cool, interesting looking guitar. Sugerbuckers,,one of the few never tried..somehow am pulling everything off recently on a 14 SGJ with 61 pickups. Need an explorer real quick to fit under it.
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I will be curious to see how the Sugarbuckers sound. Sweetwater collaborated with Jared Brandon at Gibson on this pickup design exclusively for this guitar. I have Burstbucker Pro's and Pro+'s on my two other SG Supreme's with 490's on my SG Special and Dirty Fingers on my SG 70's Tribute. I like them all.
Don O said:
Interesting placement of the strap button on the horn for a SG.
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They place it on the horn for all the Gibson SG Supreme guitars and also on the Tony Iommi SG. I wasn't sure how I would like it when I bought my other SG Supreme's but now that I have owned one for a while, I like it better. It also solves the neck dive that is common to many SG's.
 
Keysdweller said:
Gibson is releasing a new SG Supreme Koa. It is a Sweetwater exclusive only and will be released in October. They are taking pre orders now and I have ordered me one. I have already purchased two of the new Gibson Supreme's this year. One is wine red and the other an ebony 3 pickup model which is a Gibson exclusive only. When I saw the release of the Koa model, I had to add it to my Supreme arsenal. This is the link:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SGSupKNat--gibson-sg-supreme-koa-top-electric-guitar-natural-sweetwater-exclusive
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Koa has really good sustain, balls in the lower mid frequency, more than mahogany.
 
gball said:
Looks cool but needs a pickguard. "Sugarbucker" just another "PAF" style boring old-school, low-output pickup. $4K for this?

Yawn.
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I already have two of the SG Supreme guitars and they are the best playing SG's or maybe any guitar I have ever owned. The bodies are half thickness mahogany and half thickness maple. The burstbucker pro and pro+ pickups sound great too. Compound radius fretboard. All specs can be seen here: https://www.gibson.com/en-US/p/Electric-Guitar/SG-Supreme/Wine-RedGibson SG Supreme Wine Red_1.jpgGibson SG Supreme Ebony_1.jpg
 
Keysdweller said:
I will be curious to see how the Sugarbuckers sound. Sweetwater collaborated with Jared Brandon at Gibson on this pickup design exclusively for this guitar. I have Burstbucker Pro's and Pro+'s on my two other SG Supreme's with 490's on my SG Special and Dirty Fingers on my SG 70's Tribute. I like them all.

They place it on the horn for all the Gibson SG Supreme guitars and also on the Tony Iommi SG. I wasn't sure how I would like it when I bought my other SG Supreme's but now that I have owned one for a while, I like it better. It also solves the neck dive that is common to many SG's.
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I did a Warmoth build 6 years ago but I put the strap button further down the horn.

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Don O said:
Interesting placement of the strap button on the horn for a SG.
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I wasn't sure how I would like the horn button placement, but I like it better than the original now that I've had a Supreme for a few months. It cures the neck drop that is common on many SG's. Comfortable on the neck also. They also do this on the Tony Iommi SG. I like the cable jack location on these better too. These SG's are a little thicker than the usual SG's. Half thickness mahogany, half thickness maple and weigh a little over 8 pounds.
 
gball said:
Looks cool but needs a pickguard. "Sugarbucker" just another "PAF" style boring old-school, low-output pickup. $4K for this?

Yawn.
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I agree. I prefer the look of an SG with the pick guard. I like the small one better than the batwing pick guard.

I feel the same way about Les Pauls. Even if they have highly figured tops, I prefer them with the pickguard, as well.
 
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