Ye Olde Brown SG Club

Well, Gahr... I think I can tell that even with the guitar switch I still sounded like "me" in that band. Even in the Deep Purple songs we covered my Blackmore stuff went out quite ok, only a bit "louder".

I guess the 57s are SWEET for an all-rounder guitar.
 
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Robert Herndon said:
Very cool, man....
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Thanks, Robert. You know, I feel good when I share my life with you and all the other friends I have made here, many of which know how hard it was for me to become a real guitar player.

It's an honor to be able to talk about guitars and music with guys like you, Wade, Gahr, Adrian, John (Biddlin), Alex, Barry, our dear Col. Mustard, and so many others (I'll just stop naming, but you are all important, it's just that you're too many, hehehe)
 
Sérgio said:
Thanks, Robert. You know, I feel good when I share my life with you and all the other friends I have made here, many of which know how hard it was for me to become a real guitar player.

It's an honor to be able to talk about guitars and music with guys like you, Wade, Gahr, Adrian, John (Biddlin), Alex, Barry, our dear Col. Mustard, and so many others (I'll just stop naming, but you are all important, it's just that you're too many, hehehe)
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Sergio,

Life is truly a journey. We all struggle with some things and I am happy to see you being happy.... :)

I would say more, but I am constantly reminded that I talk too much....
 
very very cool... thanks for the good word.
I'm quite interested in your experience switching between beloved Strat and an
upstart SG. I believe that anyone who thinks Gibson '57 classic pickups are muddy
has an EQ problem (which is easily solved). To me, the pickups are accurate.
From there, the tone is what you make it, using the controls you have.

I share your feelings about the SG being kind of under estimated among guitarists.
I actually don't think of the SG as any kind of loser... Les Pauls were discontinued after 1960
because of lack of interest... and lack of sales. That has never happened to the SG.
It's been in continuous production since its debut in 1961. (as has the Strat and the Tele).

In terms of sales, the SG is Gibson's best selling guitar. That says worlds IMHO.
There have been a lot of trends and changes in music in the last fifty years. But the SG
and the Strat and the Telecaster even more so, have all passed through fire and melee
and are still making great music in 2017.

No one disputes that Les Pauls are great guitars. The same for the Stratocaster.
if you show anybody in the world (from urbane sophisticates in Paris or Rio to backwoods
tribesmen from Borneo to Tefe) a picture of a Stratocaster, they will know exactly what it is.
"Electric Guitar! Electric Guitar!"

Les Pauls get all the attention, while an SG can simply get the job done. *grins
I like that. I own several excellent guitars with hum bucking pickups. so I don't feel
a need to pay the high price necessary to own a fine Les Paul. And I'm not one of those
"Les Paul Guys" who get all wound up over unimportant details of their overpriced
darlings.

I absolutely love my faded SG special. And I learned the hard way that the finish is more soft
and easily dented than my other guitars. So the SG needs a bit more protective attention.
I don't mind giving this. My faded brown SG gives me so much more in return, it's very worth
protecting. See the dent below... at first I was devastated, but the guitar takes it in stride quite well.
Such damage does NOT look out of place. Like a scar on a Gladiator.
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Col
Col Mustard said:
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I absolutely love my faded SG special. And I learned the hard way that the finish is more soft
and easily dented than my other guitars. So the SG needs a bit more protective attention.
I don't mind giving this. My faded brown SG gives me so much more in return, it's very worth
protecting. See the dent below... at first I was devastated, but the guitar takes it in stride quite well.
Such damage does NOT look out of place. Like a scar on a Gladiator.
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Col, according to Gibson, the "faded" and "worn" finishes are not meant to just look faded from the factory, they are actually supposed to wear faster than your regular filled/nitro finished guitars, so they will look played-in quite soon when you actually play them a lot.

Personally, I disliked the fact that it marks and dings easily, but now I find it cool.
 
Sérgio said:
Col


Col, according to Gibson, the "faded" and "worn" finishes are not meant to just look faded from the factory, they are actually supposed to wear faster than your regular filled/nitro finished guitars, so they will look played-in quite soon when you actually play them a lot.

Personally, I disliked the fact that it marks and dings easily, but now I find it cool.
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Yes, these finishes are thinner and softer than regular Lacquer... so they require a bit of extra vigilance.
Compared to your Stratocasters, the Gibson seems to need more baby sitting. But the tone you get is worth it IMHO.
All Gibsons have a weak point where the headstock joins the neck. If your Gibson receives a blow there, the headstock
can snap right off. I don't think this is a design flaw, I believe that the Gibson neck and headstock and nut combination
are one of the reasons for the awesome tone we get from our SGs and Les Pauls, and ES series guitars.

Your Fender guitars were designed to be much more durable, and still get awesome tone. Leo Fender knew that if he wanted
his upstart guitar company to survive in a world where Gibson was King, he needed to offer a valuable alternative. He succeeded.
Gibson and Fender each have their own mojo... and there is a place in the world for each one... and a place onstage for
the tones we get from each one. I've been a Fender bass player since 1972, and never needed anything else.

But I love my SG faded special fiercely. It's a whole different thing, and it makes my heart bigger to love them all.
The first time I put a dent in my beloved SG, I felt bad. It was nobody's fault but mine. But I'll tell you something. The
dents don't look out of place on a faded. The faded finish can be scratched, worn away by intense playing, and dented
by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. But the guitar seems to take them in stride quite well.

Look at that dent on the edge... that's the one I'm talking about... I carelessly clonked my guitar into
something, and that's what happened. But I don't think I've done another one... I take more care now.
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A Fender guitar's finish is much thicker... especially on a painted instrument. There's filler
and undercoat and Gel Coat and Clear coat...
The Gibson "faded" finish is much thinner, there's the wood right under it. But I love the look and the feel. I don't know if this thinner finish can contribute to the great tone, but
something does.
 
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