Derek trucks is incredible emotion, speed and just all round wow factor ! Thanks guys !! Kris always has so much zing on his cleans sounds awesome Guillaume loves trem but with the slide Guys please do not ask me to choose
Kris comparison to Teles was nice, but with one big difference. The SG isn't considered a one trick pony near as much as a tele. It's not true, but a tele is considered "just a country guitar " a whole lot. I thought that for a long time. But I'm from Bakersfield and yeah....that's the truth there.
Today my high E string broke 😅. It was EXL 120 stock strings on guitar, from thomann :D. Hahaha. But it's ok. I ordered Elixir Nanoweb 9 42 now :P from thomann. :P and watched how to change on floyd rose on Kris's video 😅. Thank you!
My favorite tone is when I stop playing. My Gibson Iommi Monkey sounds exquisite when I stop playing compared to the Epi SG w/Kill Pot ($179). Truthfully, you guys ever hear Holdsworth (SG player of course) ripping arpeggios on Soft Machine's Bundles in the 70s? Yeesh! THAT'S some slick SG tone !!!! 🎸
You can get that tone out of a 100$ hock shop guitar and a Boss Metal Zone pedal...buying a 2000$ guitar for chainsaw metal is like mixing a 500$ bottle of scotch with diet coke
Kris (before starting free for all tones): “Let us know who won.” Me (starts typing): “Sorry Kris. Love your sound, but G’s just-“ Kris starts playing. Me: “Gimme a sec, have some text to erase.” GREAT video guys. Adored this.
Kris, follow your heart and get an sg . I’ve got one and it’s pretty much my dream guitar . I’d like to throw a duesenburg les trem on it so I can wiggle stick but they in my humble opinion are the most under rated guitar ever .
I will. I mean I will have to follow my heart at one point, you're absolutely right. Even if I can't justify getting even more guitars... Haha! Cheers //Kris
Love the sg . Dont like the new vibrato,bought a new one three years ago.Have had more than seven or eight,due to theft. Been retired for over 20 years,Made a great life and career, thanks gibson SG! I couldnt done it without the SG. My les paul is too heavy,so is the AK 47,so I have a M1!
Guillaume all the way for me, especially the clean and higher gain tones. I think it mostly comes down to the PRS can though ;) so much punch and clearness!
I’m not really sure Derek Trucks has the best “sg tone” at all. I wouldn’t even say he has what would be considered an sg tone. I absolutely agree he is amazing and is the best current player that uses an sg but i wouldn’t say his tone is anything like a stereotypical sg tone at all. I’m pretty sure he plays one because of the wide flat fretboard being predominantly a slide player. And by predominately I mean he has a slide on one of his fingers for 9 out of 10 songs not that he’s playing slide constantly. Anyway, his tone is great but I wouldn’t say it’s an sg tone, nor would I say his tone is hard to achieve (equipment wise). He plays modern gear pretty much straight into an amp. His tone isn’t an sg tone his tone is Derek Trucks tone. When I think of sg tone I don’t even think woman tone even tho that’s when Clapton first started experimenting with it was with an sg. The stereotypical sg sound is angus young. I don’t think he’s particularly brilliant but that is an SG’s tone. This was more of a who are the best players to employ an sg as their main guitar show
Don't want to play the smartass here and correct you guys... but anyway ^^: The SG is actually Gibson's best selling guitar of all time ;) Even though some think it's the Les Paul
I've heard that, yeah. Hard to believe though, since it feels like out of 10 Gibson players 7-8 will show up with a Les Paul. 😆 That being said, the SG was always in production since 61 (when they stopped making LPs for many years) and a few HUGE players and movies made a lot of people wanna have an SG. Also, it's more affordable than LPs which is a big factor too. What really matters is that SGs are awesome and beloved for a very good reason. Cheers //Kris
@6:00 - Was this a clean tone? - Sounds like overdrive and harmonic tremolo. Sounds great but not like Chris's earlier. Plus both have some reverb so not really clean. I know you are showing off the guitars but a simple clean tone followed by everything else would be better - plus details of what the FX are so people could budget for these if they are going for that particular tone.
Gibson did a run from 86-89 of what they called “62 reissues” these predate the actual custom shop but were Gibson’s first attempt at “prehistoric” guitars. They have never reissued the 62’ since. If you get an 86 or 87 these should still have Tim Shaw Humbuckers in them. I will tell you this, if you don’t mind a flat thin neck than these guitars absolutely blow the new 61 CA reissues out of the water. I have both and It’s not even close. And I’ve played others too and there’s no comparison. The only issue is the neck is very flat and thin and tends to cramp my hands on a longer gig. But on a one off these things are absolute monsters and a hidden gem in Gibson’s line that you can still pickup relatively affordably
Guillaume: *buys a SG* *John Mayer phase stops* *Derek Trucks phase starts* It's fun and bit brutal to see you guys getting infected with new guitars and wait who will get "down with the sickness" *wraaah* and buys it first
