Gibson SG Standard, Special and P90 Comparison 

2:56 SG Special (Humbuckers) 12:52 SG Classic (P90) 17:24 SG Standard (Humbukers)

Lee and Rob should consider adding an SG style guitar to their lineup of Chapman guitars. I think that would be very popular

You guys are great! Love watching you guys! keep up the awesome videos & reviews 🤘🎸

So cool looking back at these old videos.

I love my SG with P-90 pickups. Thanks for all your great videos guys !

Other great SG players: Tony Iommi, Robby Krieger, Duane Allman (for slide), Carlos Santana, Tad Doyle, Jerry Garcia, & Frank Zappa. That's a wide range of styles, there. Plus George Harrison, Pete Townshend, and Cream-era Eric Clapton all went through SG phases.

I have both a Faded SG and a Classic with Lollar's installed by the prior owner. Love them both.

In my opinion, the Classic with the P90's sounds the best.

Thanks dudes, super helpful and really entertaining!

I've had my sg classic for almost 8 years now and I absolutely love it.

Love my SG Special. A little thicker neck then the current Standards and very resonant. Standing, the SG, for me, is the most comfortable guitar to play. Nice comparison guys. Thanks for not going too in depth in direct sound comparison as guitars of the same type will sound different. I picked mine against an SG Standard new and a used one, and against another Special. Plugged in, no one else will tell the difference, but I'm the one that has to play it :) Very different sound compared to my LP and Tele, for which I'm lucky enough to be able to own. If I could own only one guitar though, it would probably be my SG. Comfortable to play, and surprisingly versatile (once you swap the pickups), light, and good value for the money ... even with the current price hikes ... dammit.

All beautiful & even more beautiful when Mr Townshend pics one up. 👍🇬🇧🎸

At 17:24 I get goosebumps. That's how you know it's real Gibson SG! God I LOVE that sound.

Guys , there will be a before and after in my life, now that I've seen this .... video (??) I'm going to buy an SG, I need to count the frets myself ... Some things are missing to get a real comparison, as a clean sound from the standard, but that was 20 minutes of pure pleasure. Thank you.

here to confirm that SG does indeed stand for "Solid Guitar". Also correct that the Gibson Les Paul was redesigned in 1960 from the shape we all know and love to the SG shape. The SG was originally called the "Les Paul" but after a bit of a row, Les Paul decided he didn't like the shape and wanted his name off the guitar. The very early SG/Les Pauls had "Les Paul" enscribed on the truss rod cover of the Standard model and the custom model. Around 1962 Gibson changed the designation of the guitar to SG.

Just purchased my pair of Phat Cats along with Gibson 500kOhm Potentiometer and .022 MFD Orange Drop Capacitors. Modifying an Epiphone Standard Plus Top Pro. Looking forward to this tone.

Hey men...awesome demo !!!! Which pickup sound tarrer, smoother, to play classic Soul tracks, lues and classic rock...I already have aP90 335....but want another guitar...tyanks for your help....

I think P90s are making a serious rebound. Maybe I'm behind a tad on this but I've recently discovered that P90s rock!

It's the white stratocaster with the blue guy on! Haven't seen it in years! I really miss it.

The "Amp Eleven"? Is that a subtle nod towards Spinal Tap, perchance? "..it goes up to eleven!"

I just bought a SG Special in black -P-90s- I love it! This video helped me decide!

Do you recommend a noise gate for when you do distortion or high gain on a p90 guitar? Im interested in a sg classic but kinda not sold if the hum is too much when playing high gain

The "SG Classic" here is really what an SG Special once was: a bound neck, two P-90's, dot inlays and no head stock ornamentation. The so called "SG Special" guitar is really a stripped down SG Standard but with no pickup covers. More like the difference between a Les Paul Standard and an LP Studio, especially when the Studio models first came out. The SG Specials of the 60's were extremely popular and lots of famous and great players used them. I have a '69 SG Special and would not trade it or sell it for anything else. It's one I'll always keep, it's that great for sound and playability.

How do they each sound after you finish the bottle of Jack ?

I was wondering what's the name of the song Rob is playing at 7:00.

The history behind the SG is important to know too. They were originally made to compete with Fender guitars because they could be built quicker and more easily than Les Pauls. Some people think, that you can nail a lot of the SG's tone with a humbucking Strat, so really it comes down to preference for how the guitar feels rather than sounds.

I don't know why, but suddenly I want to buy a guitar from Anderton's and I want my GF to dye her hair brunette and for her to wear a skin tight black leather outfit.

Actually Gibson paints guitars by hand in a matter of minutes. I've seen it done at the factory in Memphise. Nitro dries to the touch almost instantly, so by the time one side of the guitar is done, the other side is dry enough for another coat.

This is the best video you guys ever did.

I have the 2005 gibson 61 sg that isnt reviewed in this video and i just bought the p90 sg classic. I don't get the p90 classic until friday. Can't wait to crank it through my tube stack and jam some who and johnny thunders riffs!!!

Rob is work'en the "Hello I'm a serial killer" look in this vid

didnt your vintage SGs have those old fashioned whammys with the pearl handle? that last sg sounded great

I like Lee's touch and feel when he plays

I love love that you love love pedals (2:16) and SGs!

Hey Guys, here's a question about an SG but not the ones you covered. I have found a 1986 SG 62 Re-Issue for sale over here in the states. What is you opinion on the 62 re-issue vs the more popular 61 re-issue?

I bought a sg a year ago. I got it because it's affordability it's sound and it is American made. It's played buy just about every major guitarist at one time or another. And those guy's at Anderton make great presentations, as well as insane ! keep up the good work.

Makes me want to get an SG!! 🤘

at first I thought "what can a coupla Norwegians know about sg's ?" quite a relief when it turned out you were Italian , how are things in Paris ? great rundown on those Canadian guitars

I think you two may have just convinced me to get and SG standard. simply because of the QOTSA riff you played. P.s have you done a review of the Zvex fuzz factory? i have one and im interested in what you think about it?

Favorite SG players, Tony Iommi, Frank Zappa, Frank Marino, Pete Townshend, & of course Angus Young.

Thanks for the comparison test! (You do know that since you guys like your pedals so much that you might be considered "pedal-philes"...but I'm sure you already knew that ;-) ...you guys are a 'hoot'!) Keep up the good vids!

Any chance of you guys reviewing Gibson Explorers? The range is very small and Im considering buying one soon. (From Andertons ofcourse)

6:40 brilliant! thank you :)

been playing SG's for 40 years P90's and now a Modern with tapped HB's they are great!

Wow the specials value went up since 13 years ago

"Chappers" really is the real life David Brent.

anyone know where i can find the p-90 standard?

would be nice to know what kind of humbuckers has the different SGs! isn t it?????

i wonder where is the SG sign in first guitar?

"like a polished shark." I know this is old, but that got me.

In 1961 the Les Paul was given a thinner, flat-topped mahogany body, a double cutaway which made the upper frets more accessible, and a contoured body. The neck joint was moved by three frets to further ease access to the upper frets. The simpler body construction significantly reduced production costs, and the new Les Paul, with its slender neck profile and small heel was advertised as having the "fastest neck in the world". However, the redesign was done without knowledge of Les Paul himself (who had nothing to do with it). Although the new guitar was popular, Les Paul was unhappy with the new design, and requested the removal of his name from the new model. He remained under contract to Gibson, and was photographed with the new model several times. Gibson honored Les Paul's request, and the new model was renamed "SG", which stood for "Solid Guitar". Les Paul's name was officially deleted in 1963, but the SG continued to feature Les Paul nameplates and truss rod covers until the end of 1963.

My last band was called Fermented Grain Beverage

I've had five sg's and my favorite is still my first 65 jr with a single p90. Robby it appeared that the added res and sustain was bossing ya a bit.

Has anyone mentioned that you missed the grandaddy of non custom shop SG's? That would be the amazing 61 reissue. It features the most love and hands on attention of all the general production SG's. Each neck is hand finished and therefore each one is different. The neck tenon is tightly puzzle pieced/set into the body with no gaps. This makes for the most resonant SG in the group. This is also the SG that you typically see Angus or Derek Trucks playing. Derek's be vintage though.....

You pull out some sg's and don't mention Iommi..

Mr. Chapman! Just like the Les Paul styled Chapman ML-2 , could you make a chapman version based off the SG? If you do, shut up and take my money haha and I already own the ML-2 and love it more than the original les paul and the ESP LTD EC-1000. I can see a potential AWESOME product

Can you do some eb0 basses

14:30 that's from George Orwell's Animal farm, haha! love you guys, you're awesome keep up the good work :D

People, this is an entertainment program, not strictly an informative consumer program. Frustrating as it might be, people like to watch other people have a laugh and a joke and generally be silly. Maybe it's partially a British thing (think Top Gear etc). There are plenty of videos of people reviewing guitars in a serious manner, maybe watch those instead of watching something you don't like and then complaining.

man i know ur head feels so much better. when i finally cut my hair i frikn luved it. and yea send me that SG

I have a 2012 Junior, it shimmers on clean. I put a burstbucker on my faded and it sounds incredible

I started on that same body SG special

Ollie Halsall - played an SG and he was just great...

Why the E flat tuning?

The 'SG' Special T Faded's are the best value, the complete gig work horse. Put covers on ze P/U's($20/per), buy a HS Case($50-$75) and ALMOST sound as good the Standards for MUCH less CA$H. Also NO BINDING ! the binding just makes it difficult to do fret-work later on.

look at the Cap during Robs playing its hilarious :DD

What's that @ 6:38-6:39?

You should do a epiphone vs gibson video with sg's

Tony Iommi anyone? Seems everyone is scared to mention him or play a Black Sabbath riff

big pick guards are so back in black best ac dc era or yearlier love them !!!

Just wanted to shout out Bob Pafpro, recently passed away, great innovator, stand among the greats like Leo and Jim. and we owe a debt of gratitude to this pioneer of rock. RIP Bob Pafpro 1933-2018

I'm opposite in liking. I prefer my Faded Special to my Standard. Both are set up the same but I like the smooth feel of the faded.

Maybe some bases please?

I could be having a shitty day and these guys will always put a smile on my face, despite what they're reviewing!

All SG's are equal, but some are more equal than others...! That's brilliant ! hahahaha That's a quote !

Just what you would expect; P90s more raw with more bite, HBs smoother, darker and somewhat rounder.

why they all tuned in eb tuning

I'm want a black SG standard I've thought they looked since the first time I saw 1

One of the reasons that the Classic feels better built is that the neck profile is chunkier and the fit and finish is noticeably more solidly built

This is so painful to watch in 2023... I'd cry if Gibson SG's were back at these prices.

so the standard is the better one?

SG Standard all the way for my liking. I think my back would appreciate it as well.

What song did he play at 18:56 please?

I love my SG Classic, highly recommend them. Best sounding guitar I've ever owned. Only thing I don't like are the button tuners, so I dropped in some Grover tulips. Now it's perfect.

I believe and I could be wrong, the SG in its first year was a Les Paul, as in it was called Gibson Les Paul. Les Paul him self hated it so they changed the name to SG.

I noticed the supply of Jack Daniel's is running low.

What happened to the covering on the front right quadrant of his head? RoundUp?

The reason he may have preferred the feel of the classic is because the neck width of the classic in greater that the standards and specials.

what's the song on 18:52 ?

What humbuckers does standard use?

Yeah.....13:44 thats the sound I want, Bluesy breaking up, sweet and popping sound like a warm strat.

i've not heard anyone else on youtube mention derek trucks! that guy does amazing things w/ a slide. \m/

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top plays SG's too..

man the beer part!

What's the song at 6:59?

@rickyjshiznit that's because it was posted on chappers' channel first.

This was my first Andertons video and I never looked back.

thanks for the entertainment guys

please do a tony iommi sg hes a badass

DiMarzzio is from Staten Island, NY. Apparently ppl thought he was annoying everyone with his winding explanations until they took off and he laughed his way to the bank.