I love the SG for everything you mentioned, super versatile, lightweight and comfortable and the looks fit everything from blues to metal like Sir Toni Iomni
Relative to a Les Paul both SG pickups are positioned closer to the bridge. That changes everything from output and EQ to harmonics. Totally different thing IMO. That’s why you have both.
I didn't buy an SG because of AC DC or anyone else. I bought it because of the way it felt in my hands and the tones I can pull out of it. So much used gear everywhere because people buy things for all the wrong reasons . My SG speaks to me every time I pick it up to play it . Gibson's get a bad rap I struck gold when I bought mine and it's staying with me forever. Can't put it down.
My first guitar was a 1970 SG Junior with only a neck pup from the factory. Got it in 76. Still have it and still play it but I pulled the frets because I only play slide. NOTHING like it!
WICKED COOL VIDEO, SG'S DON'T GET ENOUGH PLAY, VERY UNDERRATED. MY ABSOLUTE FAVERATE GUITAR. GREAT SOUND, LOOKS, AND ABILITY TO PERFORM JUST ABOUT EVERY STYLE IN THE BOOK. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET MY GRANDSON A " CAPITAN " KIRK DOUGLAS SIGNATURE SG LAST YEAR/WITH A MESA BOOGIE MARK V 35. KILLER SOUND. STAY COOL GUYS...PEACE...
Just bought one three years ago,the standard.my ninth one. I am over 70. In the seventies they were always getting stolen.In my life i have owned every fender except the jazz master.had three strats.I prefer a flat fretboard that Gibson seems to have.l really like all guitars.They are like guns, a dfferent tool for a different sound.I saw your pedals. Do you have a guitar tech? It looks like a rocket contol at nasa.how many batteries do you need? My god, if I needed that much junk to play, I would never started playing. Im like bloomfield,just plug the damn thing in and l can get any sound you can get with your control board.I have a les paul custom a 1981 which l traded a 345 gibson stereo. I prefer the sg in every way! I started guitar when l was ten. Got my first electric a stat when l was 12.. l will play till l check out.
When i think about an SG i dont think about Angus Young...i think about people like Robbie Krieger, Tony Iommi, Santana, ore Sam Anrew from Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin)🙂
I've gone thru a weird journey with the SG. When I was young, I loved them. Owned a few Gibsons, they came and went, then for some reason, I really started disliking them. I had a Standard that had neck/tuning issues and turned me off for a while. Then recently, they've become a favorite again. Picked up a new Gibson Special earlier this year and it's one of the best axes I've played
Sweet man! You guys nailed this completely..the cleans in an SG are so underrated...the harmonics of that midrange has a bite a lp just doesn't have...there's a bloom that's sometimes buried if not cared for w your amp and eq settings...I love my SG standard and my lp .. different animals for sure. Great work guys🤘😜🎸🎶🎄
We want you to know exactly how this guitar sounds, so we will run it through 16 different pedals, and then process it with this computer program and we will expand it and compress it and flip it over and mic it up. Then you will know exactly how the guitar sounds. (Tongue in cheek).
Just got an Epi SG and instantly loved it lol! I play a lot of R&B, and Gospel/Worship. I would go Fender or PRS but I’m shocked I never gave them a chance until now. Lol! In the genres I play I don’t typically see SGs being played. Definitely a versatile guitar.
Tell me about it, haha! It's even worse if you get to play and fall in love with the guitar you don't own yet shortly before Christmas. 😆 Cheers //Kris
Playing a cherished 56 Strat since 94. wore out the frets AGAIN Always loved Angus tone so.....on a test whim. I buy a used Epiphone SG with nice gig bag for $125 Now for past 6 months the Strat sits in the closet! I Love this tiny light Maylasian made cheapie. You should hear it thru a 64 Fender Vibroverb with the orihinal 15" JBL! WOW shorter scale trips me up a bit but its easier for short fingered guys like me.
How to Get Every Sound with Gibson SG? Use model with P90;) No extra pedals, processors, gold jacked cables etc. Just Gibson SG. On P90. Vintage, Modern, blues, rock, progressive metal, it's all there. Even design matches all genres.
There are people showing that a guitar sounds equal even without body... and those guys talk about the extraordinary mids of the SG... can't stop laughing!
Guill, you know I love you for your bluesy soulfull playing. But damn, all the times, you play metal, it gives me goosebumps all over my body. PS: Not enough Tony Iommi references on SG video. Like Angus, Dereck, thats all nice. But Iommi, metal, cmon ;)
Aw yeah man, G is awesome! :) Honestly, we didn't dare going there talking about and playing Iommi because it's the hardest thing to nail. Haha! So before we butcher his tone and riffs, we prefer sticking our heads into sand and act like we are ostriches. 😆 //Kris
Refreshing. I hate how many demos use clichéd stereotypical music for certain guitars or amps just because they are associated with this or that celebrity. Trying to find demos for Rickenbackers that play anything other than Beatles songs, or for SGs that play anything but Angus riffs is annoying, as are the people in the comments who get outraged if you do *not* play the clichéd stuff.
I bought a Tokai SG a couple of years ago. I’m having weekly lessons and my teacher is very much taking me down the jazz route. He is constantly amazed at the tones that come from the SG. I’m very happy with her!!
I have owned a few SG guitars, 2 from the early 70s and one from 2010. The 70s SGs had really weak necks, I much preferred the newer guitar for quality and reliability.
It's the combination. Of course you need certain amps or pedals to get a specific sound but those are "just" the seasoning on top of the guitar's tone. The way I see it, is by doing it right, you can distort or modulate the original tone without covering the original tone up completely. The only 2 cases where the guitar doesn't matter that much anymore is when you're using heavy modulation effects or when using a lot of distortion (or fuzz). We went for a few pedals instead of using multiple amps to get the sounds which is just a matter of taste - and cost too of course, pedals are much more affordable than a handful of amps for different styles. Cheers //Kris
In the music stores jazzy funk is the regarded the highest form of art and metal the lowest. It's OK and fine 🙂 funny it is still like that after 30 yrs...love the SG.
It was the same thing in music college only fusion-jazz vs metal. 🤷♂️ I don't think this will ever change. Just to clarify things, we are not laughing at metal, it's just that we can't take ourselves too seriously when playing it, because we don't consider ourselves being very good at it. :) Cheers //Kris
Got a Guild Polara Deluxe recently. It's quickly become one of my favourite guitars - slightly edging out my 335. Especially, like you said, with vintage Marshall JTM. And does sound good with most pedals ... or even no pedals at all. Much like the Marshall JTM. With both the JTM and Polara, I think the Boss BD-2W is my favourite pedal, because it just pushed more amp like gain. Plumes is nice in that middle boost mode too, for similar reasons. Maybe MXR Timmy and Hot Tubes can sound a little muddy on higher gains, but that's just the nature of humbuckers. 335 is even more so. It sounds extremely thick and heavy with a Muff and/or Turbo RAT for those Sunn O))) like tones too - a thick midrange wall capped with crackling electricity.