I went to School of Rock as a kid, and as an adult I ended up getting hired for the same gigs as the teachers! It's really the best program for kids who want to be professionals since you learn about performing and musician work culture as you get a music education.
Another person who's probably never owned or even played a Gibson. Guess what? Epiphones break, Fenders break, Martins break, cheap import acoustics break, Ibanez break. It doesn't matter if it has no head stock angle, or if it has a giant volute-they all will break. Its wood, wood breaks. I've repaired them all. If you drop any guitar on its headstock it will usually break. Just don't be careless and drop them and problem solved.
Why are you watching this channel if you don’t like Gibson? It’s literally 90% Gibson guitars. I don’t understand why people watch this and then just chime in to talk bad about them? Why? Find something else to watch that’s more suitable for ya. Why waste your time?
Well, he does barely more than just Gibson. Also, you clearly knew this was a Gibson before before clicking on it. The title says SG! Also, what’s up with fanboy? I only said why are you watching something you don’t dig? Gotta be a better way to spend your time, yeah?
@michaelhall736 to be fair, you probably see more people post pictures of a broken gibson headstock rather than another brand simply because it's "gibson". People probably break headstocks on other guitars just as much, they just don't care enough to post a photo because it won't get attention as it's not a Gibson.
The School of Rock movie, along with the songs Smooth and How Far Is Heaven, all combined in the early 2000s to forge an absolute fascination with electric guitar for me when I was around 7 years old that has lasted to this day. The movie in particular is probably the single biggest thing that got me into guitar. I was absolutely hooked from the moment I first saw it. As a kid who was around the same age as the kids in the movie, it was the coolest thing ever. I still credit that movie with basically changing the course of my life. It sparked a passion that I still have to this day. I would’ve loved to see a sequel with Jack Black at some point, but I think that ship has sailed by now. I still watch it anytime I see it on tv or something lol. Great movie.
There's a SOR in Knoxville TN that has an adult program as well. I participated in it for almost a year. Gave me the confidence to get out there and find a band of my own. As an adult that started to get serious about guitar at a later age, I highly recommend it
All the school of Rocks I know of in the Chicago suburbs also have an adult program. I’m in it, and I love it! I’ve learned a lot by playing with other adults and at live shows! I’d probably never get a chance to do that otherwise. I wish we had SoR when I was a kid!
That is so good to hear. It should not be age limited. I struggle with ageism on a daily basis applying for IT jobs even though i know I’m probably the best candidate. The “want someone younger that we can mould into our corporate culture “. Yeah right.
The best thing about the little Spark Mini amps is that they are the same interface etc as the bigger Spark 40. They make amazing headphone amps, they can be used for recording if hooked up to a DAW and if you get the Spark Cab they are even giggable. It's insane that a tiny portable practice amp has so much potential. I wish my first amp could have done all that.
Gibson, if they really want to boost their Public Relations, should open the sales of that guitar to the general public and donate the proceeds TO The School of Rock program.
Really shocked the neck profile is still original thick? That’s the one thing that helped me as a kid with the slim necks! Hence I learnt on a Ibanez with a Wizard neck!
This is a great looking SG! There's something about that brighter? Cherry red finish and the dot inlays with humbucking pickups that just looks cool and it sounds good too!
My first electric/amp/gig bag/10-foot cable/strap cost my dad like $300, granted that was back in ‘95. It was a Washburn strat copy and a 15-watt Crate amp. No way would he have shelled out $1800!😮
Nope, I had to work washing dishes at a less than reputable restaurant (I was 12) and mow lawns to save up to buy an Epiphone players pack (LP special 2, horrid amp, few picks, horrid cable, and a pitch pipe... not even an electronic tuner yet). This was the early 90s, mind you. After I proved I was serious about it, my parents bought me a Gibson Gothic Explorer, used. I miss that guitar and will not get into that here 😢.
@@leviathan_is_me well this was after a year of playing/struggling with an acoustic better set up for slide the action was so high. It was a total surprise from my dad, I just went in the store for new strings that day!
8:00 Installing new inlays on a fretboard would typically require all the frets to be pulled so that the inlays can be sanded flush. A super expensive modification for a brand new guitar, something like that should wait until the instrument first needs a re-fret.
I work for School of Rock SW Austin, I got one of those too! Thanks for your review- I agree that while waiting for them and knowing they weren’t selling quickly , I thought about the new colors, a cheaper price and the trapezoids vs dots as ways to sweeten the deal. I like the guitar a lot nonetheless!
Never owned an SG. About 10 weeks ago I bought an SG classic. Has p90s but a 50s neck and a normal bridge. I think SGs are awsome, thr Gibson vibe without the 10 lbs or huge body and a brighter sound. I enjoy my 87 LP custom but it isn’t as useful and fun as the SG.
I imagine you need two straps for the neck dive these SGs are known for,one of my favorite styles of guitar,I have a black Angus Young SG with lightening bolt inlays all down the neck,has a beefy neck,nice one trogly.
As far as I know the School of Rock thing got started in Philadelphia as the Paul Green's School of Rock. I remember going to a performance graduation or similar at a recording studio in South Philly around the turn of the century.
IMO, '60's Burstbuckers destroy the 490's, especially in the bridge. I've swapped out the 490's for Duncans all three times I had them and always leave the '60's BB's stock. You may not agree and that's your prerogative. Obviously tone is subjective but cut and drive are fairly evident traits you can hear when you compare them.
I have a friend who went to the School of Rock as a kid for drum lessons and he was taught by the drummer of Shooting Star! My friend loved the program, I only wish my family had the money to send me there when I was a kid.
That’s cool. I didn’t know it was there. I’m actually from Melbourne but live in New Zealand these days. Maybe I’ll contact them to see if we can do it here. Let me know Peter
@@PeterMoore350 yeah there definetly should be more. theres 2 in sydney which is where i live and there planning on opening a 3rd and theres one in perth.
I prefer the dots and binding.. I would have preferred the way Epiphone would have done with the wrong heel. Batwing on a 61 style with black chrome pickup covers and hardware on any solid color body
Yeah and they removed the ability to queue up videos from the iOS app to the paid tier. I’m unemployed so can barely afford food let alone YT TV subscription.
3:37 wide straps are the way to go. I can’t believe i used such skinny strap i had when i played live for 10 years in the 80s and 90s. Always ended up with a sore muscle where the strap was. Not sure what that muscle or part of the body is called. I have proper width straps now and can play for ages with no issues Cheers 😎🎸🤘
Back when I was a teenager, I might have been tempted by this model put aside from the lightning bolt inlay, it is like the SG models that were available for less than $1,000 USD when I was just learning myself.
Very cool guitar. If my schedule allowed, I might join SoR just to get the guitars. But what were you doing with the Spark Mini, just the camera mic? You’re underestimating it. Really degrades what that tiny amp can do. Do I gig with my Spark Mini? No. But it fills in at band rehearsals shockingly well; both in emulating what I’ll do with my more powerful amp and pedalboard; and as we’re a cover band, the ability to play stuff via Bluetooth is of huge value.
Honestly thought this was referencing the School of Rock movie and that this was a model based on the SG Jack Black used in the movie. I was a little skeptical of this thought, but I mostly believed this.
Mr Trogly I got this orig Spark40 during the lockdowns. It died. They sent a new one. Here wecare i. 2024 and it’s still going strong. Would i recommend it ? Dunno. Im PJM on there in terms of patches but nah amp is muddy. I put decent car audio speakers in the 2nd unit. Sounds better but tbh no. Save your money buy the yamaha equivalent
I think that all of the time when people complain about the weight of a Les Paul. I had a '75 LP Custom (White). I was coming from a ES-125 TCD, which weighed "nothing". The LP weighed a lot. I never weighed it because it wasn't really a thing back then. The supplied strap was a no go. But I bought a thick leather padded strap and never thought about the weight again. It was fine.
i used to play in the school of rock i quit a year after they were super strict wouldn't even let you sit down on stage absolutely no nudaling i got tired of it so i started my own band and its way better
unless these are sized differently than their production ones, selling these with a levy's leather strap is a big mistake, those straps don't go nearly as short as they should, if you gave it to a 10 year old the guitar would be around their knees at least it seams that it comes with the gibson straps as well so at least the kids will have some sort of usable guitar strap
You do have to wonder what the workers think about it. It comes off the CNC machine.… And I guess they just overlook it because it’s not their job. Maybe they check the edges to make sure nothing has been ripped out. Maybe they don’t give them time or tools to sand and finish the interior. Kinda sad.
I love the LP Special in Ebony , the Cherry on the SG looks great , Im not a fan of the bolt inlay , man that little amp blows away my Fender Bassman !...HAW !!...Thanks Trog !
Hey man. 👋 Could you review the Fender Juanes Signature? I bought it without knowing who Juanes was. Just based on specs. It's the highest priced Fender strat before the Custom Shop. But imo, it rivals my Custom Shop strats like a champ... There's a push-push with INTEGRATED MIDBOOST! Even better, the first Tone pot blends the midboost!!!... HSS configuration. With 2 custom ultra noiseless single coils. A VERY THIN layer of nitro in Custom color Luna White... 9.5 to 14" radius... I've had it for a while now, and it just sounds AMAZING, plays soooo good, looks nice. Anyway. I recommend this strat except for the fragility of the paint job. But I actually love the thin layer, it's already starting to relic... Ok cheers
Sweet School of Rock SG LE with 61 pups, but yet another cherry SG? I have the 'black style' quick connect in my 2018 SG Special. Was thinking of throwing a coil split PCB in but they're the "white style", definitely not compatible wiring in the connects. Oh well. I can live with it I guess, my model has small block inlays, 24 frets and Firebird pups so it's unique in good ways too.
@@jimmyjames2022if it’s an older one ( 20 years or better ), I’d certainly agree trying to leave it stock. Most folks though view the boards as a con instead of a pro though so I wouldn’t sweat the stock thing personally. Anyways, if you’re cool with the way it is then by all means leave it alone 🤙
Seems like this particular model didn't get finish sanded at all. There are strings of material and rough spots all over that binding and the truss rod cover. I hope it was just a Q.C. issue and not Gibson skimping on a model that is supposed to be for kids as a starter or alumni as a limited edition.
@@PeterMoore350 Focusing on the wrong part there, guy. It's a SCHOOL. Where KIDS go to learn music. That's the reason I said that. This guitar is marketed towards alumni or current students..in that school. It isn't a student model. 2 + 2 does infact equal 4 sometimes.
@@leviathan_is_megot ya. Yeah this is a collector one for sure. I'm a huge mentor in my IT job. I dcument everything. Why ? 2 reasons well more than 2 but sometimes you deal with some things once in your life. i know of one such thing in two jobs. Had to "re-learn" again. LDAP. On Linux and Solaris. No one else knew in the co BTW, but i mentioned i'd done it before and yep, fyi ldapsearch and all that. so i documented it all. Copied to my iPhone Notes app too. Nothing sensitive, just the commands. Have i had to use it since ? Nop. 10 years later. Nope. Will i ? NFI. But i know it. and i have it andi know how to use it too. I'm a rare person. Play guitar and the keys....i 'm the only person i know that knows in this part of te world how the Rochester Quadrajet carby works. You look at me and you you'll judge me. Judge me at your peril I can block your internet access by typing a few commands I can tune or detune your LC100/LX470 ECU to meet local emissions I know a lot about ECUs Wrote the first ever corporate database driven website in 1996. If it's on the internet ? i can interrogate it. Ptr
@@leviathan_is_mepoint is ? i ca fix anything. YT deleted my prev comment. i'm a mentor. happy to be one. you have to structure the content so the students arent bored, but easily done ptr
@PeterMoore350 and I saw the long rant about Linux and the threat...which is why it was hidden btw....don't threaten people with something that is a serious felony in an open forum where it will lead right to you..not smart (the whole blocking my internet with a few clicks..not saying you were threatening me, but it does come across that way.) I get you're very proud of yourself and seem to have a complex about being looked down upon, or judged..at their peril. I'm not judging you, not saying you're dumb. If anything, I'm saying you're a little TOO smart. I have a cousin who borders on being legally considered "mad" and is watched...he tea he's at a university... interesting guy....anyway, sorry again if you feel I'm judging... I am not. Sorry if you felt I was speaking down... I am not intending to. I have an issue where I feel like I can't explain things properly because I lack the knowledge and verbiage to do so adequately. So if anything, I am mad at myself for this misunderstanding, not you. I also wrote this AFTER the long one... which I will leave for posterity....I had to do some...stuff...to find and read your other post. Your first words were "got ya"..... that means my previous comment is meaningless...do ignore. EDIT: I did delete my original reply after all. Upon rereading it...I see where it can be seen... let's say badly. ... and to your other comment on MY other comment... your list of guitars is 🤌 chefs kiss.
And I'll climb to the top of Mount Rock And be part of that heavenly scene! With Odin and Zeus on the base and the drums And Thor playin' tamborine! And Elvis and Janice and Kurt will appear And Jesus will toss me a beer! And we'll jam 'round the clock! At the top of Mount Rock! At the top of Mount Rock! At the top of Mount Rock!
Now that is a nice one in sound and looks! I own two SG's, one Classic P-90 2006 and a Standard 2015 in a Goldcase. Both are fine but I prefer the Classic with the P-90 for the Pete Towshend vibe/sound! Nice movie too!
Just curious if you tried that Guild Polara Trogly and Guitarista reviewed ? Their not in my local shop here in NZ so I can’t try one. Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘
@@TheGouwenscan you let me know ? you'll probsbly forget which i fine. My first ever electric guitar was a Guild SG solid body with Bigsby and and phase switch. I had NFI about guitars back then. Some would say 50 years later, that i still dont hehe cheers mate
Do you know what would be really cool? If you took it to a luthier had them install those inlays, than install a trem, thannnn install a booster packs, thannn paint a stinger, thannnnnnnnnn list it on reverb.
7:11 Mr Trogly Gibson should abandon fret knibs/nibs. It’s nostalgic must cost them a lot for what reason? Get rid of them put SS medium jumbo frets in across all models. Buy in bulk the fret wire will save them cashola and just put em out there. Toolmarks on fretboards is unacceptable though.
@@Trog Austin - i know that. maybe say that out loud on a subsequent video ? i dunno. it's your channel obviously and hey we come here because we like your videos. You already know i'm not a Gibson fan. But i love your videos, your dissection. Attention to detail. I mean, man i have a rare Sun Dew Gold Ibanez Pia - you dissected the green one so i didn't have to in terms of ? "i wonder what's under the pickguard ?" You showed me. You give us insight. Education. Yeah people will always say your're a Gibson shill. That is to their short term comment thrill, until they realise they are in the minority. Keep doing what you are doing. As Taylor Swift wrote: "haters are gonna hate", yonks ago ? sadly and is now getting hate from the right of politics thru doing nothing except playing great music where conspiracy theories thrive. But you, Austin, are a stellar example of a decent human, like Taylor Swift who all they they wanna do is have some fun. Like Sheryl Crow - if it makes you happy and all i wanna do is have some fun Lighten up everyone - democracy rules. Vote. Ptr
I think most kids with smaller arms and hands would do better with something else like a Les Paul. The SG seems like a poor choice with the neck sticking out farther than most other guitars. Just my opinion. I didn't realize that when I was younger.
