Gibson SG

[bleh123]

Hi ppl, i would like to know if a Gibson SG a good guitar to play on.
The tone is most inportent to me, and can you tell me if a regular SG is good for some ACDC thx.

[Ozzmike]

idk but.... i love SG's i always go to guitar center and play them hopefully i can get one..but i need a amp first:( but yea the tone is amazing in my opinion:rolleyes:

[jeromekayla]

yea same here i love SG's, my friend owns one and i am always at his house playing it. i love the look and sound of them.

[Zeppelin_Maniac]

Bleh: Yeah, an SG is fine for AC/DC. (to be true to the AC/DC sound, a Gretsch is the way to go. Malcome Young played all those signature rhythms with a Gretsch. Angus did his solo'ing and leads with his SG.) Maybe Whiskey will jump in if you want to know more about the AC/DC sound.

Plus, with an SG you can sound like any band that plays Les Pauls. In fact, some folks say, "A Gibson is a Gibson is a Gibson".

BTW I play an SG. And I love it!

[Whiskey]

Plus, with an SG you can sound like any band that plays Les Pauls. In fact, some folks say, "A Gibson is a Gibson is a Gibson".


This is very true. It was originally a Les Paul that Gibson modified with a thinner body and double cut-away. But Les Paul didn't like it so Gibson renamed it 'SG' meaning 'Solid Guitar'.

One of my all time favorites. A really great guitar.

[timbo]

Bleh: Yeah, an SG is fine for AC/DC. (to be true to the AC/DC sound, a Gretsch is the way to go. Malcome Young played all those signature rhythms with a Gretsch. Angus did his solo'ing and leads with his SG.) Maybe Whiskey will jump in if you want to know more about the AC/DC sound.

Plus, with an SG you can sound like any band that plays Les Pauls. In fact, some folks say, "A Gibson is a Gibson is a Gibson".

BTW I play an SG. And I love it!

this is not true. I am from Holland so please don't cry if I am saying it wrong ok?
but an gibson sg sounds very very different then an les paul. an sg is less thick than a les paul. that's why an sg is for AC/DC guys it sounds very shrill.
an les paul has much more wood (thicker) so it sounds more "dark". that's why an les paul is more for the heavier gigs.
of course you can put other pickups in it but you never get the same sound as a les paul.
It is true that an gibson SG is a wonderfull guitar. it plays nice and smoothie but: IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN LES PAUL.

[Zeppelin_Maniac]

this is not true. I am from Holland so please don't cry if I am saying it wrong ok?
but an gibson sg sounds very very different then an les paul. an sg is less thick than a les paul. that's why an sg is for AC/DC guys it sounds very shrill.
an les paul has much more wood (thicker) so it sounds more "dark". that's why an les paul is more for the heavier gigs.
of course you can put other pickups in it but you never get the same sound as a les paul.
It is true that an gibson SG is a wonderfull guitar. it plays nice and smoothie but: IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN LES PAUL.

Slightly off-topic, but okay... timbo, I respect your opinion very much -- your points a quite valid. I also agree with you overall. I think everything you said rings true.

However, in the context of Bleh's initial question I was making the point that an SG would also be a good guitar if one wanted to play the heavier stuff. As say, an additional benefit to buying an SG.

[timbo]

Slightly off-topic, but okay... timbo, I respect your opinion very much -- your points a quite valid. I also agree with you overall. I think everything you said rings true.

However, in the context of Bleh's initial question I was making the point that an SG would also be a good guitar if one wanted to play the heavier stuff. As say, an additional benefit to buying an SG.

that is true. but it was a little bit my fault because I readed that a SG sounds the same as a Les paul. so sorry for that.

[sdolsay]

I think you can get a bunch of diff tones from an SG, Tony Iommi, from Black Sabbath gets a heavy, dark sound from his, and Clapton played one when he was in Cream before he switched to a strat. Great guitars imo.

Scott

[Blewbyou]

I've always loved the SG. About 5-6 months ago I had an Epiphone G-400 and sold it. It just didn't compare to the real SG so I sold it with the intentions of buying a real SG. That day has yet to come but some day..............some day.
Blew

[richardm80]

A friend and I tried out a Gibson SG in a local guitar shop a few months ago. We weren't impressed at all. Was one of the worst guitars we tried. The neck is really thick and chunky and feels slow. The sound was alright but for the price of a Gibson another brand will probably do the same thing for a lot less.

[yllsacky]

les paul or les paul its just to choose:D

[Leviskardsen]

A Gibson SG has to be one of the most uncomfortable guitars I've ever tried. The sound was great, don't get me wrong on that, but the neck is thick and top heavy. Which means you're constantly trying to keep the guitar straight.

There are other guitars out there that will do more, cost less, and sound as good as a Gibson SG. The Schecter C-1 is a good example of this.

[ez-one]

I was getting ready to buy an SG, I always wanted one, they looked cool and sounded great. Then I finally went and played one, it was one of the most uncomfortable, unbalanced guitars I had ever played, the body was extreamly thin and the neck fat, it felt like you had to hold the neck up so that it would not fall to the floor. Needless to say, it ended my quest for an SG

[Chet Ubetcha]

SG's have more midrange than Les Paul's do. They do, indeed, sound distinctly different when played through the same rig with the same settings. HOWEVER, for the most part only absolute tone snobs will know or care the difference in a live setting.

As for one guitar being any better than another suited for whatever style of music, that is pretty much BS. It all comes down to what kind of rig you are playing through and what kind of pickups. I've got some files floating around here somewhere (or did, at least, I can post them again in mp3 format if they are gone) of a bunch of different guitars I have all played through pretty much the same settings for a comparison of guitars and pickups. I've got shred guitars, Les Pauls, an Explorer on there among others. Aside from the Explorer tuned down to C# with EMG's, I think the "heaviest" tone I got was from a Gibson ES-335!

The guitar is just a tool. It's all in how you are playing it, and what you are playing it through.

[JordanCrawford]

I have had my SG for about 5 months now, and I love it! great to play, awesome sound, and the set/action is incredible.

I used to have a gibson 1960 reissue LP but i found it be to heavy, and to me that was just a bit too much, so I looked around and was going to get a firebird *untill i saw the price :( * and played the SG and i fell in guitar love :P

If you want a gibbo, and want one wich looks great, sounds great has great playability and doesnt weigh a tonn, go the SG

[Chucksolo69]

SGs are great guitars. Our lead guitarist literally wore one out during the 80's and went right out and bought another. At one time an SG WAS a Les Paul model (until old LP got pissed off at Gibson for the design changes of the SG). Anyway I've never heard a bad sounding SG; pretty solid all around guitar.

[Fender_Bender]

I like the sound of the SG's, but i don't feel comfortable behind one. I thought it was neck heavy and awkward, IMHO. I'm more of a strat guy, so playing with an SG was so different, I couldn't stand it. My strats are almost perfectly balanced when I use them, which is why I love them :p. Les Pauls seem to be much more body heavy, which I actually like sometimes. An SG is just too different than what I'm used to, which makes it very hard for me to play.

[Chet Ubetcha]

Weird, considering that the Strat and SG are more similar than the Strat and the LP are in weight and dimension. The deep double cutaways of the SG feels closer to the longer scale of the Fender than a Les Paul who's neck and body join at the 17th fret. Oh well. Play what feels best for you.

For a time, until I sold the SG (still regret it), I had both a Gibson SG Standard and a Gibson Les Paul Classic (the 1960 Reissue, as it's called here) at the same time. They sounded distinctly different, and maybe it was because the SG was my sole guitar for a few years, but every time I picked it up...and pardon that bad analogy here... it was like an old friend. It just felt right to me, and it had the most "rock n' roll" sound of any of my guitars at the time. The Classic's pickups were very hot, so I put SD Alnico II Pro's in it. At one time a Washburn padauk Idol took it's place on the stand, but I've been playing the Les Paul again, exclusively, and I'm realizing that I missed it sentimentally.

[custom24]

I've recently start playing my blue CU24 a lot more, and I've been working on some AC/DC stuff, and with a Marshall amp model I get pretty much the exact tone that Angus has with his SG. So I'm going to agree that it's more the rig than the guitar. I've yet to play an SG, but I'm not a fan of Gibson at all anymore.