r/GibsonSG

Treat myself with this one, mod collection Shatter SG modern

Does anyone have any recommendations for direct replacements (eg no new holes needed to be drilled) for Grovers? The Grovers are fine but I feel throw the balance of my relatively neck heavy/light body SG off.

I like the look of the Hipshot open gears pictured but would rather not use their kinda ugly looking base plate if possible…

I stopped playing 12 years ago (left home for university) and recently turned 30. I was looking for some sort of hobby when I walked into a music shop for the first time in a while, saw this SG and fell in love.

I haven’t put her down in the last 3 months and playing again has done wonders for my mental health. The problem is, I’m flirting with the idea of getting her a sister (Les Paul mayhaps?) and I’m realizing this hobby (addiction?) is going to cost me 😅

I've owned several Epiphone SGs over the last 20 years, but I finally bought a Gibson. I got an amazing deal and love it so much!

A 1964 SG with a batwing?! This is just too wrong. Yeah, I love the batwing (1967-1971) SGs but a mashup of a 64 specs with a late 60s hardware? Hell nah man…
(from Thomann BTW)

Been eying this translucent teal sg for a little bit, finally pulled the trigger and im in love.

This past Friday I got a call from my local Guitar Center that my GC exclusive Pelham Blue SG Standard '61 in Pelham Blue arrived to the shop by FedEx and I immediately dropped everything and drove over to pick it up. They brought it out still in the shipping box from the back and we opened it up together right on the front desk, and the employee immediately yelled "OH NOOOO!" That's when I saw that the vibrola arm shifted positions in shipping right over one of the knobs and crushed it to pieces. Unfortunately, the knob pieces got pushed into the finish of the guitar and there is some damage going through the clear-coat into the paint, but not all the way to the wood. It is not really bad as you can see in the photos and if this were a used guitar I would have looked right past it. That said, on a guitar like this, at least for me, it should be mint coming from the factory. To the store's and employees' credit they immediately offered to get me a new one and told me I could take this one home in the meantime (45 day return period FTW) while I wait for the replacement to come in. Any blame here can be pointed to FedEx or the way Gibson packs their guitars 😄 GC has been great throughout the process!

I've been hesitant to play it much because I want to return it in the same condition it left the store, so it only has a few hours on the couch so far and I will wait for the replacement to play with my band. It plays and sounds great, though it does have some tooling marks that are typical on bound Gibson necks.

Here is an offer for anyone looking to buy this guitar that is also within drivable distance to eastern MA: Since it is still unclear of how many of this guitar will be available from GC or even if/when they will hit stores, I am offering to hand this guitar off to someone here once I exchange it back to GC for my replacement. You'd have to buy it directly from GC, but I am happy to arrange the day/time I will be exchanging it so someone could be right there after me to buy it from GC once my exchange transaction is completed. DM me if interested!

You can read more about how I ended up buying this guitar and more info on it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comments/1snoeim/comment/ohcr5a1/?context=3

Hi, could anyone please give me any reasons why I shouldn’t buy one of these SGs.

It’s coming with OG snakeskin case as well .

Dunno if I’m aloud to post agreed price , but on a 24hr clock I’m meeting them 14:00 uk 😉

Been meaning to get a teaspoon arm for years. With the position options it’s definitely more comfortable for subtle work.

Nearly 20 years ago, I had stolen from me a 2002 left-handed Gibson SG special faded brown, with crescent moon inlays on the ebony fretboard and had Zakk Wylde EMG pick ups installed. This happened around Armstrong, BC, Canada around ~2006-2007 when I was about 15/16 years old.
I’ve been searching for this guitar ever since. It broke my heart when it got stolen, and I’m hoping I can find it again.
Attached are pictures I found online that have been flipped for accuracy.

Here’s a cool video of Paul Stanley talking about a modern SG reissue and how good it sounds.

https://youtu.be/JSQ_xfiTzdM?si=lP0RQwGVPU6lc7po

Was playing my 1986 Gibson sg standard outside today and noticed these cracks around the neck joint, they seem to be mainly shallow besides the one on the treble horn side, should I take this to my local luthier or will they not cause any problems? this guitar has been refinished if that attributes.