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Gibson SG 1 - Forgotten child?

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Creed_ClicksCreed_Clicks Frets: 1255
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I always like the look of these. I suppose the purists wouldn't like the hardtail / tuneomatic bridge or the non dog ear pickups. I am sure there is probably a good commercial reason they have been discontinued.

Similar and SG related would be the Framus Phil X
Framus German Pro Series Phil XG Natural Satin w Gig Bag NOS image 10



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  • Creed_ClicksCreed_Clicks Frets: 1255
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  • Creed_ClicksCreed_Clicks Frets: 1255
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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 7616
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    Don't forget the SG 100 (and 200)


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    Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups  ... Oil City Blog

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  • Creed_ClicksCreed_Clicks Frets: 1255
    ooof, that's a stinker
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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 7616
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    Creed_Clicks said:
    ooof, that's a stinker
    Yep, it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch face-first on route to the ground! Yet ... you will see them advertised for silly money ... the one pictured is up for over £2000 ... I think the seller is asleep and dreaming! :-)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Don't forget the SG 100 (and 200)
    Please, please forget them!!

    :)

    I acquired one of these from an auction for £50 about thirty years ago. It had a ragged hole where a bridge humbucker had been crudely fitted (pickup not included), no strings or bridge, but was otherwise in quite reasonable condition. I thought it would make a good project to make a proper SG from.

    I converted it into an SG Standard by filling all the front routs and damage, veneering over the top, routing it from front and back for the normal cavities and respraying the top, and fitting the standard hardware.

    It was still shit. I sold it for I think £250, which given all the work and parts was still nowhere near worth the effort. (Luckily I didn’t pay a lot for the parts.) How I got that much for it with a straight face I still don’t know.

    I can’t remember what I did with the original neck pickup and control plate, and frankly I don’t give a damn…

    As mentioned in the A.R. Duchossoir SG book “this series represents probably the low point of Gibson solidbody evolution”. He was being kind.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • ScreamingDaveScreamingDave Frets: 468
    Creed_Clicks said:
    201125-website-124
    Is that an SG-X?
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  • Creed_ClicksCreed_Clicks Frets: 1255
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    @ScreamingDave It's a Gordon Smith. Pretty tidy looking as well! I'd take one of those all day, with a modern bridge and tailpiece even.
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  • ScreamingDaveScreamingDave Frets: 468
    Creed_Clicks said:
    @ScreamingDave It's a Gordon Smith. Pretty tidy looking as well! I'd take one of those all day, with a modern bridge and tailpiece even.
    Interesting, because I had an SG-X in black, that similarly had a single HB p/u and a coil tap switch. 
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12286
    I had an SG100.

    Terrible as an 'SG'.

    But an interesting instrument - sounded great (clean) and I didn't mind the clunky bridge for the stuff I was doing. But as a rock guitar, wtf were Gibson thinking?
    Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever.

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