Famous SG users?

[Kilby]

Frank Marino
Allan Holdsworth (long, long ago)
Ollie Halsall

Damn you beat me to those three

Todd Rundgren (who owned Claptions psycheldelic SG)

[Scotty477]

I hate to be a killjoy but this might help a wee bit.

http://everythingsg.com/celebrities.htm


I like this pic .. very 70's indeed




Surely not ......  :o

[Philly Q]

I hate to be a killjoy but this might help a wee bit.

http://everythingsg.com/celebrities.htm

Oh well, we got a good percentage of them.  I'm gutted I forgot Buck Dharma.  :(

[Adam.M]

Woah, that was fast :D

quote="Philly Q"] There are surprisingly few people who use an SG as their "main" guitar.[/quote]

Yeah that's exactly what i was thinking, seems that it's everyones 'second' guitar... i cant help but wonder why that is?

Is it the legacy of the les paul overshadowing the sg? do too many people just think 'AC/DC' when they see an SG? i know i used to...

Now i've gotta decide if i'm going to save up for the SG Standard or the 61 Reissue, seem's most people go for the reissue...

[Ratrod]

Carlos Santana. first a Gibson (Woodstock, I think) and later the Yamaha SG

The guys in COC

Elliot Easton.

Judas Priest

[Philly Q]

Now i've gotta decide if i'm going to save up for the SG Standard or the 61 Reissue, seem's most people go for the reissue...

The big difference is the neck shape - the reissue is the '60 "slim taper" shape and the Standard is the fatter "rounded SG" shape.  Standard all the way for me, personally.

Apart from that, the reissue's a better guitar - and more expensive obviously.

[Fourth Feline]

The brilliant Zal Cleminson !

( In the heyday of 'The Sensational Alex Harvey Band' ).

 8)

[Ian Price]

I hate to be a killjoy but this might help a wee bit.

http://everythingsg.com/celebrities.htm

Oh well, we got a good percentage of them.  I'm gutted I forgot Buck Dharma.  :(

Graham Coxon - I'm sure he uses one quite a lot on his solo stuff (although not as much as his teles :lol: )

[Fourth Feline]

OOps !

Nearly forgot Graham Headley Williams , the talented S.G meister of 70s Welsh Rock balladeers 'Racing Cars'.

Not only a really nice guy, but a man who even Eric Clapton has noted his respect for. he played an S.G. then, and ( now they are re-formed over 30 years later ) still plays it now. The best  'intimate' gig I ever attended was during their 'Bring On The Night' tour back in the late 70s.

On their website, check out a quick burst of " The Time Has Come " in the video section.

 :D

[Philly Q]

OOps !

Nearly forgot Graham Headley Williams , the talented S.G meister of 70s Welsh Rock balladeers 'Racing Cars'.

Oh, now you're talking '70s Welsh rock you've reminded me of Deke Leonard and Micky Thomas of Man.

And Tony Bourge of Budgie.

And (not a Welshman, but...) Tony McPhee of the Groundhogs.

[indysmith]

Everyone in every late 80/early 90s emo band!

[HTH AMPS]

has anyone mentioned Santana? - he used one at Woodstock and it was his main axe right through till he started using the Yamaha SGs afaik.

Someone mentioned the COC guys (Pepper Keenan and, err, the other one)

The guy from Crowbar also uses an SG every time I've seen him with Down.

[Philly Q]

Someone mentioned the COC guys (Pepper Keenan and, err, the other one)

Woody Weatherman.  :)

[HTH AMPS]

Someone mentioned the COC guys (Pepper Keenan and, err, the other one)

Woody Weatherman.  :)

thats the guy - I remember the first COC song I heard (Vote With A Bullet), that album (Blind) still sounds great.

anyone else going to see Down in Manchester in April?

[Sailor Charon]

Is it the legacy of the les paul overshadowing the sg? do too many people just think 'AC/DC' when they see an SG? i know i used to...

I dunno, I think more of Black Sabbath when I see an SG.