New guitar day for me too, and it's an SG as well!

[LazyNinja]

Tom stole my thunder a bit :lol: but here is the latest addition to the family.

oh, pics or it's a Stagg?




It is a 1997 SG '61 reissue. The previous owner bought it new, used it for a recording project then locked it away, so it was in time machine condition. He said even the strings are from back then :lol: I just sold my PRS back to its original owner James so I had some funds and I saw this :o My two biggest guitar heroes are Angus Young and Tony Iommi so this has always been a dream guitar for me, so I had to have it and I'm glad I did.

This thing plays great. The neck is really slim and thin which is different from my other guitars but I like it. I'm ampless at the moment, so I can't wait to play it through a proper amp! From what I can tell from playing through my Boss GT8, the pickups ('57 classics I think?) have a nice midrangey PAF sound to them which sounds great. Not quite as balanced as the Mules in my PRS SC SE (that combination is a match made in heaven btw) but I have no desire to change these anytime soon!

[_tom_]

Very nice :) Bit too cherry for my tastes but I do like the smaller pickguard. Liking the yoshi as well :lol:

Gibson pickups are way better than I thought they'd be, hoping I don't feel like I need to change em out as it'd be nice not to spend an extra £200!

[d1dsj]

VERY nice indeed. My favorite player is still Angus too, and all these years later I've still never owned a Gibson SG. Just give me yours mate  :)

[Philly Q]

Two lovely new SGs in two days!  :D

I quite like the small scratchplate, and the fact that you get proper pickup rings so they sit at the right angle to the strings!  Couldn't get on with the skinnier neck though.

My Tokai is the best of both worlds in some ways - '61 style but with a big fat neck.

[Twinfan]

Gorgeous guitar!  I sometimes miss my old old '61 with '57 Classics - they work really well in SGs!

Tom - you'll probably want to swap your pickups soon.  They're not very nice  :(  I think you'd enjoy Riff Raffs  ;)

[Ian Price]

Two lovely new SGs in two days!  :D

I quite like the small scratchplate, and the fact that you get proper pickup rings so they sit at the right angle to the strings!  Couldn't get on with the skinnier neck though.

My Tokai is the best of both worlds in some ways - '61 style but with a big fat neck.

Can you remind me of what Tokai you have Philly?

Apologies for the slight thread hijack!

[LazyNinja]

Very nice :) Bit too cherry for my tastes but I do like the smaller pickguard. Liking the yoshi as well :lol:

I like the cherry it's quite dark :) I think the abosolute best colour for an SG is like dark brown with hint of cherry can't remember what it's called but you only get that with custom shop one I think.

VERY nice indeed. My favorite player is still Angus too, and all these years later I've still never owned a Gibson SG. Just give me yours mate  :)

No chance :P I do have an SG special for sale though if interested. I just prefer the look of standards. The neck on the special is a lot rounder than this one. Closer to your average 60's slim taper necks.

I quite like the small scratchplate, and the fact that you get proper pickup rings so they sit at the right angle to the strings!  Couldn't get on with the skinnier neck though.

My Tokai is the best of both worlds in some ways - '61 style but with a big fat neck.

Yes that's one thing that bothers me on the special. The neck had some angle on it too so I had to set the bridge pickup like a whole centimeter higher than the neck pickup to balance the volumes. Sounded absolutely fine but looked a bit odd. This '61 is straighter with almost no neck angle (I mean as in the body is parallel to the neck I don't know the technical term).

Didn't know you still had that Tokai Philly! It's the top end Japanese one right? Thought you sold it? Doesn't the neck dive into the floor though if it's fat or is the body heavy as well to compensate? On my SG, playing standing up it has an ever so slight neck heaviness to it. It pulls the lower frets away from me and points me at the higher frets. I think it's telling me "$%&# the lower frets, and lets make it screeeaam :twisted:".

[LazyNinja]

Gorgeous guitar!  I sometimes miss my old old '61 with '57 Classics - they work really well in SGs!

Tom - you'll probably want to swap your pickups soon.  They're not very nice  :(  I think you'd enjoy Riff Raffs  ;)

Have you sold that one with Maestro trem? I thought you played that in your DC band.

[_tom_]

Tom - you'll probably want to swap your pickups soon.  They're not very nice  :(  I think you'd enjoy Riff Raffs  ;)

I really like em at the minute but I'm still in the honeymoon period! Haven't AB'd the guitar with my other BKP'd guitars yet though but so far it sounds good..


btw Kaz, clips or it didn't happen! :P

[LazyNinja]

I really like em at the minute but I'm still in the honeymoon period! Haven't AB'd the guitar with my other BKP'd guitars yet though but so far it sounds good..

I think they have nice voicing but slightly one dimentional. Not as much harmonic content (gosh I sound well nerdy). They are much better than what you get on stock Epis etc imo.

btw Kaz, clips or it didn't happen! :P

I'm on it. Youtoob is being awkward though :shock:

[Philly Q]

Can you remind me of what Tokai you have Philly?

It's the SG-155 (or SG-175 now).  As far as I know, it's the top-spec model - one piece body, nitro finish, CTS pots, Orange Drops, aluminium tailpiece.  I'm not saying it's the greatest SG ever, but it's better than most of the Gibson SGs I've had (six of them, I've just realised!  :oops: )

http://image.rakuten.co.jp/waxmusic/cabinet/product06/to-sg155.jpg

(It's not pink like the one in that picture!  More of a regular cherry colour.)

Didn't know you still had that Tokai Philly! It's the top end Japanese one right? Thought you sold it? Doesn't the neck dive into the floor though if it's fat or is the body heavy as well to compensate? On my SG, playing standing up it has an ever so slight neck heaviness to it. It pulls the lower frets away from me and points me at the higher frets. I think it's telling me "$%&# the lower frets, and lets make it screeeaam :twisted:".

No, I ended up selling the white SG-75, decided to keep the SG-155 because I'd never make back the money I paid for it!  It's still stock, will probably get BKPs for it eventually and I'm also going to try fitting a Bigsby.

It is a bit neck-heavy, but no more so than most SGs - remember the fattest part of the neck is closest to the body, which I think helps balance it.  For a really neck-heavy SG, try fitting a big set of Grovers and watch the headstock dive for the floor!  :lol: 

I've never minded the neck-heaviness of SGs because the whole guitar is so light and easy to hold in place.  And the body contours are perfect, you hardly feel the guitar under your arm.  I like the way the neck hangs so far out to the left too!  :D

[tomjackson]

Another nice SG!

Neck heavyness doesn't bother me as I tend to hold the neck when I play guitar!

I was just looking at the tokai SG's and saw this:-

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/guitars-1/electric-guitars-2/tokai-usg75-electric-guitar-cherry-42.html

How was the SG-75 Philly? If it's as good quality as my ES130, £530 looks pretty good...

[Twinfan]

Have you sold that one with Maestro trem? I thought you played that in your DC band.

I sold my Gibson '61 reissue, and kept the Epiphone '65 reissue.  Both have/had Maestro vibrolas.

The Epi has done every song at every DC gig I've done  :D

[hunter]

Another nice SG!

Neck heavyness doesn't bother me as I tend to hold the neck when I play guitar!

I was just looking at the tokai SG's and saw this:-

http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/guitars-1/electric-guitars-2/tokai-usg75-electric-guitar-cherry-42.html

How was the SG-75 Philly? If it's as good quality as my ES130, £530 looks pretty good...

Great find, I love my SG but I think it needs a nut job to be properly in tune or something.

Hey talking about those Tokais, if you don't wanna lay out the cash for a 155, I would recommend this Edwards. The seller is by the way the one I got my JP Relic from, great guy!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ESP-Edwards-E-SG-90LT2-DUNCAN-PU-Long-tenon-Nitro-Faded_W0QQitemZ270509421689QQ

[LazyNinja]

btw Kaz, clips or it didn't happen! :P

I'm on it. Youtoob is being awkward though :shock:

Clip as promised. Two mins to film, a friggin hour to load the damn thing. I'm new to the whole uploading to youtube thing. My camera takes vids in .AVI. Would it be quicker to convert it to MP4 first or something?

Bit of classic AC/DC for you guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXDb7K7P9jo