Anyone ever see the movie "12 Angry Men"?

Sorry...not buying it. EVERY web page on the net says Solid Guitar. If Gibson says is it stands for solid guitar ..it's solid guitar.
what does gibson sg stand for - Google Search

Now THAT'S funny!

Santa Claus told me it meant Satans Guitar.

Stupid Guitar. thats how i feel about my SG most of the time. Les liked guitars that stayed in tune while your playing them i think

i had one of those 20 years ago. it was kind of a flexy POS, so it was the designated shop guitar. had a nice welding wire loop on the headstock to hang on a nail on the wall. the neighbors would complain occasionally, so i guess they didn't like it either.

SG requires a very gentle left hand, a new bone nut and locking tuners and even then, its a difficult instrument to get along with on a stage

but there is something about them i love...the way you feel them vibrate in your rib cage, the light weight, and the fret board

This had to be a challenge then...

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its it just me or does Jimmy's right thigh look HUGE there? WTF?

here is the film Les Paul Chasing Sound on hulu if anyone is interested

http://www.hulu.com/watch/91100/les-paul---chasing-sound

That's Bonhams bass drum but yeah, at first glance looks weird.

I guess I must have the only SG that stays in tune with the stock tuners, and I play it HARD too..

TMI and please no pics or video.

seriously your rare. ive had problems from day one. im not the only one. they sometimes need a tone pro locking bridge and stop piece too. anything to stabilize them and free up any potential for string binding, both of which are SG known problems since the 60s on top of the flexible neck

i still love em though. i sold my last Les Paul back in the early 90's. too damn heavy for me

do you like the stock 498T in the bridge?

Yep, sounds awesome. Had to wax pot them though. Lots of noise.

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heres mine at the moment :D

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Nice!

i thought they are wax potted from factory. ive never taken my covers off but thats what i read.

i like mine too but only with fuzz or OD. i can really hear how bad it sounds clean when I play my rickenbacker or a fender. but with distortion, its awsome. i have found that messing with the pole pieces and angle and height makes a big difference with the 498 and clean sounds too and most people dont bother to try that before they blab away on youtube about how BB's or 57's are better.

Heh, my other amp is an original 1968 silverface Deluxe Reverb :D

nice. mines a 20 year old reissue with a red fang and JJ's. love hate relationship with that thing.

lately im drooling for a 3 monkeys amp ( check these out) or a victoria bassman clone or the new hand wired AC15...hahah. i could go on for an hour

Oh yeah!

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Wow, the guy invented the electric guitar and flew WWI sorties! Way to go Cap'n Eddie!!!

Well shoot, if everyone is going to brag about thier guitar I might as well get in on the act.
My late 53 Strat prototype
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Likely the only one in the world. You can read about it here
https://sites.google.com/site/1953stratocaster/

Jerry

cool. whats up with that pick guard? looks like an empty slot for a volume/tone roller like on a jazzmaster

Old man school y'all....

That riff at 1:22!

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Okay, since this is a Les Paul related thread...

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:cool:

And a SG neck I am working on for a fellow pelican.
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Here's what had to be done to mine to fix the headstock...

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I just saw that you are using one of those vulcanized fiber Gibson headstock veneers. I did the same on mine. Block sand it with 600, then keep laying coats of lacquer. It will turn black eventually.

looks similar to what Tobias did to my #1 thunderbird.

that's cool...very cool story Jerry.

I thought SG meant cool collar ?!?

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Notice he has a broken E string but it was live, the show goes on.

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I believe WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbacker was a 1st cousin of the Rickenbacker family who started (and still runs) the Rickenbacker Guitar Co in Santa Ana, CA.

The Rickenbacker guitar company was sold in 1953 to F.C. Hall a partner in Fender Sales with Leo Fender along with a couple of other guys. Leo considered this a treasonous act and along with the fact that Leo never did like Hall anyway led way to Leo and the other guys to push Hall out of the partnership paying him very little for his 25% of the sales company. The Hall family still owns and operates the Rickenbacker company today.

Jerry
Purveyor of fine Cool Collars

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this is the episode of The History of the Guitar which discusses Les Paul. Then entire film is awsome

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I see that it went for 110K. The Pawn shop paid 90K for it. Tidy profit.

+1 and mine is neither light, nor 'flexy'.
Khaler Trem and locking nut.

Thanks for finding and posting this...

Mary Ford's son is "Boom Boom, Out Goes the Lights" Pat Travers, so I heard from someone a while back.