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Originally Posted by JMPRO View Post
SG does not stand for "Solid guitar". It stands for "Spanish guitar" A name that was used years ago to distinguish between a lap style guitar and and the upright guitar with fretts.

Jerry
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Originally Posted by The Gibson Website
When it first hit the scene back in 1961, the Gibson SG (short for Solid Guitar) was the most radical design the electric guitar world had witnessed so far, and it still makes a bold statement today.
Les Paul didn't like it, at requested that his name be removed from it, as it was originally a "Les Paul" too.
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