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and the differences between SGs. Like the thickness of necks between years etc. You know, all the good stuff, you SG freaks. I am thinking of buying one. I tried one of the new ones expecting the neck to feel like my 335 but it seemed much thicker? I was wondering if there were different neck styles in different years. I know there were three pickup arrangements, ones with bigsby's, ones with trapeze tailpieces.


Their SG I should say.
 
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i don't own one (a real one) but i've played a few. i played one of the sg specials a couple of days ago and the neck was very chunky. a very solid guitar for the money btw. a friend has a couple of 70's something or other sg's and the necks aren't chunky like that special. the necks on his guitars feel wide but not thick. i'm a strat guy so what do i know. i will eventually get a sg but i can't decide on p90's or humbuckers. i like them both. i'll probably go for the humbuckers and put a p90 in the bridge of a strat.

the sg is the rock n roll macheen.
 
I had an Epiphone Elitist 61 SG Reissue for a while. Sweet guitar, Japanese made Gibson, they are now discontinued. Dual humbuckers, and the 61 neck was very very thin, like a full 1/2 in thinner than the neck on my 2004 Epiphone Sheraton, and 1/4 in thinner than my 2006 Gibson 335. I loved it, but sold it for more than I paid for it new, so I let it go.

If you are looking for a thin neck, look for a 61 Reissue.

Pete
 
I guess I will head out to the music stores in albany and check them out.
 
The guitarist in my band has an SG Special Faded Cherry...there decently cheap, sound pretty tinny/bright(might be his pickup set up...but..im not too sure)..Its really light weight..i do love it for that fact..and its good for a more classic rock. I kinda actually prefered Epiphone G-400 SG knockoffs more...But to each is own.
 
Gorty said:
OK.........Firstly the most important thing that you should know is:














































That I don't own one! :( :( :( :(

But I want one! :D
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I thought you were going to say "when to use there, their and they're properly.
 
Well I have, ahem, a few SGs (4, all Gibsons).

The skinniest necks are on the early 70's models, the next skinniest on the late 60's, then early 60's then the modern SGs with the thickest necks. Between the current models, the VOS has the thinnest neck, then the 61 Reissue, then all the other production models which have the same, pretty thick neck.

The current production SGs all have 490/498 or 490/490 pickups except for the VOS which has Burstbuckers, the 61 which has 57 Classics, and, of course, the SG Classic with its P90 soapbars. The Classic and the Standard share the same cosmetics with different pickups. The special and faded special are stripped down versions.

SGs rock. And never judge real SGs by the Epiphone models, theyre just really different guitars which happen to look similar. Check out everythingsg.com for more SG fun and facts.
 
Hard2Hear said:
SGs rock. And never judge real SGs by the Epiphone models, theyre just really different guitars which happen to look similar. Check out everythingsg.com for more SG fun and facts.
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i have a epi sg junior with a p90 type pickup. it's capable of rocking but it's not the real deal in any respect.
 
dragonworks said:
and the differences between SGs. Like the thickness of necks between years etc. You know, all the good stuff, you SG freaks. I am thinking of buying one. I tried one of the new ones expecting the neck to feel like my 335 but it seemed much thicker? I was wondering if there were different neck styles in different years. I know there were three pickup arrangements, ones with bigsby's, ones with trapeze tailpieces.


Their SG I should say.
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i had a flying V sold that and saved up some extra dosh and bought a special but i sold it coz i was stuck for cash

real sorry afterward and sometime later i bought a les paul, hope i never find myself in a situation where i will have to sell that baby, i'll sell my mother first :)
 
dragonworks said:
and the differences between SGs. Like the thickness of necks between years etc. You know, all the good stuff, you SG freaks. I am thinking of buying one. I tried one of the new ones expecting the neck to feel like my 335 but it seemed much thicker? I was wondering if there were different neck styles in different years. I know there were three pickup arrangements, ones with bigsby's, ones with trapeze tailpieces.


Their SG I should say.
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I have wanted one since I started playing.I have been trying them out lately
and have noticed that that there are big differences in every one I try.Much
like trying to choose a strat or a paul.When the right one hits my hands I will
know it.The fades have shitty fret jobs and attention to detail.I'm thinking of
buying one from God,directly....................................
 

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I have had 2 SG's over the years, a late 70's and an early 90's. I think they are the coolest looking guitars.... ala Angus and Pete, but I ended up selling both of em, as they just didnt work for my playing style. I tend to pull pretty had on the neck when i really dig in, and there us something about the neck or neck joint that make it pull out of tune. Cool effect from time to time, but they just werent for me.
 
Flamin Lip said:
I have had 2 SG's over the years, a late 70's and an early 90's. I think they are the coolest looking guitars.... ala Angus and Pete, but I ended up selling both of em, as they just didnt work for my playing style. I tend to pull pretty had on the neck when i really dig in, and there us something about the neck or neck joint that make it pull out of tune. Cool effect from time to time, but they just werent for me.
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i had the same problem on the thinner sg necks. after playing strats for so long i just couldn't get the feel for those sg necks. i didn't have that problem on the chunkier sg neck and i really liked it.
 
Here's pics of my early 90's SG-I. I love this guitar. I got it for 400.00 bucks on ebay about 4 or 5 years ago. It has only a 500T at the bridge. This guitar bites like a beast. It also has a coil tap switch.

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I've always found the thin neck SGs to be problematic at staying in tune.
I think what happens is that the thin neck bends back and forth when you put pressure on it while playing and that stretches your strings out of tune. And almost everyone pushes and pulls on the neck while playing even though you don't realize it.
I sure do like that fireburst finish they have on that higher end SG though.
 
Lt. Bob said:
I've always found the thin neck SGs to be problematic at staying in tune.
I think what happens is that the thin neck bends back and forth when you put pressure on it while playing and that stretches your strings out of tune. And almost everyone pushes and pulls on the neck while playing even though you don't realize it.
I sure do like that fireburst finish they have on that higher end SG though.
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Anyone like Carvin make a neck-thru SG with a thicker neck? Might be the solution!!
 
Lt. Bob said:
I've always found the thin neck SGs to be problematic at staying in tune.
I think what happens is that the thin neck bends back and forth when you put pressure on it while playing and that stretches your strings out of tune. And almost everyone pushes and pulls on the neck while playing even though you don't realize it.
I sure do like that fireburst finish they have on that higher end SG though.
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for me the thin neck doesn't actually go out of tune. it's my fingers pushing the strings out of tune with each other. if i handed the same guitar over to my sg playing buddy (without retuning) the guitar would suddenly be in tune.
 
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