Gibson Melody Maker extracted from Interactive Gibson Bible

[@Mkecowboy]

mine was the workhorse of the guy who owned it before, the body has been refinished where the neck has the original nitro finish and it stays in tune for decades im lucky for finding her.

[@dingleberrycherry]

The best review i've seen on youtube in a long, long time.

[@StephenFiorentini]

The little sg/melody maker is lovely. I'd love one.

[@Yoruboy]

Yep, ordered one and its coming in by mid February. Its just a great guitar.

[@lralbrecht]

the sg body melody maker are absolutely amazing... i've seen one with p90s on it at a guitar shop and should have bought it... so great.

[@tatsandteles]

You can find modified 60's Melody Makers out there fairly cheap. $400 and up. I got a 61' with a neck repair with a 64' Epiphone Olympic(awesome guitar, like Firebird neck) with box of old parts from a guy in Wisconsin for $250. He was a retired Luthier cleaning out his shop. The parts he sold me were incredible, old 50's and 60's Gibson pieces he had accumulated over the years. I made a fortune on that deal. By the way, early 60's Melody makers have nice full size necks, great wood.

[@travtag]

I got one for under 300 on eBay, then put some time, money, and work into it. Total cost=around $500 with new true Bigsby and Kluson Deluxe Tuners. I love it!

[@justrockon426]

I had the chance to try on of these es 125, but it was a 1964, and I found that it sounded really good, played really good and brought a nice feeling overall :D

[@BobCronley]

I almost bought a Melody Maker, but I got laied off and had to give it back to the guy. It was the same color as the one Carl had, SG body with one P90 and the vibrato. I liked it.

[@SONGSTICKS]

Excellent !! I wish I'd kept my first guitar in the 60's now.. can't even remember what make or model it was, all I can remember is that it was Glitzy Gold in colour and I think either a strat or telecaster body. Didn't take to it when I was a kid, then discovered guitar again when I was 23. Now I've got some beautiful ones !! :0) Too many according to my wife, but you know how it is.. sometimes that ebay bargain is just too tempting and before you know it you've made a bid :0) Oops !

[@alraymond1618]

Hi. Thanks for this. Any insight into those mid to late 60s Melody Makers that featured the fuller size headstock of the SG Juniors? How and why did they come about?

[@BillyTalentguitar1]

@MhStrat I think it´s a maestro so you can remove the screw and pull it out. I got one myself :)

[@gmanhell94]

I have a meldoy maker to. It had a regualr alcino single coil pickup and I put a humbucker in

[@travtag]

I just got one like that first its actually a 68 sg melody maker also. Paid around 295 but it needs some work, im excited though

[@littlefury]

@starwarsraul13 Around $900 for one in good condition with a single bridge-pickup. 2-pickups models are slightly more expensive: around $1200.

[@bealetm]

It's really hard getting reliable information about melody makers first manifestations from 1959-69). The model that is introduced here as the "model changed they the Melody Maker to.... In 1962... " is actually the 3rd shape (as far as I am aware and as far as I can see from what is shown) and I have reason to believe they were making the second shape (Les Paul like silhouette but with two cutaways) into 1964. He also says that model is known as the Melody Maker D. The D designation just meant double pickup and all of the original models came in one or two pickup varieties (3 for the SG shape). Unless there was an overlap in production of the second and third shape shape, the info here is highly questionable.

[@jamespagina]

A 1968 Gibson SG melody Maker. The bright red one...

[@Memento_HiFi]

i saw a one just like that one in the vintage room at the guitar center in Hollywood, CA and it was like $1400

[@StephenFiorentini]

these things kick ass

[@scootergreen3]

Yes they do. Your lucky!!

[@winniwittkopp51]

wow thats great cool -greetings from germany -winni

[@keithsa41]

this dude has a great DO

[@scootergreen3]

They sure do!!! I have one.

[@Mkecowboy]

i bought a 67 Gibson Melody Maker for $350!!!! 8.75/10 condition

[@scootergreen3]

Wow! How did you do that? I had to pay $1700. for mine but it's in almost New condition. You can tell it hasn't been played very much. You got a deal though!

[@redbird963]

Joan Jett also plays a melody maker

[@travtag]

By first i meant to say the first one that was played

[@BramClaes]

@starwarsraul13 around 2000 dollar for a one pickup version, a real 60's vintage.

[@barrelstudios]

they use gibsons standard tuners, but i don't like gibsons tuners so i guess so, but i'm still getting one :D

[@jks2]

they don't have oil tuners (like shallers or grovers) just the standard ''open'' 3 on a plate things so they aren't that good.

[@Yoruboy]

As soon as it comes, i most likely will.

[@TeamXTREMEPANTERA]

@ASTROAVERY those crazy kids and their rock and roll bands

[@MhStrat]

can you remove the tremelo arm?

[@starwarsraul13]

how much is the Sg melody maker

[@sl4ck0ff]

Man I'd love to own one of those. Anybody know what kinda riff that was @5:07? I'd love to learn something like that. haha

[@GibsonGuitarsForever]

Go with the epiphone les paul standard!

[@billjoe534]

man i would give anything for a sg melody maker I HATE BEING LEFTY!!

[@Merjia]

Really? Sweet.

[@TeamXTREMEPANTERA]

@TeamXTREMEPANTERA and their fancy record players

[@vampyros1]

That melody maker is a great trashy-tone garage-punk ax. The one Carl is playing sounds like crap, but Carl's a great player, no doubt.

[@fraterlucifer888]

actualy the es125 is basic version of an es 165 ,so its a very good jazz guitar,these guys are kinda snobbish in thier attitudes toward lower range guitars forgeting that a "student" model from 40 even from 20 years ago is amuch higher quality than a prograde guitar from korea or china is now

[@Glockenator]

@Commiteee Unfortunatley, they don't

[@rocktheintertubes94]

affordable in the 60s Not so much now!

[@Glockenator]

@starwarsraul13 For a new one, about 650 bucks. The cheapest Gibson USA guitar on them market tody

[@MsKori1000]

dave hunter looks like mike dirnt of green day anyone agree please reply

[@nihilnoise]

I see a Dr Z

[@jks2]

Weezer guitar!