Gibson SG Standard

This is my 2012 Gibson SG Standard - one of the nicest guitars I've ever played! I already had a Gibson Les Paul and Decided to get a Gibson SG on a whim. As soon as the Gibson SG arrived I knew it was epic. Amazing feel and tone.
I know Gibson went through some rough patches but their guitars are still great. If you want a nitrocellulose fnish, you have to go with a full fat American Gibson guitar.
Buying a Gibson SG Standard instead fo a second Gibson Les Paul was the best choice I ever made. The plan was to try it for a while then sell it but it quickly became apparent that the slim body of the Gibson SG made it incredibly playable especially if you play for longer periods of time.
A lot of the American Gibson guitars come with the stock Gibson 490r and Gibson 498t humbuckers, just like my Gibson Les Paul did. These are a fantastic sounding set of humbuckers and are hard to beat so I'm glad they came in my Gibson SG.
One other thing I prefer about the Gibson SG over my Gibson Les Paul is that the 3 way toggle switch is near the other controls. Personally I find this a bit more efficient but each to their own.
This Gibson SG Standard came with a hard case, bound neck and trapezoid inlays. It looks and feels great. If you're on the fence about getting a Gibson SG Standard, go for it.
The Gibson SG Standard Ebony looks the best in my opinion. You always see the Gibson SG cherry red but the Gibson SG ebony to me just looks better especially if you make all the hardwear black like I've done.
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[@gregmcknight5183]

Finally, someone playing an SG clean

[@yaboyreege7158]

I picked up a Gibson SG standard late last year and it quickly became my favorite guitar. I love it and connected with it way faster than I have with any other guitar before. I love all the tones I can get out of it and it plays and looks like a dream, I’m so glad I decided to give it a chance.

[@PherotoneStudios]

Same. And I bought it in a whim thinking I wouldn’t like it that much. They’re amazing to play!

[@UncleTerry]

I chose the SG Standard (2019) in August of 2019 as my first electric Guitar. I have two other electric guitars now. The SG remains out of the case and gets more play time then the other two. I recently bought a Marshall DSL 20 to make my SG sing properly. Thanks for your review.

[@Thecoolman1]

I have a Gibson SG special faded cherry from 2007, and I absolutely love the thing. It was my first proper electric, and I would love to get a standard sometime. Your SG looks beautiful in the black finish, especially with those Grover tuners!

[@juliochingaling5824]

Great video. You can not go wrong with a Sg, super kool guitars.

[@paulissus8974]

That nitro ebony finish is something else. Getting one here in the UK is near impossible there’s not many shops and the online business’s usually list them as ‘out of stock’ or ‘on order.’

[@ssstenning]

Had an Cherry Red Epiphone SG G-400 Pro from new, which was a great guitar and liked it's 'feel', so decided to take the plunge and search for a Gibson SG Standard. Managed to find a 2018 model locking Grovers (factory) 61 pickups in Autumn shade colour on ebay. I obviously wanted a cherry red one but opted for this one and am not disappointed in the colour. It has the smaller scratch plate with pickup rings which I prefer to the pickups screwed into the scratchplate. It's in near mint condition all standard spec in a Gibson hard case . The sound is fantastic and vast improvement on the Epiphone although that was by no means a bad guitar just sold that last week. God that Gibson Nitro smell is intoxicating. With no fly away holidays for over a year (money saved there) decided after loving the SG so much to get a Gibson Les Paul Standard in Cherry burst, again I love this guitar. I already have an Epiphone Les Paul Plus top Pro in Honeyburst, which I've heavily modified (Obsidian wire electronics, Switchcraft jack and 3 way switch, Graphtech nut Locking Grovers and Seymour Duncan Nickel covered Pearly gates Neck & Bridge). This is a brilliant sounding guitar and love it (my first guitar/love) so I'll never sell it, but I'm so glad I invested in the Gibsons. I also bought a while back a Mexican Player series Telecaster after your reviews about them and you were right these are fantastic guitars for the money. To be fair my wife has been very supportive of me and not kicked off much about my guitar collection although she doesn't really know the full extent of my collection of 15 guitars, I just tell her the average guitarist has 16 guitars till the next one then it'll be 17......Thanks for all your vids I find them very informative. Good luck with swelling your subscriber numbers....

[@DanEvans-yb6wk]

And I just now ordered one, same model as yours. Oh happy day. Thanks again! Never even caught your name and am fairly certain it's not Phero. Thanks again!!!

[@DanEvans-yb6wk]

Finally. This is something I needed to hear. The clean channel. It demonstrates to me that this guitar is a thing that I can use at gigs. I can't thank you enough, kind sir.

[@sgt-Stryker-5]

I’ve got an old cheap epiphone sg with a bolt on neck. It’s the most comfortable guitar I have as far as the weight and neck. I want a Gibson SG standard so bad! I played one at GC and loved it!

[@penunggangmacan]

I use SG Standart 2005 same colour like yours, that double cut makes SG body comfort laying on me, yes it's light body and have a modern sound make me can play all arround music, sound amazing in clean and drive...fantastic guitar Gibson SG!

[@GrimpleGromble]

Right on 👍🏽

[@busterbrown3844]

Thanks mate!

[@zeggle5229]

There is a lot of good reviews all over the place on SG Standards and i haven't watched or read a bad one. I actually own a brand new 2022 SG Standard and the 1st thing i noticed it felt like quality and then sounded like quality, thing is not everyone can be mistaken about them and subsequently you won't go wrong if you buy one. Gibson should be paying us guys for all the good stuff we say about their SG Standards lol

[@superrookie-1]

Did you try the Epiphone sg standard? If you did what do you think?

[@gorillacharlie]

I've always had SG's and love them for playing live due to the weight, have a Les Paul too, which is a great guitar, but for transporting and standing up playing for two hours the SG is far more user freindly! As for neck dive, my old explorer was a contender for the olympic diving team...

[@PherotoneStudios]

Love it. I never thought I’d find a guitar I liked more than a Les Paul, but then I got this... they’re like a strat but with all the best Gibson parts. What an instrument! Is the explorer’s neck dive awful? I really want an explorwr

[@gorillacharlie]

@@PherotoneStudios, yeah it's pretty bad, I ended up putting lead weights in the control cavity to try to compensate, which helped a bit. I ended up selling the explorer to fund my LP

[@GrimpleGromble]

Great video, useful information 👍🏽

[@The56strat]

Batwing 490 forever

[@Cameron9788]

Gorgeous SG! Looks great in black. Looks a lot better with the black tuners on it too! "Leave a comment if you disagree. I mean if you do disagree, you're wrong." LOL! love it. I personally love the look of fret nibs! Think it makes it look tidier and nicer.

[@PherotoneStudios]

This made me laugh out loud. Love the black. I also ordered black bridge parts a while ago but they still haven’t arrived. Going to put black pickup covers on it too

[@Cameron9788]

@@PherotoneStudios oh sweet! That's going to be one sexy looking guitar!!. Gotta love when they're blacked out!. Look forward to seeing it when it's done!

[@kirkhensley5870]

Shiny! Yes, I have one too.

[@haydenmorehouse4864]

Props for playing it clean. I love my SG (mine is in cherry red) In the year 2020 I bought and sold so many different guitars looking for "The" sound. I bought a PRS SE Custom 24 but the thing was too thin, trebly, and didn't feel nice. Sold. Bought a Fender player Strat. Sounded amazing, really authentic strat sound, but the sharpest frets I've ever felt on any guitar and the tuners were shit. Sold. Schecter PT special. Not worth the hype. Sold. Then I tried out an SG in GC and I was blown away. It was a perfect blend between the thick, buttery Les Paul tone and the Twangy Telecaster sound. I haven't been able to put it down since. Hoping to one day pass it down to my son or daughter 🤘🏻

[@PherotoneStudios]

Absolutely love this comment and completely agree with Fender Player frets. The SG was a shock to me too. I just wanted to try one and bought it on a whim. My kids say it looks like Batman 😂

[@alexlermontov87]

Clean Gibson SG standard sound, what can be more pleasant than that?

[@petergoddard1960]

Thank you for this, although it hasn't helped my severe GAS for an SG at all! Also thank you for a totally clean demo, so rare these days and very much appreciated. It seems the Les Paul gets the most attention, but the SG remains Gibson's best selling solid body guitar. Clearly there's a reason for this. The only one I've ever played was a 1967 model a mate had and that was back around 1980. I remember loving it but not much more. I need to get my mitts on one. Soon!

[@graemero5532]

Thanks for the clean review.

[@thefivepoints]

Awesome with a Seymour Duncan Invader in the bridge, thickens it up a bit more for rhythm playing but still with lots of bite.

[@foxxygearreviews7754]

Just ordered one. Great intro song!

[@olaffroschke1082]

A very nice Guitar. I agree with you, the tonal difference between Les Paul and SG is the position of the SG's neck pickup. Could you tell me the thickness of the neck in the 1st fret?

[@matthewsommerville88]

Went in for a les Paul and walked out with an SG. I just couldn’t argue with the form factor it just becomes an extension of your body so easily with its weight and shape

[@Ottophil]

That was me 20 years ago. Had 1100$ in my pocket was planning to get a lp studio. And the SG happened

[@matthewsommerville88]

@@Ottophil Indeed. I never much cared for the SG looks but I’ve yet to find a guitar that feels as comfortable. Instant bond now an SG fanboy for life.

[@4packdaddy]

I like the look of this all black SG. Gives me Sabbath vibes.

[@j_music_8779]

Awesome guitar! Congrats! 🙌🍻

[@DaisyHead666]

I love SG's, but as for the thinness of them eeeh.. Not much of a fan. Causes alot of neck dive. They feel amazing to play when you get the neckdive all sorted.

[@georgecundiff2516]

I Have A 2020 Sg Standardin Ebony From Sweetwater And I Absolutely Love It Get You One Too!

[@Relayer6a]

Besides the lighter body the neck also attaches at the 21st fret vs the 16th fret on a Strat, another light bodied guitar, and the Les Paul, which is not a light bodied guitar. lol So, the neck is hanging further off the side of the guitar pulling down more. When I 1st tried a Strat after playing a LP, which feels like it's locked in a gravity well, for a while it felt neck heavy to me too. But like anything else you adjust. The tall skinny frets and narrow rounder fretboard on the Strat were more bothersome. I always feel like the guitar is fighting me. But if you want the Strat sound, you deal with it. And as far as the whole "tone wood" debate? Why can't people just let other people hear what they can and you not hear what you can't. I promise I won't tell you that you can hear something if you tell me you can't. ;-) And beware Dylan. He attributes every difference to the sound to what he sells and makes money on. And of course every teeny tiny difference in a pickup is MASSIVE if you listen to him. But he can buy the cheapest lowest quality guitar parts and still charge a luthier's premium. Rant/off. Enjoy your guitar, mate!

[@hybro8]

Wood makes about a 1% difference. Usually comes down to fretboard material either maple or rosewood and that 1% difference can be removed by using the tone control or EQ on the Amp. So theoretically you are correct, wood itself makes no difference.

[@PherotoneStudios]

Totally agree mate.

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey nice review, I was planning to buy the Gibson SG Standard '61. Have you ever played them? If so, what do you think. Seeing your review I am tempted to get an 2012 SG?

[@davemeyer2378]

Less dancing you say??? Not a chance my man.

[@edwinwise6751]

Had 4 different Sg s all gibsons at different times . Go to for stage Lpj us. Bought new epi phone 200.00 s g special . Put grovers and Gibson made p90 at the bridge and this &$#@*(&$&$# rocks . It has finish better than any us made , it plays as well as anything else I own ,it stays in tune . The ultimate test of any guitar for me is I forget what axe I’m playing 2 seconds into the 1st song. I only think about what I am playing if it starts misbehaving

[@PherotoneStudios]

I think the lesser neck break angle of Epiphones helps a lot with tuning. It’s almost at the point where every guitar comes off a CnC machine so it doesn’t matter where in the world it was created. I do love this US SG though

[@1thess523]

What about neck "tone" wood? I've seen a few videos where people are like "i don't believe in tone wood but yeah a maple and rosewood neck have a different tone to them" 😕

[@PherotoneStudios]

How random. I didn’t like the tone of a strat, not enough high end, and people suggested changing it to a maple fretboard. Made zero difference. I do have some tonal experiments coming up though and although I’d say the wood contributes about 1% to the sound, it does seem to make a tiny difference. Not enough to warrant chowing a guitar for though.

[@grimoire7851]

no tonewood so buy epi

[@dherdy9205]

I'm going to put a shark sinker in the cavity

[@martinxmartinx7347]

what year is the Gibson sg?

[@PherotoneStudios]

2012

[@nicirvin1994]

What I don't understand.. And it's NOT you but everyone goes.. Simple guitar.. 3 way switch 2 Tone 2 Volume controls 2 pickups.. Simple guitar.. Isn't the the same as a LP.. and doesn't a Strat have Less controls.. Anyway.. I love the SG too..

[@jambajoby32]

What exactly are you trying to say? Or are you just complaining

[@jimjim7008]

It's a rock n roll staple electric guitar not made for clean. Angus won't be proud!! Great production thought one of the best Ive seen.

[@jambajoby32]

Some of us don’t even care to sound like angus

[@hulyaaktas2315]

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[@dherdy9205]

You bend inwards and away from the edge the fret doesn't catch , an expensive novice lol buetifull that word I couldn't be bothered auto mating for the peace of clarity and prosperity

[@nizodizo9549]

I disagree with your argument about tone wood. I could say something nasty. Your doctor can help you with hearing disorders.

[@PherotoneStudios]

Prove me wrong

[@Ottophil]

Wood makes almost no difference. Magnetics are where most of the tone is

[@andreil1234]

@@Ottophil That's the new and savvy hip thing to say. However experience proves that is not exactly the case. The whole guitar body acts as an eq / filter and does affect string vibration, amplifying certain oscillations and dampening others. If wood / construction didn't matter you'd not have "dead spots" or "wolf notes" and all guitars of a given scale length with the same hardware and pickups and setup would sound exactly the same. The pickups amplify whatever the guitar puts out. If for some reason it lacks bass, mids or treble, the pickups won't magically put what's lacking right back. It's GIGO. Putting Fralins in a dead sounding tele (regardless of what it's made of) won't help it too much. They'll probably improve what's on offer already, but throw them into a better tele with more desirable construction and higher quality materials and they will shine in various different ways. If construction affects tone, then wood is also in itself structure just like bolt on vs set / vs neckthrough. It can affect what you end up hearing as tone several ways. No pickup set that's not grossly compressed and over-wound ever sounds the same in two different guitars, same setup, same model, consecutive serial numbers even. So then, there are recipes, wood sourcing, storage and treatment and all the experience that goes into building stuff with certain goals in mind. The wood makes no difference TO the pickups, but it does make a difference to how the strings oscillate and ring at every frequency and certain species of woods do *tend* to have certain characteristics when using them to build *certain* models. One big difference wood makes is playability though. Having a sturdy and stable neck makes the whole guitar slinkier to play, regardless of setup. If that wood easily moves, in general that makes the guitar harder to play even with a low action buzz free setup. All great guitars I've tried have that in common: really sturdy necks. And that makes one heckuva difference for what kind of tones you can spit out of it. Wood makes a big difference, however often in ways that would be way too difficult to measure as it also involves a feedback loop with the player. Everything matters, even if the biggest difference is made by MIC -> Speaker -> cabinet -> power amp -> tone stack -> preamp -> cable -> pickups -> -setup -> guitar usually in this order. But a tiny rock can make some big ripples in the lake the other way around. Nobody says "buy in on that magic tonewood nonsense". But you don't have to go full on at the other end of the spectrum like your brain's a computer and only knows 0 and 1. :)

[@DaddyWarbucksunlimited]

"It wont do anything differently."