The "Godfather's SG" | 2001 Gibson USA Tony Iommi Signature SG Cross Inlay Review + Demo

[@Trog]

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[@johngonzalez7967]

No neck profile, or did I miss that?

[@glaucosouza1971]

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[@therabbitcanada]

Iommi. Have an Epiphone version (and lefty since I am too)

[@DamenJoost]

Angus's SG is really just standard. Iommi's SG is slightly more customized. I started out as a huge Angus fanboy but these days I also love Iommi's work.

[@clanofhousecats8079]

I'm proud to own the original Custom Shop Iommi. It plays amazing.

[@Blueesteel_]

Tony Iommi truly is the godfather. Truly my original inspiration to play since I was a kid.

[@matthewvalenti1348]

The second you put that distortion on you could properly hear the Sabbath, Jesus. I love how those pickups sound.

[@reggiesalas4285]

I have the Epiphone version of this guitar. The strap button by the neck on this guitar is actually on the top horn on the Epiphone eliminating neck dive. You still get the Iommi pick ups, rosewood fret board, but all the hardware on the Epiphone is black (which I prefer). I got mine for a pretty great value, it's my go to guitar for the tone those pick ups create. Still my favorite guitar I own to this day.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Great choice. I would love to hear some tones.

[@ferox965]

Those are creeping up in value too. I had found one years ago for about 400 bucks (should have got it), saw one the other day and the guy wants about a thousand for it.

[@reggiesalas4285]

@ferox965 I was wanting to get another just to gut it for the parts to swap on a knock off Les Paul I have, but shit, it's probably cheaper just to buy the parts now. XD

[@ethansimpson1007]

I have a Epi version too, but my strap button is at the neck base. Suspect it may be an early run version?

[@reggiesalas4285]

@ethansimpson1007 Yours is actually the newer version I believe.

[@ScottPaine]

The pickup has both ceramic and alnico 2 in each pickup. Both the ceramic and alnico 2 are full length bar magnets stacked together on the bottom of the pickup (were they normally would be). There is also a second alnico 2 magnet that is about only 1/4 length of a normal bar magnet on the top of the pickup setting in between of the two bobbins

[@maryharrison6684]

I remember when that guitar came out. I purchased a 62 reissue SG, purchased the Tony Iommi pickups and had them installed. It was more cost effective. 5:44 6:00 6:00

[@jubei7259]

Digging those pups - a really sweet, dark mellow tone. They'd pair nicely with my old Orange OR. (It loves that 70's classic rock stuff).

[@TheAtariCreep]

I got a set of these sig pickups for my The SG, and I absolutely LOVED them. I was so excited when these guitars came out. Never owned one. The vibe is amazing.

[@styrenebuilds6851]

Iommi pickups were the First signature pups that Gibson did , The first pups had the PAF sticker and the later had patent numbers.

[@vegashdrider]

I have the custom shop version and it is an absolute beast! The differences with the production model are glaring, it doesn’t come close

[@Kahuna54]

I love this guitar! Tony is such an underrated player! He should be named alongside Page, Clapton, etc.!

[@blodpudding]

Side note: The yellowing around solder joints are the flux used when it was installed.

[@mp-rock7871]

I love it when SGs come with 24 frets. In my opinion, 24 frets should be a standard feature on SGs. Also, SGs are criminally overlooked guitars. Everyone talks about Strats, Les Pauls, Vs, Explorers or Telecasters but not many people are enthusiastic about SGs. I only became a fan when a friend sold me his 2014 SG Special. I've had it for a year now and I play the hell out of it.

[@john564holloway]

Agreed! What's sad is the Gibson EDS 1275 & Epiphone version only come with 20 frets on each neck.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

A normal person: Ah damn, I cut my fingertips off. No more guitar for me. Tony Iommi: No more fingertips to slow me down! Time to invent metal.

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

Honestly surprised you haven't visited the Gibson factory yet and made a video. I'm sure they'd love to have you visit.

[@Tijuanabill]

I love the no pole pieces exposed pickup covers. I had similar ones on a Schecter that I really thought looked cool.

[@TomTobin67]

My wife plays guitar and her first good guitar is the epiphone tony iommi SG from about 2008. It's a neck through and heavy as fudge! Easily 10 lbs. I modded the frick out of it. Now she loves it.

[@brettmetivier6256]

I played the Custom Shop Tony Iommi SN 002 at the NAMM show when they were introduced…MUCH thinner neck (nut width) than just about any Gibson I’ve ever played & had a V shape to it. Have regretted not buying it ever since. SN 001 was a lefty marked “SOLD” & I suspect Tony has it.

[@paulrockatansky77]

Do you remember the price? It's probably gone astronomical given how rare they are.

[@brettmetivier6256]

I believe it was in the $3500 range….

[@theadventuresofred19]

I set up the introduction between Gibson Custom Shop and Tony at the 97 NAMM festival. I have a picture of Iommi from that time.

[@marlindale183]

Gotta love an SG. Review

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I agree

[@Abs-sr9lx]

The 61 neck is my absolute favourite

[@marygaleac]

You need to checkout Jaydee Guitars in the UK……I will leave it at that…..

[@Shiznitt_]

I got a 01 SG Gothic which I always called the affordable version of this lol When my neighbor offered it up for $250 in 2010 I couldn’t say no 😅

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

I gotta move into that neighborhood. All my neighbor does for me is block my car in with his shitty Saturn.

[@john564holloway]

Does your gothic have Orville's pic on the back of the headstock? I love those axes!

[@Shiznitt_]

@@john564holloway it does! And the moon/star inlay on the 12th fret. The thing has a baseball bat neck and I call it lucky 13 since the serial has all 0s 1s & 3s lol I was never a fan of the pickups tho so it doesn’t get played much

[@john564holloway]

@Shiznitt_ That's kool! Those axes are awsum!

[@TheSavagederek]

The Angus Young model is gorgeous . Has Gibson ever done a Clapton Fool SG ? Now that would be cool .

[@steveparish9210]

That would be cool! Expensive too I bet

[@Trog]

Not an official one yet - but if Fender can do Rocky... Gibson can do that one

[@TheSavagederek]

@@Trog I'd imagine it would sell fast . And cost a fortune also .

[@johnnyxmusic]

@@TheSavagederek50K

[@roberte03915]

I may have missed it in the video, but it's also not listed in the description - what product do you use for the polishing?

[@garrettboomerbender]

It's mandatory for this to be tuned to C# Standard.

[@nedludd3641]

I get sweat, sea salt, beer, spittle on my D-35 and Strat. Please show us how you clean that gunk off, Trogly :)

[@bryonkidder6199]

Ace Frehley's Budokan Les Paul Custom is the "Coolest Guitar Ever Built"...imo

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Great call

[@geezberry8889]

i have a '07 SG and a couple of the pots have similar markings with a pen with dates. were they swapped or original?

[@mr.timebombman2230]

I prefer the standard with the large pick guards. Completes the look.

[@ethansimpson1007]

Have you had a chance to do a review of the Epiphone version. I have it and I swear it's worthy of Trogly Preservation. Not mine though, I need it.

[@joermnyc]

I mean, gloss black shows every flaw, scratch, ding, etc. It’s only perfect right after it dries in the factory. However if you have a perfect gloss black surface you can then spray over that in a metal color like chrome and it will look like actual metal. It’s a weird finishing quirk that model makers and movie/theater prop departments use.

[@mikekeeler6362]

I like the John Diggins model

[@PeteA54]

Unless I missed it, the different output jack position on the Custom Shop wasn't mentioned. I used a right angle jack to plug into the guitar. My first decent guitar was a '62 SG Special. Loved it for years until the neck actually started twisting!😳

[@tickmagnet]

Great guitar for metal, and church.

[@unionrdr]

Noice! I could dig that one fo sho! I have the " Toni Cherry" Epiphone SG Standard I bought new from GC. Built 10/97! I'm learning that this neck shape helps how I have to hold and move my hand. Besides D Standard tuning on 9's.

[@commandoy8958]

I really hope that they bring back his signature pickups. I would absolutely love to have a set of those cause some of my absolute favorite riffs to play are Black Sabbath riffs.

[@Wildmutationblu]

I prefer the look of the custom shop ones.

[@fade2blacker]

You left out the 2016/17 Epiphone SG Tony Iommi Signature Custom from that list Trogly. Still have mine and only Epiphone I have bought new and kept. Was extremely well crafted for the time with Gibson Tony Iommi Signature pickups, Ebony fingerboard and pearloid cross inlays to the 24th fret. I have played that thing almost daily since. Great guitar.

[@liamhardison]

I'd LOVE a documentation of the 2012 Jeff Tweedy SG Standard!!!

[@derrickenbuenosaires]

BTW those pickups can be split into single coil sounds. Hence the reason for 4 conductor wiring. I sold mine because I didn't like the fat bassy sound I was getting from the pickups. Nothing like the trebly tone I knew from Black Sabbaths first two albums. If I had known I could've single coiled these pickups I would've to try it out. I'm curious now to find me a pair to try that out. Noone on KZbin that I know of has single coiled these yet. I believe it would get a more authentic P90 early Sabbath tone.

[@joshuataft5541]

I dnt like pick guards.on sgs but a Pearloid would be sweet Not a bat wing tho

[@presmasterflash7555]

Love the look of those pickups. I have a no-hole chrome cover on my 500T in my The Hawk. Paired with a Firebird style neck pup and a Schaller 456, she’s a mean Bird of Prey

[@presmasterflash7555]

And 24 frets to boot! Hell yeah!

[@faustthehammer8706]

I want the lefty version I'm a south paw love iommi

[@sgt.grinch3299]

The First Fret Neck Depth shirt is not listed in the store.

[@Trog]

Are you at the teepublic shop? www.teepublic.com/stores/trogly?ref_id=27133&Trogly

[@sgt.grinch3299]

@@Trog I went to the store on your home page. I need to get a shirt for my Grandson.

[@terrypussypower]

HA! I thought that said “They’re made of a *paranoid* material”…LOL! 😅 2:24

[@thomasmiller5057]

I have this guitar but the Epiphone version (USA) I bought it new but I got no case and the hardware is black chrome I love it and have used it a lot It’s my only neck heavy guitar

[@Blueesteel_]

I wish I had the custom shop one

[@russellmisbach7817]

There were heavy songs before Black Sabbath in 1970. Simply put Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath made Heavy Metal a Genre.

[@witchfindergeneralelectric8758]

I think adding the "horror movie" element to hard rock is what set Sabbath apart. As you said, there were heavy songs before Sabbath, but they weren't singing about the devil and trying to scare people. That's metal, and Black Sabbath did it first 🤘

[@judecapone7651]

I purchased a left-handed Iommi epiphone in 2017 for my Sabbath tribute..fantastic guitar for the value..24 fret, bound, inlays past 12th, neck through body and the Iommi p'ups...came with cool case candy..I love 24 frets on an SG. I bought it from zsounds at the time was $800.00. gave me a year to pay interest free and received it within the week. Still have the guitar and play it often...the tribute band? Eh, not so much ☹️☹️

[@keithsmith9889]

I think the covers and the crosses are really cool

[@BushidoPhoto]

I would love it if you would review Takamine acoustic guitars. The LTD's and Legacy series.

[@BlackArtsToneworks]

Tones from the pickups are more "Zero The Hero" than "Iron Man". They're pretty solid when approached that way.

[@ziggy72170]

( always Wondered )..I was just wondering, why some USA Gibson SG Iommi Gutars have Fret-Markers all the way Down on the board, and some don't ?? (thanx 🤔)

[@derrickenbuenosaires]

I had one of these, when I posted it on ebay to sell I had a lot of negative comments saying that it was a fake because they didn't know that Gibson USA made a batch of these. They kept saying it was Epiphone but they knew no better lol

[@studowling]

I love the looks. I hate the p'ups. And .83" may be thin for some folks but that's too thick for me. I have a black Viper that had a white pickguard but I had Chandler Music make me a black one so now it's all blacked out like this SG. I'm curious, do you play the War Pigs riff wrong every time so you don't get a copyright strke? LOL I'm just messin' with ya man keep doin' what you're doin.

[@Mark-jd2dv]

Looking for a set of the pups, anyone know where I can find them? Looked everywhere for them.

[@romusromulus]

I loved how he barely mentioned the unique hybrid pups in this.

[@Requiem_304]

Its been a while since Trogly made a video on a Tony Iommi guitar!

[@sevenexes7778]

Glad he’s got this signature guitar. I lost my my street cred for him when he became a perfume salesman

[@pepmasters-999]

No need to be a xerjoff about it.

[@VidMashUp]

The ABR-1 is an inferior bridge. They really should only use it on historic reissues. I mean the reason they made the Nashville bridges because the ABR-1 leans and/or collapses over time. Why put a part on a guitar that you know is going to break?

[@Forest_Fifer]

Because Gibson is all about tradition over function. See also neck break angle, chunky heels, crooked string pull, single action truss rods, etc. Anyone else would move with the times,but not Gibson.

[@jamiesmith1151]

Had the left handed one back in 2012

[@onemanaftermath771]

I have that exact guitar! Bought new in 2001 up here in Canada..in fact mine might even be a hair cleaner!( great video by the way.)All hail Lord Iommi.

[@WilliamGM3rd]

Thanks for this showcase well done

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Z is for late. Cutting grass. That is an amazing SG. It may be a top 5 entry.

[@yourdrummer2034]

I love it! Truly a legendary musician!

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Tony is a GOD living among men.🤘🎸🙏

[@MrShadowofthewind]

I still do not understand why Gibson discontinueud that Iommi pickup, it sold like cookies, liads of people are still looking for them, because they are one of the best pickups ever made.

[@bradc32]

that is sweet i like the US version better than the CS! needs a nickel stop bar tho

[@robertlathan4639]

Tim Pearce is looking for one

[@donaldcampbell9219]

Beautiful

[@jameshughes6049]

Evening all!!!

[@keithhampton9700]

Was not the original cross inlay guitar made by Jay Dee?🤔🤨🤘

[@somerandomdudelonelyAF]

Hello there

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Random✌️✌️

[@metalheadbill]

I am not a fan of the playability of SGs but I think they look cool as hell, especially Tony Iommi's. I think the neck pickup sounds amazing, nice and doomy, but the bridge sounds pretty awful in this demo at least. I would love to give them a try though. My favorite guitarist ever. \m/ \m/

[@scottcalloway4630]

Who here can honestly say that they wouldn't rock an SG that looked like this one that looked like it did under black light. Purple tinted chrome and that odd greenish gray color?

[@bikerjon8934]

Waffles🧇Waffles🧇Waffles

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Well done Biker Jon, you earned a Silver Medal for today.

[@krzysztofwaleska]

It's really strange, that this guitar is 1:1 with 1st Epiphone Iommi signature. At least to my eye, I'm player, not expert. Headstock says Gibson, the rest is identical. I don't agree that both coils have the same magnet. They don't sound the same when you select upper/lower part of pickup. Please check inductance and resistance - are not the same for both halves of pickup. Resistance - perhaps the same, inductance - not.

[@adiohead]

Once played a Patrick Eggle Tony Iommi and it was incredible!

[@samright4661]

Tony owned the company that made his pickups at one time. I don’t remember what year he ended his relationship. Are you Gibson made them?

[@warwickben]

Pretty sure the one sits based on isn’t a Gibson. I knew he had a local guy make some for him

[@ferox965]

The Epiphone version of this is getting up in value too.

[@krzysztofwaleska]

How much?

[@noveltycrusade]

Love it

[@zxexrxox]

I used to own one until it was stolen

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Yikes. That is a sad tale.

[@zxexrxox]

It was a cool guitar for sure.

[@joshuataft5541]

Thanx trogly.... ..I liv3 through these..I play my yard sale.guiyars and watch you ..❤ ya bud. Honestly Ypur a good man many nights healing from a 10 year healing process from a mot.crash. you've kept me vigalent.and posotive and smiling ❤😂on nights I wasn't sure if make it ❤.u brother Honest

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

I would love to have that one way way more than that Monkey it's more my speed 🤘 The Tony for me !

[@AtomicMeatballGuitar]

Hi

[@yorman78]

hola como estas 🧐🍷

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Congratulations on climbing to the summit of the Mole Hill and earning a Gold Medal.

[@mr.timebombman2230]

I'd rather have the neck binding.

[@joshfriedman5368]

Is it just me or do the tips of the headstock look more pointy than usual ?

[@grantcindrich]

Badass episode.

[@denverrandy7143]

Crunchy...me likey

[@FortyThievesOrkestar]

Hey

[@billyblackwell3495]

I want one😢

[@bluekoi455]

They tend to get "Trashed" don't think i didn't catch that!

[@ericbgordon1575]

As if I didn't already have issue with both the SG body-shaping so top-heavy and with signature models that are only generated to increase the price tag on an already overpriced instrument. Here, we get both. It's almost as though someone inclining toward purchasing this Tony Iommi signature SG should already be equipped with something like a studded dog collar strap. That could potentially be the solution to any electric guitar (or bass) that's top-heavy.

[@vincentrandles8105]

Interesting....

[@larryburwell8550]

i love tony iommi great guitarist. not a sg fan much though. for a les paul player like me the necks just too long

[@PonziZombieKiller]

Iron man ⚫️Black Monday II ⚫️

[@carlkochersberger9411]

NEED!!!