The BEST SG I've Ever Heard! | 1972 Gibson SG Standard Embossed Pickups Bigsby

[@TripleThreat2405]

My little brother had a cherry color 72 SGII with embossed humbuckers as his 1st real guitar at age 10 in 1975. My mom bought it for $100 from a friend of mine who owned it since new. The narrow nut width was perfect for his small hands. He asked me to remove the pickup covers but it was impossible! It sounded great and served him well for a couple of years. The bright sound is exactly as I remember. We discovered years later that his SGII with humbuckers was a special model from the old Chicago Guitar Gallery on Wabash, where it was purchased.

[@hkguitar1984]

6:49 The main reason most bridge height adjustment posts become mangled/damaged is from adjusting the height under string tension. In all cases the strings should be loosened before adjusting the bridge height (either raising or lowering). In most cases the bridge posts are made of plated brass (very soft material), the screw slots cut into the brass cannot withstand the extra forces required from full string tension. Do your future-self a favor and put some slack into the strings before adjusting the bridge height.

[@JJT007hero]

Good tip. I never do that. I will now

[@jcwoodstl]

Good advice, though I’ve done it without loosening the strings for decades without consequence, it makes sense and I’ll start loosening going forward

[@alexparsa8330]

More Sg’s please🙏

[@BubblesJrJr]

Trog always has cool SGs

[@JJT007hero]

Yes. More SGs🎉

[@TommySG1]

Agreed! 🤙

[@markjamesmeli2520]

That color is just....GREAT!! And that sound is textbook as to how an SG should sound. Right out of that early 1970s hard rock school of greatness. This SG, while you're playing it, demonstrates why SGs were such "go to" Gibsons!!

[@darrellminx5459]

Trog is the best advertising that Gibson has. He should be paid for it. Or hire the guy already. He knows more about Gibson guitars than Gibson does.😂

[@gryzew]

He's not a collector/expert in 50s and 60s Gibsons, and this is what everybody's jerking to and 90% of Gibson/Epiphone catalogue, for the foreseeable future at least, will keep being about recreating 50s and 60s.

[@harbonip]

I agree

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

Nothing you said is true. He sells guitars.

[@darrellminx5459]

@@ChrisShortyAllen ok whatever you say

[@sneakking101]

That’ll be the day when Mark visits and talks to him, what a wonderful crossover

[@jerrys4466]

Wow, I’m impressed. You were really bang it out. Your guitar playing has most definitely improved!!👍👍

[@petesis7934]

Wow. I have the almost identical SG except it does not have the Embossed pickups and apparently M6 Schallers . Mine has Gibson on the Bigsby and is (as far as I know, is all original. I bought it used in the 80s and it has been with me since. Mine has ebony fretboard with the square mother of pearl. Gibson Schaller tuners, harmonica bridge with mostly ungnarled adjustment screws. It appears to be shaped the same as this one in your video (around the horns, same pick guard.). I enjoy your videos and I was surprised to see something so close to what I have. SN 2047XX. The yellow grain fill is why I have wondered if it was walnut.. 5 piece narrow neck. I enjoy your videos and I have learned a crazy amount. I watch most every evening. Thanks Trogly. Pete

[@jimmyjames2022]

Sweet, gorgeous 72 SG with embossed Super tarbacks which sound amazing! Mid 70s SG is my favourite era of SG since I was a teenager, never owned one. I finally bought a used 2018 reissue of a 74 SG Special with 24 frets, small blocks and minis, it's my favourite guitar.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Very cool!

[@Harvard_Fairway]

That thing rips!!

[@melvyntan1273]

This sg has got some awesome soul! Just based off of the tones alone, I’d say this is a keeper!

[@Joe___R]

She sounded great. It is one I wouldn't let go of if I were you. Having a few great players grade guitars is always a good thing if you ever want to have a little jam session. Not having to worry about damaging one of your museum grade guitars should allow you to play more.

[@hkguitar1984]

Congrats Austin, great find, and those pickups are worth every Penny people charge for them. Gotta love the Kalamazoo built Gibson solid bodies.

[@Shredward-dl2gp]

You finally pulled out some lead guitar! Well done!

[@FuzzWoof]

18:43 Something about hearing the riff from Trogdor sneaking into a guitar demo makes me happy, hahaha. Also those 70s SGs really are underrated, the different pickup placement from the SG norm makes them sound so much better.

[@hammer5475]

I think that is the best sounding guitar you’ve demonstrated on this channel. Nice find!

[@markfahey3921]

The SG with the top mounted controls over a plate was the SG Deluxe, which was the first SG I owned and it was excellent. I also owned a Gibson SG Standard with with an Ebony fretboard and no binding. It also had the large bridge. Both guitars sounded great and played beautifully.

[@DrKennyWang]

Wow, the harmonics on that thing just explode out of the guitar. Fabulous sounding SG 😊

[@brianstatom9567]

I'm not the biggest fan of the Bigsby, but I bet it helps with the neck dive.

[@ronsheehan]

I’m waiting for Mark Agnisi to do a “the collection” video at Troggly’s!

[@flapjack413]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathanhudak2059]

This is a gorgeous SG I just love the honey-esque color of this one snd it sounds pretty good too! I just wish you would've played a few more things in the clean tones section but it's a fantastic guitar at the end of the day! As an SG fan with a few in my arsenal I'd love to try one of these since they have the skinnier necks and see how they play and feel. I'd keep this one if I were you Trogly!

[@jimilee459]

I love it! I think that suntan lotion / bug spray marring is actually sweat and cigarette smoke from playing in bars.

[@philviner2061]

You sound good with that one

[@Beco96]

I know a guy who has something really similar. I think it's either a '73 or a '74 Cherry Red SG. Also routed in the back, small block inlays and a harmonica bridge. However, he doesn't have embossed pickup covers and a bigsby, just a regular silverish covers and a stoptail. Pots, pickguard and pretty much everything is the same. He's a guitarist of a really popular punk rock band from Zagreb, Croatia called "Hladno Pivo" (eng: Cold Beer). Their 1st album "Dzinovski" from 1992 is probably the most important album of the croatian punk subculture. When I played drums, I used to have rehersals in the same practice area as his band, and that's how I got to know him. As kids, we would always run back home and bring Cold Beer albums to all the band members to sign them :)

[@DeadKoby]

My 79 LP has the 3 latch chainsaw. Hinges still working well!

[@deanbartone8187]

Hey Austin, that guitar is awesome. Reminds me of my old one. That thing sounds awesome. I always thought the tar buckers had a great tone and those in lays just glow beautifully they really pop

[@mordokch]

I have a '76 standard - the neck is like a tooth pick. Tar backs sound amazing - aggressive, crunchy and vicious lol. It's a great guitar for sure, but the neck is practically unplayable even for me and I don't have particularly big hands. I could imagine a youngster liking it though.

[@samiam5557]

That sure is battle scarred. But sounds marvelous.

[@joereed7793]

I gotta say.. your guitar playing has improved a lot. No offense but I used to leave the videos once you got to the play demo part but you sound stage ready, here. You been workin on it and it shows. Kudos.

[@EZ-uz8ww]

Trogly can play 15 second snippets of riffs, that doesn’t make him a guitar player, stage ready? I doubt he can even play 2 WHOLE songs all the way thru

[@patriottothecore6215]

I’ve got exactly this variant. It’s my main gigging guitar and it sounds great.

[@rainergimenez4022]

I don't know if I'm the only one who is thinking this but you are probably holding in your hands one of the best sounding SG's on planet earth. You might want to consider keeping that one for yourself. It really is that awesome.

[@jubei7259]

You can always tell when our boy digs a guitar by his playing. I love SG's, got 2 of 'em ('92 Standard & '61R). Might not be as pretty as any of my LP's but they're fantastic players.

[@wretchedrider2157]

A good guitarist I used to play with had the embossing on the pickups but also had the top mounted control assembly and rounded pickguard as well as a Bigsby. It sounded RIGHTEOUS.

[@joelmahan]

Best sounding SG you’ve had on here😎

[@bigsbyfreak]

I had the special 72 with plastic mini HBs, sounded amazing

[@scotthutchens1556]

That’s a really nice guitar and does sound good like you said. 5.21 K for the neck pickup to me is really weak but doesn’t sound bad in this video. In 1981-‘82 I had a 1972 walnut color that had the ugly top mounted plastic control plate and Les Paul style pickguard. It played real tight and really didn’t sound good tonally. The Duncan Invader’s set I put in only accentuated the bad sounding body. It had the embossed pickups before I changed them. Before that, I wasn’t aware there were those cosmetic changes that made people hate the SG’s for that year or so. Around 1976 or so I found a 1974 Standard in cherry finish. Like too many good instruments, I sold it a few years later. Nowadays I wouldn’t like the thinner neck. I have other SG’s now from the real early to mid 1960’s.

[@davidfmgonzalez]

What a beast! Incredible sounding, congrats!

[@ernestschultz5065]

Ramble on! On an SG? Sure, why not!

[@WoodandWire-t1m]

You can always tell if he is going to sell it.

[@styrenebuilds6851]

The real reason they have the harmonica bridge is because they decreased the neck pitch . The standard tune-o--matic won't go low enough

[@cuda426hemi]

Ridiculous. They increased the neck pitch from 15º back to original 17º in '73. 14º headstock pitch from '65 to '73 sort of kills your argument since they ALL used tune-o-matics aka ABR-1s w/and w/o retainer wire until the harmonica joined the party for ONLY a cup of coffee on some Gibsons then back to ABR-1s and Nashville variant. 🎸

[@styrenebuilds6851]

@@cuda426hemi Neck pitch not Headstock pitch

[@cuda426hemi]

@@styrenebuilds6851 True, me bad, I mis-took headstock for neck but my statement still is accurate regarding why string height action was not the factor in floating the wider throw harmonica bridge out for a year (especially w/Bigsbys messing up the geometry as well) or so since they never stopped using and ultimately settled on the ABR-1/Nashville TOM to this day TP-6 notwithstanding. 🎸

[@ikestoddard2458]

That was the year I went shopping. Got an LP Deluxe. But the SG Walnut I liked seems to have been lost to time.... And I HATE whammy bars of all kinds. More for you folks who love them!

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

I had a 72 les paul deluxe sunburst ,had the embossed mini humbuckers. I LOVED it. Stolen ,Birmingham south side by the Vulcan 1984. Fantastic thing.

[@kierenmoore3236]

Thieves. 😡

[@jubei7259]

Birmingham here in the UK or Alabama? If it's here in the UK, I get it. Great city but some rough areas lol

[@bobmccaslin2040]

One of the best-sounding guitars I’ve ever seen you play!

[@mes2239]

Best playing I’ve heard from you yet!

[@typecek_ondralive5023]

Very Underrated Gibson Era

[@musicauthority674]

I have a phenomenon where I have giant hands. with large palms and short stubby fingers. and this guitar has a neck that would be more comfortable for me. slim necks work better for me. you can see that Trilogy's fingers are slightly cramped on this neck. the Doors in the playing demo was AWESOME!!!! and he said I like it right after that. and I knew he couldn't get though the demo. without playing some AC/DC. yeah this is an SG that I definitely like.

[@Jomomma1]

It was a short lived variation because the embossed covers made it twice the work to produce them. With the embossing being oriented two different ways, the covers had to be turned. Think of the time it took per pickup cover to do that compared to a pickup cover that was not embossed. Those minutes or seconds add up and eat away at profit over a year.

[@Kazwell111]

I don't have the funds, but it's a no brainer for someone looking for a kickin SG, he may want to keep this one. I wouldn't blame him.

[@valve84]

Jeeez Trog, you're playing better than me now WTH? 😊 Nice playin dude!!

[@angryroostercreations5194]

About those solder joints, someone may have removed the neck pickup when they leveled the frets. as low and flat as those frets are, it has been worked on at least once. eit. +1 for the burninator riff.

[@joecooper7803]

Hey trog have a rear routed 72 deluxe style with the Grover style tuners so definitely a transition style Also the early tar back models had 500 k pots mid 73 changed to 300k still had the black caps though gut shot is identical to my late 73, bet yours has the 500k pots sounds awesome !

[@mjf1036]

That is a very nice guitar. The Pups, finish, fretboard, etc... I have never been a fan of SG's yet this one has some beauty but those horns.

[@naughtscribe]

Man, I have been *waiting* for this episode! That is my favorite year of SG, bar none. Amazing example you found there, Trogly!

[@timmuston2687]

My SG is very similar, except for not having a Bigsby and having the unbound ebony fretboard. It’s my all-time favourite guitar.

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Love me a SG! Sounds awesome! Possibly the best SG I have ever heard, next to Angus.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I love the SG on the front of the Man album cover Maximum Darkness. The Scratch plate is to die for.

[@silvernuggets1285]

🔥 🔥 pickups are hot. Great sound.

[@TheGalilee416]

That sound is so good!

[@danielbreaux1842]

Even duct tape is better than electrical....that gets all gooey

[@flapjack413]

100%. And even better than that, gaffer's tape or hockey tape.

[@jjones8817]

I was able to find replacement latches for my Gen 2 Les Paul case on Ebay.

[@fju1107]

That sounded so good that I went to the site before Trog finished the playing demo to check the price. When I didn’t see it I figured he was keeping it. Good call.

[@glennnortonjr2455]

Your playing is the best i've ever seen. Trogly and the guitar? Really like the episode. That this guitar is for sale?

[@marmelaki]

Wow... that sounded fantastic! We could tell you enjoyed playing it a little more than usual ;-)

[@ronsheehan]

Those humbuckers may be extra microphonic based on the reverb on Troy’s voice I. Some of the playing samples

[@Trog]

No, all reverbs are added in post so that is just an editing error

[@sebastianleitonmaldonado7889]

One of the best sounding guitars I've heard on this channel lml

[@simonsmith2579]

Hedge your bets that 'bright and punchy tone' is being added by all the metal in that trem

[@fatseaturtle]

That tone was INSANE! Wow I loved SGs but I had no idea the 72 had those Tones! You have a winner here ❤

[@markvonwisco7369]

The spacing of the knobs looks really tight to me. Also, I like the streaky rosewood fretboards.

[@timbonest]

It sounds great. It was howling at one point. At 1800 to 1818 it’s doing greatness

[@kendrickcarvajalguzman821]

Im not an SG guy but she is a screamer! wao that a nice sounding guitar men! Keep it!

[@BIZARBIES]

@ 19:00 Shirtlessguy666 Jim Rex Wiseman tribute 😂

[@We-all-watched-the-video]

😂

[@BIZARBIES]

@@We-all-watched-the-video 🤣

[@Anthony-tn6mu]

Can't beat the P90 pickups for distortion. My 1968 special has a useless trem but ultimate tone driven by a 1 watt valve amp, no pedal required.

[@paulissus8974]

The inlays on the fretboard set it off right.

[@hifibrony]

Beautiful SG that sounds great!

[@ethanhitchcock5431]

Twenty years ago I thought the embossed pickups were cheezy , yet now I think they're sweet ! I did not know Gibson made Bigsby style trems like dat , I love the wood grain on that guitar. Is that faded Cherry or Natural...? Ive only ever owned an Epiphone SG ( 3-pickup Classic White Custom w/ Gold Hardware ) which I traded after a couple weeks , I didn't like it...I want / need Gibson SG gosh DAMMIT ! Ebony...? Cherry...? BOTH !? Thanks Trog !

[@nigellacey559]

I actually like the front routed sg's

[@basildog007]

Beautiful piece

[@thebenefactor6744]

Sorry for interrupting your playing there, Trogly. That was just my jaw hitting the floor

[@zerdomusica]

I have a mint 72 sg (blocky) with tarbacks with the ebony neck (with a particular reddish streak in the higher frets) with the factory gibson branded bisby b5 with a purple plush square gibson branded case.

[@jeremygilk4220]

cool sg

[@alankelly1001]

As I was born in 1972, the fact it's the only year Gibson had embossed pickup covers as standard tickles me immensely. And I do love an SG, but I'm six-foot-five so a narrow neck is not for me.

[@HouseOfCouplePuffs]

This is one of my faves. Killer

[@jea783]

I noticed that the neck pickup is closer to the neck than on the other SG models

[@ronnielobosmith4870]

Great!!!!! Now I want it

[@steveparish9210]

Nice sg !

[@bluekoi455]

That thing is a tone monster!

[@seoigh]

First SG I didn't hate the sound of

[@DoctorEnigma01]

I can and have repaired those latches, visible only what they’re opened

[@rustymohican8280]

She does sound special!

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

When was the tune o matic bridge reintroduced ?

[@bluekoi455]

I was gonna make fun about decorating for xmas in September, but i know the footage is filmed at different times

[@rocknrollguitar]

This is an amazing guitar❤ wow!

[@borasmussen4794]

Damn Austin you are getting so good at playing from where you were a few years ago!! Keep up the awesome work my friend!!

[@Techead78]

Looks like a keeper.

[@thefred8481]

More fun from Trogley’s!!!

[@ralphwest8156]

Wow that Mahogany is so pretty' and those tar back brandeds just rock ' ...gorgeous 72 '

[@realRonPetersen]

I bought my 72 sg new in 73. $425.00. Take the bar and spring off. Mine came with tar backs. The pickup covers have no Gibson logo. I changed out the pickups with Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz in the bridge. It ain’t the pickups, It’s the guitar. Nothing else sounds like it. I refinished mine in gold sparkle. I can do that because it’s mine and I’m never going to sell it.

[@TheAtariCreep]

SG, 70's, brown. That's all you need to tell me. DAM that sounds amazing.

[@paulanderson1396]

The best sounding sg you've played was the 62 with the removed serial number. Early 71 sgs were also back routed, then went to front route (worst sg ever) realised what an atrocious mistake they had made and went back to back route asap😅

[@guitarman6632]

I still have my 2016 CM black 👍

[@MegaChoo2]

72 small pick guard perfect

[@tomcaron9113]

I had a walnut one with Bigsby, embossed pups. Sold it for $200 because I thought it sounded awful. Nope, it was the crappy Peavey I was playing it through. Will always regret selling it. Always…..