Why Guitar Players (mostly) don't play the Gibson SG

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The Gibson SG, what is it really? The Les Paul's smaller brother? The "slinky" Gibson Guitar? I recently came across this Gibson SG, and I wanted to find out what it is about these guitars and why there's far more Les Paul players out there.

[@brendanfoster5320]

I’m the opposite. I’ve always loved SG’s, and to me it’s what I imagine a Les Paul is to others - it has a classic tone, I love the look, the feel, everything about them. I suppose I’m lucky I prefer the cheaper guitar.

[@joeyjooones]

Definitely an advantage considering the price difference!

[@KStarDid]

The SG and the Strat are the 2 most beautiful guitars ever made !

[@joeyjooones]

Fair enough!

[@zaldum386]

hmmmmmmmmmm

[@dwaynemcallister7231]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it's like picking a woman you think this one lady is the most beautiful in the world but your brother he thinks she is pretty average.

[@bysykler4959]

Too much analysis and opinions. Grab it and play the shit out of it.

[@ianhuddo2770]

For me, I much prefer the Tele visually. Sound is subjective based on gear used, skill and so on. But growing up in Australia and watching a very small person in pubs, clubs and later stadiums make this guitar sound ridiculously huge, hats off and huge respect to the Gibson SG Family and their prodicle son Angus 🇦🇺🦘🎸🎸🤘

[@FortessofShred]

After 31 years, I just bought an SG... should have bought one years ago! Always loved the look, but the "feel" wasn't right. I just bought an ebony Tony Iommi SG and absolutely love it!

[@billybob-b7t]

I got the epiphone monkey sg, and it is my favorite guitar 🙏

[@CATWALKCITY]

I love my 3 SGs, got a Standart, a 3 Pickup Deluxe and a Junior. Love the sound and the playability of the upper Fretboard, can even use my thumb up there...

[@joeyjooones]

fair enough!

[@kmjansen]

I play an SG because I want that Les Paul thang without the weight.

[@rogerYT69]

same 😊

[@lesbois53]

I have a 2000 SG Special in Alpine white. Ebony fingerboard. A beaut! I have never gigged it, but I may have another go after this! I am 80 now Joey, but still doing solo gigs in France. I have most of the classic guitars, but Kramers captured my heart in the 80’s. Always use a Baretta or a Stagemaster Custom. The workhorses of the world! Great vids. Rock on!

[@SkyBrotherBortz]

I believe the SG is Gibson’s best selling guitar so I think a lot of people play them.

[@joeyjooones]

Maybe, but where are they, I can’t see them? 😅

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

Right here man. I got two

[@andreyvanakoff9412]

From my experience ppl just don't like SG shape, commonly Strat and LPs are guitars in every meaning for every person. For guitarists right and left hand position is different, in comparison to any other popular guitar. Soundwise is also slighty different to ear. SG Standard: usually with a neck dive, 490N is ok, 490T is a big loss to be versatile. Expectations to be cheaper LP, in reality trebly opened and less bassy sound. SG Special/Junior on P90: fantastic sound. Mostly users are afraid of a simplified bridge, but fortunately it works fine. And expectations to be closer to Fenders, but again not. I like SGs, but you need to find a good unit to say it. I like design, playability, Gibson P90 sound, the best things are vibrations and responsibility to every note o chord you play, these are the most lively guitars ever. On my Junior i used to play everything, from clean chords, to drop C djent and metalcore, enough output, no fret buzz even on 10-46, perfrect agressive sound which drives you to play more and more. Access to every fret, easy bending, factory PLEK... SGs are fantastic guitars. But not for everyone. In general Gibsons are pricey, more fragile. PS i used to own and play a lot on different guitars from 300 to 5000$. Cheers!;)

[@leegeddyfan]

SGs can be made to the ultimate solidbody if the can mount any pickup in the pickguard like for example I'd love to see 2 single coils and a humbucker with a vibrato trem

[@stu4116]

Must mention Frank Marino, one of the best guitar sounds ever on the planet. Probably just Frank, who know's.🤔

[@johnnymossville]

I bought my daughter an SG for her first guitar. I thought I was going to love it because I'm a big fan of Pete Townshend's tone using one from the early 70's, but I never really connected with it. Also, I have a hard time keeping it in tune. I prefer the versatility of my Strat. She took lessons on it for awhile and pretty much gave up on guitar for now. I'll keep it around just in case wants to get back into it sometime, or trade it for something she wants.

[@joeyjooones]

I'd keep it too - funny story, I stopped playing guitar for a year at age 13 and was pretty happy my parents hadn't sold the guitar when I was ready to get back into it. ;) Who knows if I had restarted otherwise.

[@Tonetwisters]

Probably the only Gibson that has never been taken out of the Gibson line, is the SG Standard. So more are playing it than you think.

[@vriendelijkegroet]

Get the one with sideways vibrola, but dont use the trem. It is the best balanced SG. The SG is kind a Tele with more power. Much more versatile then a LP. Way better for rythm use.

[@jltrem]

The SG, a model that has been in production consistently since it's introduction in 1961...but nobody plays them. They just buy them and let them sit in a corner and collect dust. Joey knows.

[@drummztones4373]

Nice Playing...Kossoff, Mr. Big ? Iommi has used them his entire career. Maybe the rosewood neck, with binding has a smoother feel. Hence the cost will increase. Nice work man!

[@robbyrobby7721]

My only complaint is the neck sticks out too far

[@EpiLover]

Joey the term is Certified Gibson Luthier. Great licks! ausgezeichnet! BTW: Frank Zappa, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Angus Young...they all can't be wrong. I've played one for 40+ years straight and love the dang thing.

[@loouuni]

Servus, also ich als standardmäßiger SG Spieler find die Gitarre einfach nur mega. Sie sieht geil aus, ist super leicht, man kommt durch das Design perfekt an die ganz hohen Lagen und ich finde sie verdammt einfach zu spielen. Tony Iommi ist eben auch mein Lieblingsgitarrist, deshalb ist ne SG einfach ein Muss! :-)

[@jaredt3985]

I’ve had a love/hate thing with SG’s for years. Love the way they look, and some of my favorite players ever used them. But I’ve never got on with actually playing one. The neck dive alone turns me off, and the thin body just feels weird to me. For upper fret access and a fast neck I just use my Strat (HSS) or my ESP. Both are perfectly balanced and play like butter.

[@kaimertens2193]

Good video, understood your point of view. If I had to choose between a Les Paul and a SG I would choose the SG. The Les Paul is IMO not as comfortable to play because of the position of the neck joint. And I love the sound of SGs. They are IMears a little more transparent compared to most LPs. I have both a SG std and a SGjr. I like to quote Mike Campbell, it is nice to have different flavours of sounds and tones like a painter uses different flavours of any colour to paint a good picture. Not that I produce hit records as a successfull artist like him, but I feel inspired using those flavours and I certainly play slightly and sometimes more differently on each guitar.

[@drewpoarch951]

This is going to be a weird one, but may be a good example of it’s strange “niche”. I’m a country/rock guitarist. Keith Urban started playing juniors in the late 00s and still does sometimes. I loved the sound of the Les Paul Jr., but I ended up selling it and later regretting that. Years later, I opted to purchase an SG Jr. because I remembered my love for the single p-90, but wondered how it would sound with a bit thinner body. Boom. I found what I would refer to as Keith’s Junior sound but slightly thinner, which works out incredibly well for country music. I’d go as far to say that the Gibson SG is the closest thing to a telecaster in the Gibson line-up. Again, super weird, but dang if I don’t get a kick out of using one!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Your intro got me thinking and it sounds right to me that for every 10 Les Paul owners and gigging LP players there is one SG player. But according to Gibson and their sales numbers the SG is their best selling guitar and it has out sold LPs. 90% of SG owners must be bedroom/basement players. haha

[@joeyjooones]

haha is that true? I thought it was the other way around!

[@errolandrew]

Cool vid - but yes I am pretty sure this is true - the SG Standard is Gibson’s best selling guitar ever. The Les Paul has far more myth though, and is way cooler lol. Ian S Port’s book The Birth Of Loud is a great read if you’re into the history of Gibson & Fender & their rise 😊

[@dragan4658]

I like the Sg because its light with bite! My Sg is about 3 lbs lighter than my LP.

[@anabidingdude8079]

I'd say, as a lifelong SG player, that you can't base your opinion on playing an SG Junior with a maple fretboard. That is a guitar with a very specific sound and feel. If you like thinner necks look for a '61 reissue/standard. If fatter, a production line standard or find one with a 50s neck specs and see how that tickles you. Two pickup gives you a lot more options. Roll off the tone on the neck pickup on an SG and you have Clapton's famous "woman" tone, which is gloriuous.

[@mirkojovanovic3216]

SG is the KING !!!!!

[@chriscromelin413]

I have 2 SG's and I love them! I'm also a lefty guitarist. My SG's have the two humbuckers. Maybe that's the difference. You only really get one sound with a P-90.

[@ricardo.joao.1984]

Personally, Telecasters and SGs are the perfect match together. I also love Jazzmasters and Les Pauls. But I find myself gravitating more with Teles and SGs. I believe you should try an SG Standard with an Rounded Neck, far more versatile than the Les Paul in terms of everything. It’s important to mention that Gibson never got discontinued the SG. You just need a good strap. Serious I really your videos and thanks for sharing really good stuff. My 2 Cents.

[@twelvespot]

Nice playing! I have this exact model in the heritage cherry finish, I get why people don't go for them, you really summed it up. There are other options. But I love the feel and love the simplicity of the SG junior, the taper on the tone knob gets me anywhere I need to be. I wish it was heavier to be honest, but the neck is pretty sturdy. A lot of the stuff I'm doing is downtempo sludge and if you're running a rat / metal screamer ( or my homemade fuzz ) it's brutal enough. I also like it for jazz, I've found you can get a pretty cool clean tone with any fender silver face tube amp. I've played it with an older tweed blues deluxe on occasion and it's beautiful. I guess the warmer more subtle tones attract me to it's rolled back settings. But with distortion engaged, you can get that muddy Sabbath feel and of course that ACDC sound as you noted. The SG junior and SG melody makers are some of my favourite guitars appearance wise. I love keeping it minimal, I usually only keep two or three pedals on my board. For the past 9 years I've been running it through a 1968 fender bassman modded by MORRIS amplification > through a 1964 2x12 two-hundred series Gibson cabinet that used to have an amp tucked into an internal shelf, unfortunately that amp unit was lost before I obtained the cabinet in high school but it's cool to have a Gibson guitar coupled with a retro Gibson cab from it's era of origin. I'd send a picture here if I could, but always have been proud of this setup haha. My second axe is a 1964 Epiphone Olympic and it basically does the whole single coil thing really well and has replaced my old Tele. Between the two of them I have all the sounds I'd need. Thanks for the run down and the videos, Cheers! Evan

[@Panic42000]

The SG is the only guitar that Gibson has never discontinued. A lot of people do use them and have used them. Clapton,Hendrix,Young,Townsend,Greta Van Fleet,Derrick Trucks and many more. They are great for slide. Maybe not your group of friends but I know many people that play them and record with them. Thats a junior. They are different than the standard. I have an original 64 that’s awesome!

[@lepenseur8191]

Nice SG! I have a Gibson Tribute and I love it... however, I like my Les Paul Junior a bit more. The SG Junior seems to be the best of both worlds. Cheers from Hamburg!

[@yourguitarist]

Damn... you have a great feel. Really "in the pocket" 👍🤘

[@josephesposito3499]

BRILLIANT! SG juniors are great, I have the 2018

[@paulbormann1398]

An SG junior is not the same as a SG special which is not the same as a SG Standard. It woukd be more fair to compare a SG standard with a Les Paul standard. I think you will find they are much closer in thier sound but not in the feel. Thick body, single cutaway, maple cap verses thin body, double cutaway, all mahogany really makes a difference. Own both if you can.

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

The SG looks like Squidward to me. But I still love to play them

[@azubinow]

That Kossoff vibrato ...

[@Peanut_Butter_Jelly_Jam]

Gibson SG is THE guitar... tbh, I had no idea that people actually hated it. I mean, as a kid (and still as an adult) that SG sound just rocked my socks off. It has tone, it has crunch and punch... what else could you want?

[@JohnJones-qy5ko]

Umm, a LOT of guitar players play the SG! Never saw Angus Young with anything else.

[@tonygavilan]

My black SG standard is my main guitar. I've had LP - sold them. I've had superstrats - gone. I've had strats from different branches - also gone... My SG never fails to sparkle the most little lightbulbs in my brain and no other satisfies my ear like she does. I think there's only one reason to not want to stick your balls to an SG for the rest of your life, and is this: you either haven't listened enough to Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush or you're not much into slide guitar, cause if you do, you know that whatever Derek Trucks does or plays is a must do in life!!! 🤣

[@CC-fi3pp]

SG's are super popular rite now and are "they" guitar of the Stoner Rock revival and all of it's sub genres all the way to Doom Metal, in that world SG's outnumber LP's.

[@imantisocial3179]

I have played metal on a black Sg special with humbuckers for 25 years. This year I bought it a friend, a black sg standard with humbuckers - full commit. I have a Les Paul I don't play, I have super strats I dont play. I am a full time SG guy. Its the slim taper neck with the wide shoulders, comfortable switch placement, low weight, small scale length and low string tension, infinite fret access, all adding up to the fact that the sg, more than any other guitar, gets out of my way and lets me do what I do. the best advice I could offer anyone buying a guitar, is buy whatever guitar gets out of YOUR way and lets you get on with the playing music part. The one that the notes fall under your fingers, the one that you don't have to fiddle around with your amp forever to get a sound you like, and most importantly, one that when you look at it across the room and youre inspired by enough to pick it up and play it.

[@monmixer]

For studio you need options. I agree with you in if you have no real use for the guitar don't buy it. I love SG's but I do not own own anymore. P-90's cut thru a mix big time for rhythm guitar in hard rock. It also distinguishes the sound a bit between the rhythm guitar and the lead guitar and that stuff can make magic. Depends on what a person wants it for. That is my opinion on the SG. I don't own one because I don't need one. Been thinking about buying one with a Maestro though buy likely won't.

[@barefeetcoasteer7458]

Joey that guitar sounds sooo sick !!

[@crowchannel3891]

I was looking at mine hanging on the wall and I thought "Why don’t I play that more?" There is a bit of a tuning issue but a String Butler has helped. I need to pick it up again. That one sounds awesome!

[@robin4616]

I've got a 2019 SG Junior. I had tuning issues too. I bought a set of nut files for 10-46 string gauge, I spent some time with it and very carefully took care of the problematic nut slots (for me it was the D and G string especially). Now it is VERY stable. I don't have any troubles anymore

[@brandontodd3498]

The Gibson sg is gibsons top selling guitar……..

[@joeyjooones]

Yes, but how many do you see out in the wild?

[@josephesposito3499]

@@joeyjooones You are a great player. I feel the SG is YOU

[@wizaxed]

I played my buddies SG and I got lost on the neck. It seems SOOOO long, compared to other guitars. I play LP's and Tele's, where the necks join the bodies in similar positions. The SG is just different in that regard. I have a LP junior that is just like what you have there, but the board is rosewood. Single P90 is killer! I agree with other comments, your Tele fits your style very well!! Love your playing bro.

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

that guitar has TONE

[@giusti777]

SG haters are usually just too used to playing LP guitars. I have many SG’s and 3 LP’s and although I like the LP my go to for any style would be the SG I also love V’s and Xplorer as well. There is never a time that I needed a LP to get a better sound than an SG. The fret access is clearly why I love them. Too bad you sounded really good on that Jr. 😢

[@theiranxican7412]

Um speak for yourself lol i actually LOVE SGs. Les pauls are what i cant stand, SGs are one of the most comfy players. Im a tele player too so be that as it may lol.

[@estebancandiaburgos]

10 years ago i move from a fender strat to an gibson sg, and coincidently (or not, who knows), for me everything go shit since then (musically talking). maybe i sell the little whore tomorrow

[@joeyjooones]

Best comment so far 😂

[@brianjauch9958]

You don't like SG's but you own that couch? Hmm.

[@joeyjooones]

Someone's salty I don't like SGs... :-D

[@salort2934]

For me it’s the looks.

[@GerbenBergman]

If it's good enough for Tony Iommi... Still not interested in playing one myself, though. 😅

[@joeyjooones]

I feel that. 😂

[@philsalvage]

I’d give up my LP standard long before I gave up my SG

[@auntjenifer7774]

2 minutes of research and the😂price of that guitar dropped 2 times at least.

[@LivioC]

I love my SG Jr

[@monmixer]

Some great slide players love the SG for slide.

[@HoooRU]

Angus Young, Derek Trucks, Tony Yommi...

[@MrBarry138]

I have both an SG and a Les Paul...Im stuck on the SG

[@unnamedproject]

Mine at least, is not well balanced (easy to fix with a leather strap) but also, the position of the pickups seems out of my arms way and dont find it comfortable to play. Also, don;'t like the front facing input jack. :S

[@geralddoyle5131]

Good chops!

[@Yevheniy_Derdyay]

SG If you read this - you must by it

[@Aries_Alpha]

I'm an SG guy and I have been for over 25 years I find the humbucking SG 's are more versatile than the P90 SG's but both are great and have their place. I have a nice strat at home also but I find I play differently probably subconsciously when I pick up an SG.

[@jcwoodstl]

I love them. The look, the feel, all of it. You do have to find the right one, however, as not all feel balanced the same way. I’ve had several over the years and some haven’t been great but the two I currently own are my favorite guitars. Also own Les Pauls, PRS McCarty, Teles, Strats, etc…. There is just something about the SG that does it for me

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

I used to hate SG's. I hated the look. I hated the red. And I hated the horns. I thought it was a lame attempt to be "edgy" by being a "Satan" head looking guitar. And I especially hated the batwing. I still do! But one day guitar scrolling, with all the main suspect slots filled in my collection - the strat , the tele the LP, the superstrats, the PRS, the offset... - and suddenly I found myself GAS'ing for a blue SG! 🤷‍♂️ Go figure! I still love Blue SG's the most, small guard...and have one (a special), bit would still love a Pelham Standard '61. Stoptail/TOM. I no longer see the horns as a lame "devil" affectation", having learnt first hand just how purposeful the shape is to the ergonomics. Compared to a Les Paul, this thing is like hugging a super model! A Strat to a tele is the SG to the LP : the sleeker, stripped down Mk 2 of the chunkier prototype, single-cut model. I still prefer my SG 's to be anything but red...and not batwing, if it all possible. But both have exceptions! (A cherry Junior for one ; and really funky batwing models can be alright, like one I saw: a pearlescent seafoam green / white batwing, triple gold humbuckers... C'mon!! 🤷‍♂️) As for tone.... I don't try to have them as competing for the LP sound. The LP has that cornered. But my SG Special is good for more articulate sounds...that doesn't have the flabbiness, and wooliness of the LP , clean from the neck . The SG Special is also....well, special.. because of the wraptail. It gives it such a 'snap' to rhythm riffing! I could riff out on mine for hours! The snarl and the snap! 😙👌 It definitely has its own thing going, and I'm so glad I grabbed her when I did - as an impulse during COVID _!!_

[@josephesposito3499]

EPIC! BRAVO! The SG is >YOU! QUESTION: How do you get your vibrato so tight? Like Toni Iommi? What gauge of strings do you use? THANKS!

[@operatingnurse]

Very fast neck, but i couldn't take the neck dive. It always sounded thin next to my Les Paul. Like you, it didn't have a place in my guitar arsenal that wasn't filled by another guitar.

[@jonbuckley]

I know they are great sounding guitars. But not for me. I dont like the look.

[@samuelllakaj5439]

I know how you feel. I feel the same about T & S styles.

[@EpiLover]

Curiously, the SG is still ( and has been for a while) the top selling model in the Gibson stable. Strange. Depending on how it's rigged it can play any genre.

[@pinkled4429]

It's one of the best body designs of all time

[@EpiLover]

@@pinkled4429 For me it corrected all the things wrong with the original LP: weight, neck, upper fret reach.

[@cuda426hemi]

HAD TO RESPOND TO THE CLICKBAIT. Fun facts: The SG replaced the Les Paul because the LP was a fail and by '57-'59 were only selling about 600 A YEAR. Ever since the SG came out it has been the TOP selling Gibson every year, full stop. That should end any clickbait. Further most guitar heroes played SGs, more than Strats and LPs if you count. 🎬

[@СтаниславДробот-т8с]

I've had 3 sg's in the last 15 years the last one was Derek Trucks signature, what I've found through all these years is that they are light, cool looking but too long for me, the bridge is literally in the middle of the body, just not comfortable imo

[@angusorvid8840]

I've always loved SGs, but not enough to buy one. Instead, I opted for a really great Yamaha SG I got in a trade decades ago. I loved it. I wish I still had it. I'm either going to find one on the used market or get a Guild Polara, which is the best SG "inspired" ax on the market today. The thing about the SG, or SG style guitars is that, unlike a PRS, they don't offer the perfect fusion of a Les Paul and a Strat, the two most popular guitars of all time. The SG is still very popular guitar, but issues like neck dive and tuning stability are probably bigger factors than tone. The tone is great. No, not as thick as an LP, but Tony Iommi and many other players have done a fine job of getting heavy chugging metal from an SG. As I play classic rock, and SG is fine for me, tone wise. Another nice thing about the SG is playability. They are just some of the easiest guitars to play. Maybe I'll change my mind and buy the real deal one day, but not before I buy a Polara.

[@davegrice3423]

I have a couple of SGs, and I sort of think of them as the Telecaster of the Gibson lineup. The trick is, unless I'm specifically playing AC/DC, I usually prefer my Teles to the SGs. They feel better in my hands, don't have the pitch bend issue with the neck joint, and to my ear serve a similar tone function. I like the SG, but I love the Tele, maybe that's my bottom line.

[@grungederbushbarde-bushcra4435]

Where did you come from? its look like germany like i life. In my opinion the necks of SG's are too fat and they look better than a les paul but not very well. Good i love Fender...😉🤟

[@VintageRadius]

I wonder if you're getting stuck on the SG because of low frets. I'm not sure if Gibson fret sizes change from one model to another but I usually wish they were just a bit higher for my taste. And of course they will vary just slightly from one guitar to another because the frets are levelled in the set up process. If the frets go in less perfectly then more material comes off the frets.

[@dragan4658]

I like my Sg though its a Custom Pro and not a jr, especially the bite and the weight but I find it a little uncomfortable so a belly cut would be nice!

[@c.k.185]

I have 3 SG’s and they’re all completely different. I love them all, but rarely gig with them.

[@Panic42000]

Love some Free!!

[@Stemtea1]

I am the exact opposite, although I am also left-handed, my fingers get stuck/awkward on my Kurt Cobain fender jaguar. As a result, I have played acoustic 90 percent the time untii now. I Just got my SG special two weeks ago and I can't put it down. I plan to play the SG at least 80 percent and acoustic 20 going forward. My hands move quicker and effortlessly horizontally now on the SG and I can lift and plant fingers right on target and avoid the squeek

[@Stemtea1]

Traditional A cord fits all three fingers so much better

[@Stemtea1]

I also have really long arms like 90 percentile i bet that may be the reason

[@Stemtea1]

Thought of one more thing about the fit to the player and it is hand and finger size wide hands and wide fingers fit better the lucky thin long finger players can probably play anything but fat finger folks probably cant as well. Maybe Jerry Garcia had thick fingers, too

[@simonblanjean6538]

Funnily enough, I just bought a great copy of a Les Paul Junior (Custom 77, a French brand) from a guy who said it was "not his thing" and he "mostly played SGs".

[@stipeur]

Dear brother Joey! Even a plank of wood with one string would sound amazing in your hands!

[@Stevewatson3]

There a pain in the ass to sit with for me but I do love them

[@bluematrix5001]

SGs are ugly, but sounds cool

[@LorinCasanova-g1q]

Its perfect for me, straight up ACDC

[@ajcarter7652]

Ok but what is the song though

[@orryfishburne5326]

I never used to like SGs. I hated the body shape. It wasnt until i got to borrow a friend's SG Standard where my mind was changed. It wasnt in great condition. He got it as a high school graduation present, broke a string, then put it in its case for 5 years. There was nothing wrong with the guitar, just needed some love and care. I convinced him to let me borrow it to clean it up, do a basic set up, and restring it. After all was done it looked, felt, and played like it was brand new again. I got to hold onto it for 2 weeks and within those weeks it became my favorite humbucker guitar i have ever played. Tonally speaking it is the humbucker sound i wish i had. It was perfect. The neck dive could get annoying, but the way it sounded, the feel of the neck, and the way it resonated was more than enough to make me forget all about that pesky neck dive. It was a sad day i had to give it back to him.

[@rockeroller]

My SG is "neck heavy"

[@dragan4658]

All Sg's are

[@MarceloESA]

The song is: Mr. Big - Mr. Big

[@joeyjooones]

Song is Mr Big, but who’s the band? 😝

[@ricardo_deveza]

Free!

[@jimmcdougall9973]

I would be interested in it, if it had a set of Gibson Dirty Fingers pickups in it. But the P90 on its own sounds a bit weak. Great playing, but I can’t put my finger on the song you played? Something for me to consider/ponder all night 😉

[@benallmark9671]

P-90’s weak ? That must be your fingers because weak doesn’t describe any decent P-90 I’ve ever heard

[@jimmcdougall9973]

@@benallmark9671 I own 27 guitars. One of them has P90’s in the bridge and neck positions (LP Special). The neck pickup sounds thin (what I meant by weak) on its own. It’s like playing a Strat in the bridge pickup position. It’s why I prefer humbuckers.

[@lueyteledeluxe7457]

​@@jimmcdougall9973that really doesn't describe my Gibson SG Special from the neck P90 at all! It siiings from the neck! And it has snarl & snap from the bridge. But, if you tend to play more metal than rock I get it. They aren't like a nice hot JB in the bridge of a superstrat or something. You don't get that high gain distortion sound. They don't "chug", as Ola would say...

[@jimmcdougall9973]

@@lueyteledeluxe7457 I own an SG with DF’s in it. My choice of music is rock and 80’s metal. The P90’s are basically a noiseless single coil. I have Strats that never get played. I don’t “chug”, I can play guitar.

[@Jake-X23]

I just hate the SG body shape, it doesn’t look comfortable to hold or play

[@stratolestele7611]

They're light as a feather, thin, and beveled so nicely, nevermind the upper fret access. Extremely sexy, easy to play and sound fantastic.

[@joeyjooones]

That’s the cool thing about it - we all feel it so differently. And that’s just fine 🤘🏻

[@Scrappydootrades8256]

From somebody who has owned a lot of guitars I would say the SG looks hideous. Really the Les Paul is beautiful. The Strat is iconic. The Dinky just plays well. The Tele is classically beautiful but the SG is just ugly. 90 % of guitar players agree and that is why they don't play them. It could be the best playing guitar ever. Nothing could change the fact that is a fat ugly slab of wood with no character.

[@stratolestele7611]

Fat? Nope, they're thin. No one plays them. Hmmm... Because SGs are Gibson'S all-time sales leader.

[@joeyjooones]

So they’re like McDonalds then. Everybody claims they’re not eating there, but their revenue goes up every year 😂

[@Scrappydootrades8256]

@@joeyjooones Exactly, the product has become too expensive for the quality that you receive. Wait, are we talking about McDonald’s or Gibson? 😂

[@tomix1970pl1]

Your Tele kills this Gibson.And Tele goes with your vibe.You don't sound like you on this Gibson.

[@joeyjooones]

I actually thought the same when I listened back to what I recorded. Crazy isn't it? Same 6 strings, same combination of wood and metal... but I don't get into any flow, the licks sound arranged, I can't get into "auto pilot" mode where everything just falls into place. There was nothing wrong with the guitar whatsoever... it just didn't resonate with me.

[@davidriggs2729]

@@joeyjooones KEEP THIS GUITAR!! You sound great! There's nothing more essentially rock than a good SG.

[@joeyjooones]

@@davidriggs2729thanks David, appreciate it! Probably have to bring it back to Alex though.. not my vibe!

[@josephesposito3499]

@@joeyjooones What's your favorite guitar? I want to see your tight vibrato on other guitars