The Top 10 SG Players Who Changed the World
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***It's been pointed out to me that Butch Trucks is Derek's uncle, not his dad as I state in the video. As "John from Cincinnati" used to say "Some things I know and some things I don't." Sorry.
As much as we'll debate the choices, the great SG players were waiting to be done here. :). Enjoy the debate, but be nice.
Keith
Minor correction: Derek Trucks is not the son of late Butch Trucks.
He's the nephew of Butch Trucks.
Yup. Butch’s brother Chris is Derek’s dad.
Thanks for clarifying, I had it wrong too - easy to do!
@@savannahlt1 I think of Mike Campbell too when I play my SG.
came here to say the same thing
Also, he did not change the world.
I'm SO excited you mentioned Sister Rosetta Tharpe! She was absolutely amazing, brilliant and incredibly inspiring!
When the Sister played, she always rocked the house. Talk about underrated...
Shout Out to Sister Rosetta!
Queen of rock n roll
Likewise! Nobody rocked an SG AND a fur coat like that trailblazing lady!
We need more women guitarist heroes!
Carlos Santana at woodstock , my most vivid memory of an sg player.
Absolutely. He’s had a bigger impact on my playing than I could’ve ever imagined as a teen
Likewise. Can’t believe he didn’t make the top ten. He’s #1 imo
So glad you mentioned Derek! And I didn’t know that Holdsworth used an SG even though my first (and still one of my main) electric guitars is an Ibanez AH10. So thank you for the great video.
I was at Woodstock and the sound Carlos Santana made was awesome. I stopped what I was doing and sat down for their entire show. On Sunday afternoon, I was hungry and tired and started walking out. I noticed a dude with a new Gibson SG. I asked him why he brought such a nice guitar out here. He said he was sitting right by the stage and when the Who ended their show it fell into his lap. That was hard to believe. About a year and a half later - I saw the Woodstock movie. sure as heck just like that guy said, the last thing Pete Townshed did was gently toss the SG over the front of the stage. Great memories.
Is it true that Pete threatened to kill anyone who climbed up onstage after the first couple times???
I'm surprised Carlos Santana didn't make the list. I remember him playing one with P-90's early on. I know he played it at Woodstock.
Yes. He had the best guitar sound at woodstock thanks to that special. It pretty much made his whole career.
@@Les537but he hated that guitar and (supposedly) sabotaged it to force management/the band to buy him a Les Paul so we disqualify him on grounds of sacrilege!
Yeah, no influence there
Yes but it wasnt a SG it was "a snake" trying to bite him and he had to allow it to not kill him by playing with it lol!!
But he is the very first name mentioned in this video. There he is at 0:33 with his SG Special at. Very first player shown.
Let's remember Gary Rossington using his 1961 SG for his work on Freebird!!
Southern guys arent thought about alot
Frank Marino is probably the most underrated guitarist.
A Montreal boy too!
He could play anything. Blues, rock, classical and jazz. The man is amazing.
I saw Frank and Mahogany Rush in Regina when I was a teenager. He is not well and stopped touring a few years back. 🤔🎸
@@ToddSauve Will be praying for him.
@@heavenlyguitar5913 I saw Frank back in the mid 1970s and as a teenager thought they were way too loud! And distorted and a lot of things I can deal with better now. He was and doubtless still is an astounding guitar player.
I couldn’t imagine any other SG player in #1 than Angus Young-thank you.
Please, did Angus invent a genre? It should have been Iommi, easily.
@@mattt2581 as much as Iommi helped revolutionize rock and metal, Angus revolutionized the Gibson SG, Angus is what comes to mind when you see an SG.
@@croadicepThat's relative of course. SG is Iommi in my mind.
Live "Faith Healer!"
@@mattt2581Angus plays blues based riffs and licks so unique to him he will always be one of the greats to use the SG or to ever play guitar
John Cipollina, of Quicksilver Messenger Service and a special mention of one of the
SG-ingest band ever, the Welsh band MAN!
And not one mention of Sam Houston Andrew and James Gurley of Big Brother and the Holding Company either. How long was Piece of My Heart, Ball and Chain, Summertime on radio rotation?
Cippolina basically created the SF guitar sound, super vibrato. Great player.
Micky Jones (RIP)- absolute SG genius, a true Welsh wizard. There is a story (true or not, I don't know), that Micky Jones redid Cipollina's solos on the Maximum Darkness album, because JC had been so out of his head during the recorded performance.
Great list! Buck Dharma is the biggest one missing here IMHO, brilliant guitarist...
I've heard a slightly different story. Micky Jones only redid John Cipollina's parts on the song Bananas because JC used an ancient lap steel guitar that would not stay in tune so they could not use the track for the album. @@neilhughes9310
A couple more honourable mentions: Glen Buxton of the Alice Cooper band made some of the 70's most righteous rock tones with a white SG custom. And Zal Cleminson used a variety of SGs with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Buxton made me want a white SG.
The Alice Cooper band was enormous in the early 70s but are largely forgotten today.
Cleminson did the most wicked vibratos on those SGs.
Dont for get Gary Rossington
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band with Zal Cleminson on guitar were great live and put on a fantastic show. Zal would sometimes do a solo spot of 'April Kisses' (Eddie Lang) as a jazzy interlude within a rock gig.
Props for the Sister Rosetta Tharp mention - she was the baddest Rocker before Rock n Roll even existed. Her playing influenced countless musicians.
Not being an ass..but who?
@@johnfoskey7855 You're in luck then, google the sister playing the gospel song "Up Above My Head" you wont be disappointed.
Nice list Hypes!!
Holy hell, it's the man himself
Best Les Paul Double Cut players next week.
In addition to Clapton, Zappa, and Townsend, I bought an SG back then with Jerry Garcia and Leslie West in mind. Jerry Garcia used an SG on Live Dead, probably the greatest Grateful Dead album. And Leslie West was a hero of mine.
Me too, but Frank really sold me on the versatility of the SG (and tiny Pig Nose amps too)
I am a DeadHead & huge fan of Moutain. The Dead is a love hate thing but I tell anyone who will listen to check out Moutaln. At least the WoodStock set. Unreal.
Let's not forget Rod "the bottle" Price from Foghat.
Great list. Glenn Tipton was the guitarist that got me wanting an SG of my own when I was a teen. I still have it ❤
I can’t believe Buck Dharma of Blue Öyster Cult didn’t even get an honorable mention!
I think Buck Dharma mostly used Les Pauls back in the day- it was Eric Bloom that always had (and still does) the SG.
@@r.m.stuebe8102 he used a white SG through most of the early albums, even through Specters
That is correct Caleb. The very reason I had a white sg myself. On your feet or on your knees!@@calebhooper4266
He used a white SG and a fan later made him a custom SG of zebrawood which he extensively used. Buck blasts most of the folks on the SG list into oblivion.
These are HIS choices, his taste, not yours. He clearly stated that at the beginning of the video, right?
Early on , John Cipollina lead guitar with SF 60’s band Quicksilver Messenger Service caught my ear with the killer piercing tone of his Gibson SG. I’m a drummer but I know tone and John had it in spades , always with an SG at his fingers. Saw Quicksilver in concert in ‘68. I don’t know the history of his SGs but you might wanna do a little research on him and his SGs. Sure sounds good especially on Quicksilvers’ first two albums. Good compilation you’ve got here in this video. Thanks 🥁🎸😎
John was Frank Marino's main inspiration and the reason why Frank plays an SG. John had some great moments on Man's live album Maximum Darkness from 1975.
Great list! Glad to see Robby Kreiger getting some credit- an often overlooked but fantastically creative player. Also glad you put Alex Lifeson and his double-neck in there. Would LOVE to see a video on his guitars over the years.
RIP John Diggins (Jaydee Guitars), luthier to both Tony Iommi & Angus Young, who passed away on the 2nd of January this year.
I was also suprised that Santana didn't make this list (or even honourable mentions!) seeing as you tend to like mentioning them in your other videos, but pleased that Sister Rosetta Tharpe got a shout-out, though personally I think she should have been on the actual list :)
If we're ranking players by their influence on us, then for me, it has to be an SG player you've never heard of. My guitar teacher since I began a year and a half ago (in my early 60s) plays a cherry red SG in a local band who we often go see when they play gigs around town. I love watching him and aspire to be able to play like him someday.
"Let's use it as a moment to practice enjoying each others opinions, cool" What a brilliant statement. It's very close to the remedy to what ails humankind.
Amen man
Highly appreciated this vid, in particular the inclusion of Robby Krieger. Always playing to the song, something we all can learn from. Keep the great vids coming!
I would've put him much higher on the list myself. He got a lot of different guitar tones in the Doors, but they always sounded like him and nobody else.
I was binging live Black Sabbath videos from 1970 all day, and your video came up at just the perfect time. Tony Iommi!
⚡️🌟🤘⚡️
Great list! Thank you.
Thanks Keith. I highly recommend "Shout, Sister Shout!" a biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. It explores the beginnings and back ground of rock and roll and also gives great insight into the role of women in music and what it was like to travel in the Jim Crow south. Peace
Hey Keith @ Five Watt World - we are a bunch of nerds and know way to much about this stuff. 😀. You have built a fantastic channel - one of the best. Thanks for what you do.
Notables
Glen Buxton Alice cooper(apparently taught the whole band)
Rod Price Foghat (underrated as hell)
Jake E Lee(monster player)
Elliot Easton The Cars
@jeffreyhall76 Michael Bruce rhythm guitar in original line-up for Alice Cooper used them.
@@scotthutchens1556 and their bassist. The entire band played SG’s
@@jeffreyhall76 Yes, you’re absolutely right! That’s why I always liked the EB-3 SG style bass like Jack Bruce and Phil Lesh used. I liked SG’s in the mid 60’s (before Les Paul’s started getting reissued around 1968 and knowing what they were). So, as much as I like Paul’s the SG is a favorite.
Currently flying the flag for ladies with the blues I'd nominate Samantha Fish for an honourable mention. Yes she's best known for the cigar box guitar but her main squeeze in recent years has been a white SG. I'm currently having an SG built to my specs by a local luthier. I own two SGs but neither neck feels quite right so I had my DGT neck measured up as a template. It will be several months before I can play it because it will be finished in gold metal-flake but I'm not in any particular hurry. Nice list Keith.
Mick Taylor is the guy whose SG playing meant a lot to me who you didn't mention. A lot of those greatest-rock-n-roll-band-in-the-world shows from '69 through '75 were made by Taylor on the SG.
I was gonna say the same thing. My next guitar (when I can afford It😢) will be an exact copy, bigsby and all
Probably agree with the ten but Mick Taylor is shamefully always in the shade. Never mentioned in the same breath as Clapton and Peter Green (my personal favourite) but should be for his great work with Mayall… Crusade.. Bare Wires and Blues from Laurel Canyon never mind his fantastic contribution to the Stones best run of albums.
I expected Mick Taylor to be near the top for his incredible work with John Mayall. I saw them shortly before The Rolling Stones hired him, front row here at Kiel Opera House in St. Louis. He frequently used the SG Standard & both of the old sunburst Les Pauls. His playing & tones in addition to the respect of his industry peers puts him near the top,....still! Incredibly nice guy too. I spent hours hanging out before & after shows with him twice that come to mind immediately.
Jerry Garcia was certainly one of the highest profile SG players.
My interest in The Grateful Dead waned after "Wake of the Flood," but I saw Garcia playing his late '60s SG Standard several times.
Carlos Santana's band & playing of "Soul Sacrifice" was without question, one of the hottest sets in the entire Woodstock Festival.
Hi Keith! Thanks for this video! What a list! Glad you mentioned the great Frank Marino. The late John Cipollina was also a SG player. Carlos Santana also played an SG...And Paul McCartney's guitarist Brian Ray has a Gibson signature '62 SG Junior model...I own one too...Made in 1966...Thanks again!
Very informative and entertaining. I've always loved Zappa and his guitar tone. It's the reason I got an SG. A thing of beauty, even for a perpetual beginner.
That wasn’t an SG that was a beast!
Great video! I was jamming with some friends a few years ago,and picked up a buddy's SG and I immediately connected with it. A few weeks later i bought one!
Wow, Thanks a million Keith! See, I've been playing SG guitars since I was a Kid and for some reason I still do today. The first one was an original 74 with Bigsby and the harmonica bridge, the best sounding guitar I ever owned. And despite I had a bunch of Fender guitars and up to 3 Les Paul (Studio and Custom), it is the SG the one with a very special spot in my heart. Currently I play a Special made in Nashville, a regular one with 2 P90's and a sparkling burgundy red finish and let me tell you that somehow, If you fall in love with an SG, that love will last for the rest of your life. Thanks again for this Keith. It brings tears to my eyes. Much love as always from West Spain ❤
I have 3 SG’s its my favorite guitar ever. I love the weight and how they hang. The strap locations. The les paul electronics, without the arch top
One of my favorites as well. I have a later one with the large pickguard, and it has just the perfect neck profile that it doesn't to the "neck dive" that gives the SG a bad rap. I love it!
I bought my 69 SG after seeing Terry Kath of Chicago playing "25 or 6 to 4." Admittedly he played a lot of different models including Strats and Tellies. But his cherry red SG fit some secret place in my mind.
I learned on an SG some 38 years ago and it’s still my go to.
Glad to see you guys doing this.
Your list: nailed it!
Thanks Pete!!
Very happy to see your honorable mentions are spot on 😊
I can totally relate to your early SG memories. My first internal image of an electric guitar is Duane Allman playing an SG. For me it's the quintessentially great looking guitar. Back in the early 80s when I was 15 I was hanging out in record shops and reading books about Mississippi blues. Why is the SG so mesmerizing to me? Perhaps it's the symmetric shape and the deep red color. SGs don't sound quite as fat as a Les Paul but that's OK for most styles. Owning 6 Strats but only one SG, I'll get another one for sure!
I just realized something. You're the Jay Leno of guitars. Because you always have a denim shirt on. Plus you bring us history of a certain model of guitar. This is a complement my friend. Thank you for all you do man. Peace and love......
GREAT episode! Thank you, Keith.
As an SG player I thank you for this . Your recollection of that early SG that made an impression on you , was heartwarming ❤
Great Video Keith. Todd Rundgren and Terry Kath would be on my list.
John Cipolina of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
They were the first of the San Francisco bands to sign a record deal.
The Grateful Dead used to open for THEM.
Speaking of the Dead, Jerry Garcia was known to play an SG from time to time.
I was a teenager in the 90’s; my SG heroes were Evan Dando from The Lemonheads, Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom and Gary Louris from The Jayhawks. All doing the rootsy country-rock singer/songwriter (I guess they’d all be Americana if they came out now) thing with old SG’s. Love all SG’s but a Special with P90’s and a Vibrola the best.
On a different tip - Ian MacKaye from Fugazi and Greg Sage from The Wipers were iconic punk rock SG players.
Then you MIGHT appreciate this. When I think SG, first I think of Angus Young. Next I think of Matt Wilson from Trip Shakespeare.
Unbelievable how much Derek Trucks resembles Duane Allman. I read that often Gregg Allman would do a double take while playing on stage because he could see and hear his brother in Derek’s performance.
This is a fantastic channel, not sure how I missed it for so long. Glad I have found it.
Thanks for doing these histories. They are really fascinating.
Love Y’all! Thanks 5 Watt !
I saw Townshend smash one in my high school gym in a November 1967 show. And I saw Pete Ham use George's in Kansas City in 1972.
Nicely Done! Have always loved the SG and have three currently including a '74. Have owned 6 or 7 over the years. First was a white '64 special I bought new with lawn mowing money and second was an original '61 with the sideways vibrato I bought from a bass player I worked with. Never was crazy about the '61.. never thought the sustain was very good and blamed the vibrato system. Wish I had all of the old ones back including a double neck I owned!
Another masterpiece! Thank you, Keith and team for wonderful work! ✌️😌🎸
Wow. Not one mention of Sam Houston Andrew and James Gurley of Big Brother and the Holding Company. Cheap Thrills album went platinum. As if Piece of My Heart, Ball and Chain, Summertime etc. were not massive songs on rock rotation until it became known as classic rock. Sam and James both played SG's and the bassist Peter Albin often used an EB bass. Every guitar across the stage sporting that shape. All in cherry finish too. Badass.
Thanks for another very enjoyable vid. I think you nailed number one. ACDC were a big influence on me as a teen and the SG was a big part of their sound.
Thanks Keith - always awesome - always interesting.
Great video! I would encourage people to check out Canada’s Big Sugar. Gordie played a double-neck epiphone through the 1990s. Jack White just had Third Man repress their 500 lbs album which Jack described as the best blues album to come out of Canada and I haven’t met anyone who disagrees with that yet. Our
Great video. It’s worth just noting, with much sadness that John Diggins died only a few weeks before this videos release. A lovely man and true supporter of the music that emanated from Birmingham and the UK. Making guitars for not only Iommi but also Angus Young and other stars such as level 42’s Mark King. Neither of the latter being from Brum of course. RIP John. A great British craftsman.
You just inspired me to go pick up my SG - one of my all time favorite guitars that I haven't touched in years. Thanks!
Glad you finally mentioned Tony, and Angus! 😅 I thought my heart was going to explode!
Derek Trucks for me.
Really enjoyed this so thanks Keith.
Great video Keith! Couldn't agree more with the choices. I have an Epi LP Custom in banana yellow I took the middle pup out of, added two high output StewMac pups an a batwing pg to it and better electronics. The neck is like a baseball bat and it's a favorite amongst many. Oh yeah my sister got Mr two 5WW tee-shirts an a sticker for Christmas. The sticker is on the front of my guitar toolbox to keep me in-line lol.
Great lineup Keith! I saw Peter Frampton use an SG at a show at the Woodlands near Houston back in 2019. My first guitar teacher I had back when I was 14 or 15 had a couple of SG knock-offs. An Ibanez and an Aria Pro II.
Another brilliant 5 Watt World video! Thanks lads.
Thanks for this, Keith. I love how a SG invites you to play the upper end of the fret board. Barry Goudreau from Boston is a very inspirational SG player. He really inspired me as a young guitar player.
Oh, my first electric guitar was a SG Copy by Sears (check the 1977 Christmas Catalog), nothing like a real SG, an absolutely horrible guitar, but I was too young to know better! In my current arsenal, I have a Pelham Blue SG Standard, that has an unusually beefy neck. I love it! Rock on, Brothers and Sisters!
Thanks again Keith for great video. Angus is my number 1 guitarist on all my lists. He is the one that made me love guitar.
It's Live At Leeds that made me love SG specials. It's Mr. Trucks who made me love SG standards. Got one of each. Rock on, Keith.
I played one for 2 years in the early 70's. Then tried to buy it back for 25 years. I can't think of anyone to ad to the list. It seems like everyone has one, or two. It just depends on when they play them. 8) Thanks Keith, good video!! --gary
You really nailed it with this list.
Spot-on
Just an amazing list Keith! I know that Carlos Santana was mentioned in your Yamaha video, but for his early work with an SG I would have included him here as well... as a list goes to 11 contender! For honorable mentions and a pair of Canadians to add to the Alex Lifeson inclusion... I would add prolific session guitarist and sideman Phil X, and guitarist/producer Colin Cripps for his love and incredible use of a '64 SG Standard and his time with Blue Rodeo, the Jim Cuddy Band, Crash Vegas, Junkhouse, and Bryan Adams to name a few. Cheers.
For me, that was a perfect list! My first "decent" guitar was a 1964 SG Special bought used when I was 12 in 1966 so most of these guitarists were major influences for me.
Great list, as always.
What a Great video! I love SGs, still trying to make the dream of having one come true. This video made me want it even more.
Great Vid, love the history. I was so glad to see Robbie Krieger included. Such a unique and stand out guitar player. I was lucky enough to see Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek play as The Doors of the 21st Century in something like 2005.
This is your most eloquent, "Don't hate on my list and show civility," request to date. Well spoken.
So glad to see Robby Krieger on the list, he's the reason I picked up the guitar in the first place. And I'm just as pleased to see Frank Zappa on here, truly my favorite musician and composer at this time. Great vid as always!
Well done! Dominic Troiano. I saw him playing a 60s SG special on stage with the James Gang. He used that guitar with Guess Who as well. Ronnie Montrose used an SG with the Edgar Winter Group, and also on his first album, Montrose (with Sammy Hagar on vocals). Around 1974 I purchased a 61' SG junior that had been converted into a Special with the original single coil in the bridge position and a bucker in the neck. I played for about 30 years. Wish I still had it.
Don’t forget Derek Trucks, Ian Mackeye, Gary Clarke Jr, and Davey from The Promise Ring!
Did you actually watch this vid, I wonder....
Not in a million years did I think anyone would mention Davey von Bohlen in the comments. I applaud you
Ian mckaye!
@@jamesonpace726Yes, but commented before watching the vid.
Ian Mckeye when u know u know
Jimmy McCulloch of WIngs is my favourite SG player and the reason I had to buy my red SG.
I remember as a kid watching Zal Cleminson on stage with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band dressed as a Clown and playing a SG - that was the guitar for me ! His lead break on the track Anthem still gives me goosebumps ! Thanks for a lovely review and everyone that you mentioned, well let's just say they had style style !!
Thanks Ricky W. for letting me play your ‘74 SG through your Traynor amp in 1977. Never forgot the bite that guitar had.
Awesome video! Its insane how many of these were stolen! Just bought a 61 reissue, and its so killer! Going to guard it with my life haha
Another fantastic job !
Thanks
Great video. I'm currently waiting for my JayDee Old Boy Relic to be delivered tomorrow or the next day after close to two years waiting. It will be one of the last made while John was still alive.
It'll be added to my other 2 Gibson SGs.
My friends, Buddy Guy, and Carlos Santana. Oh, Sam Andrews Janis's guitarist from Big Brother. I still have my 1970 left-handed body with a right-handed neck cherry red SG. Love it and plan to get her fixed up for playing again. All the best. Jesse aka JediJabo.
Thank Goodness Angus Gets Some Love ❤️
Thank you Keith!!
I had forgotten about Robbie Krieger, yeah he mainly played SG's. Rosetta!!! 1st one I always think of is Pete Townsend. Duane with Slide, Derek Trucks influenced of course. Tony Iommi and Angus, career SG'ers. Haa the old lemon Pledge Smell, no mistaking that one. And of Course JOHN CORDY rockin that vintage 68 SG on loan from Francisco!! Love these Videos.
Definitive list, Keith!
GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide.
LOVE YOU ALL...!!!....MUCH LOVE.!!
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Very fine essay. Thank you.
Now we need Top 5 Firebird players🙏
It's impossible to find 10 I assume
😂
Hello from North Carolina. In my humble opinion, Frank Moreno was one of the most under rated guitarist of the 70's, 80's, and part of the 90's! Frank did NOT get the recognition that he so much deserved, as some of his guitar playing was just out of this world!! All these SG players mentioned here were fantastic musicians no doubt about it, but Frank Moreno is by far in my top 3 favorite SG players, and is the main reason that I bought my first SG!! I'm now 64 years old and have been playing the guitar for 57 of those 64 years and have owned and still own a few SG's and have played hundreds of SG's although my main go to guitar is a Fender Stratocaster but I always take a SG or a Lester, or sometimes a V or an Explorer to use on certain songs. It's no doubt that the SG has been used and played by some of the best musicians and has been played on some of the best songs ever recorded! Frank Zappa also loved the old Carvin pickups and had installed them on some of his SG's. I also loved the SG that Frank Moreno had and used a LOT that had the 3 single coil pickups in it almost like a Stratocaster except the bridge pickup wasn't slanted like a regular Strat. I personally like to reverse slant the bridge pickup on a lot of my Stratocasters except for my vintage ones of course. My very first REAL guitar was a used white 1960 Stratocaster that I got when I was just 8 years old which I still have to this very day. I was born in 1960 so I figure it was just meant to be mine.
Another great list!!
Great list, but I would remove Harrison & Clapton, as I don't consider them SG players because of their very short use of them. I would include the guitar duo from the original Alice Cooper band; Michael Bruce, & Glen Buxton. Honourable mention is Carlos Santana - the image of him playing that SG completely out of his mind at Woodstock is forever burned into my brain. So glad that one of my all time favourites - Frank Marino was mentioned, and not overlooked
I wouldn’t remove Clapton. The Cream fool SG was a defining guitar in his career and rock music in general.
@@shobudski6776to each their own, however, I totally disagree about it being a defining guitar. The Les Paul is what defined Clapton to the "Clapton is God" crowd. He played a Firebird I about as long as he played the SG - The SG just happened to have a fancy paint job really - I would argue that Clapton playing Crossroads Farewell live with the 335 in the Cream era is more defining. The 70's and on are defined by Stratocasters. Todd Rundgren had nothing nice to say about the Fool guitar, other that it's looks, in an interview that I read - I remember him saying something along the lines of it falling apart ,like its made of cork
Frank Marino's playing and sound knocked me out.I was also surprised by the strengthened Vibrola arm, which is comparable to Floyd Rose. Also, my favorite sound is BOSTON's Barry Goudreau.
Thank you for including Robby, most people over look him. He was only the guitar player for the biggest American band from 67 to 71 lol! He is the reason I play an SG!!
Robby: The "Bossa Nova" beast ! I read he recently got his first (stolen) SG returned. A happy ending indeed!
I feel like Glenn Tipton could've been mentioned, he's only used it in his early career but he was one of the metal pioneers, especially when it comes to soloing
Awesome presentation. Baddest looking guitar ever.
Glad you included Robby Krieger. He and Angus Young are the two most connected to SG in my mind.
If you haven't seen Frank Marino live at the Agora show a few years ago, you are in for a treat. I have that version of Strange Dreams and Something is Coming Our Way on a loop. You all MUST find it on UA-cam!! In my opinion his best recorded live performance ever!
You absolutely nailed that list, enough said. 🎶🎸
Gary Rosington's SG with the piece of wood to raise strings to play Freebird is cool also.
I know Frank was on the list, but MY list would include Dweezil Zappa as well. These lists generate these kinds of discussions, which is always fun. Thanks, Keith!