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ive had my 1962 sg since 1965, when i was 18, i bought it when it was only 3 years old so ive had the best out of it, im in my 70s now and even though i dont play in bands now i still give it an airing, mainly every saturday afternoon when my son comes over and takes my wife shopping lol, i can still get claptons "woman tone" just as well as i could in the 60s, i would NEVER part with it, i love it as much now as i did on the day i got it.
I picked up a 73 SG Standard last week, and yeah, it’s everything you said it was in this video. Just awesome, a tone monster! It’s the guitar in my pic!
I watch your vids to learn tidbits of information that help me to identify guitars and if they are original. The more you ramble, the more tidbits I learn. So. Ramble on! And now's the time! The time is now!
I wound up buying this. It's great! I subsequently had the toggle switches disconnected as they are indeed pointless. And I particularly love how the cherry color faded
I hear Angus just looking at this! Rock it! I do have a T-top out of 74 SG. My friend swapped it out years ago and gave me it. I just found it in my storage room in a box a few days ago. Who would have thought they would be worth a couple hundred bucks?
I have one of these. I had it refinished in white because it looked like a truck had run over it and I had to rebuild part of the upper horn. Watching this, I'm thinking that I thought mine was a '75, but it might be a '74. Mine at the time had a Bigsby installed, which I also replaced because I can't stand Bigsby's. And I got rid of the tarbacks, put a SD Invader in the back and a Gibson Dirty Fingers in the front. Reinstalled Dunlap 6100 frets. The guitar roars.
that looks like my first gibson i had. even has the switches for the dimarzios. those guitars are sweet ive been looking for another one but theyre getting pricey. i sold it in the 80s ba sicly learned to play on it
Nice axe!i had a 73 just like it when I was a kid but with different tuners.maybe the best player I ever had!i kicked myself for getting rid of it.what a dummy.I tried to get it back once but the guy wouldn't have it.these early sg's are excellent players.I'm not sure what the extra toggle switches are all about on yours,but besides that,i'd have to rock it all the way back to the 70's!!!nice one!
I traded my 2009 Les Paul Traditional for a 74 SG Standard. It used to be cherry but its faded to some weird Mix of cherry and orange like you see on a 50s Junior. It has Black T-Tops in it, lots of dings and dings and playwear and the entire guitar has cracks over it. I replaced the bridge with an ABR-1 Style bridge. Its a beast and i really beat the shit out of it because vintage Gibsons are just built different. Literally.
I have a 1973 SG with the "gibson" bigsby style trem on it - what's fascinating is it has a very, very similar finish touch up/colour mismatch caused by fading, in almost the exact same spot - although mine is more faded... as well as a crack in the fingerboard between the nut and the first fret inlay. I always thought this could be a clear indication of it having had a broken headstock at some point. Now this has got me thinking there might be some other norlin-related manufacturing issue relating to the nut fit and/or finish that might've been a common problem with these guitars.
She is 2 years older than me & still looks great. Nice one Trog. I have only ever seen those bridges in pics too. I love SGs. I had a cheap Epi a few years back as Gibsons are out of my price range here in the UK with me being skint but this guitar I had was just right! It got stolen. Boo hoo....lol.
I had a 1974 SG got cheap as it has a neck repair and somebody had taken the Bigsby off it. The grain on the rosewood was old and rich in it's look. The case was brown with orange fur in it and it smelt like 1974 with a little bit of leaf remains in it from a stoner probably.
I had a 71 Gibson SG Deluxe (gibson stamped pickup covers and the raised tone control area)... The nut width was so small it was difficult and uncomfortable to even make cowboy chords.. I hated to but I sold it for a later model Rickenbacker 330...
I don't know the reason but I do recall seeing them like that in the 70's - the other thing was they felt quite delicate in some ways compared to a 60's SG and the workmanship seemed better - I bought an SG Custom new in 74 or 5 which I still have. It was a crappy instrument to start off with but has matured very nicely. For some weird reason everybody hated that volute, I never found iit a problem as it was out of the way of my hand but people moaned about it endlessly. I actually think it's quite good in reducing the neck splits which are quite common on them. The other thing is please use a right angled plug with these! - mine had a straight jack in it which was was knocked by accident and neatly broke out the area around the jack. it went back in and is invisible but not the sort of thing you need to happen.
I was born in 74 and would love that axe, to own something that bitching that's been kicking around the earth as long as my ass, would be cool for me to have
Give it time on the collectable value on the '70's SG. Once people realize the neck joins the body at the 18th fret instead of the 19th, and the neck pickup pushed out to meet the fretboard, you get slightly less neck-dive and slightly more tonal range than earlier or later SG's. I believe these two traits are what makes the '70's SG the best, if you don't mind that SKINNY nut, that is.
ive had my 1962 sg since 1965, when i was 18, i bought it when it was only 3 years old so ive had the best out of it, im in my 70s now and even though i dont play in bands now i still give it an airing, mainly every saturday afternoon when my son comes over and takes my wife shopping lol, i can still get claptons "woman tone" just as well as i could in the 60s, i would NEVER part with it, i love it as much now as i did on the day i got it.
I picked up a 73 SG Standard last week, and yeah, it’s everything you said it was in this video. Just awesome, a tone monster! It’s the guitar in my pic!
I have a '74 standard and I love it. Seone loaned it to me about 20 years ago and never came back for it.
I watch your vids to learn tidbits of information that help me to identify guitars and if they are original. The more you ramble, the more tidbits I learn. So. Ramble on! And now's the time! The time is now!
Austin You’re so spot on with your case fitment concerns. People , this Man knows his Craft❗️
I have that year and model, 74, same color, trim, and hardware except with a stock Bigsby Tremolo. Original case. As 3rd owner I've had it since 85.
I love my 74 great review Trogly love your channel ❤️👍🤘🎸💯
I wound up buying this. It's great! I subsequently had the toggle switches disconnected as they are indeed pointless. And I particularly love how the cherry color faded
fell in love with my '74
I hear Angus just looking at this! Rock it! I do have a T-top out of 74 SG. My friend swapped it out years ago and gave me it. I just found it in my storage room in a box a few days ago. Who would have thought they would be worth a couple hundred bucks?
I have one of these. I had it refinished in white because it looked like a truck had run over it and I had to rebuild part of the upper horn. Watching this, I'm thinking that I thought mine was a '75, but it might be a '74. Mine at the time had a Bigsby installed, which I also replaced because I can't stand Bigsby's. And I got rid of the tarbacks, put a SD Invader in the back and a Gibson Dirty Fingers in the front. Reinstalled Dunlap 6100 frets. The guitar roars.
I have that exact same guitar, what a player
My friend has her dad's one of these, headstock held on by Screws!
that looks like my first gibson i had. even has the switches for the dimarzios. those guitars are sweet ive been looking for another one but theyre getting pricey. i sold it in the 80s ba
sicly learned to play on it
Nice axe!i had a 73 just like it when I was a kid but with different tuners.maybe the best player I ever had!i kicked myself for getting rid of it.what a dummy.I tried to get it back once but the guy wouldn't have it.these early sg's are excellent players.I'm not sure what the extra toggle switches are all about on yours,but besides that,i'd have to rock it all the way back to the 70's!!!nice one!
Great Video ❗️ OOOOOOOOLLODD SKKKOOOOLLL Video. Please do a comprehension video on the Harmonica Bridge era Gibsobs❗️
I traded my 2009 Les Paul Traditional for a 74 SG Standard. It used to be cherry but its faded to some weird Mix of cherry and orange like you see on a 50s Junior. It has Black T-Tops in it, lots of dings and dings and playwear and the entire guitar has cracks over it. I replaced the bridge with an ABR-1 Style bridge. Its a beast and i really beat the shit out of it because vintage Gibsons are just built different. Literally.
I have a 1973 SG with the "gibson" bigsby style trem on it - what's fascinating is it has a very, very similar finish touch up/colour mismatch caused by fading, in almost the exact same spot - although mine is more faded... as well as a crack in the fingerboard between the nut and the first fret inlay. I always thought this could be a clear indication of it having had a broken headstock at some point. Now this has got me thinking there might be some other norlin-related manufacturing issue relating to the nut fit and/or finish that might've been a common problem with these guitars.
She is 2 years older than me & still looks great. Nice one Trog. I have only ever seen those bridges in pics too. I love SGs. I had a cheap Epi a few years back as Gibsons are out of my price range here in the UK with me being skint but this guitar I had was just right! It got stolen. Boo hoo....lol.
On these early 70s up to around 75, I've noticed the treble pickup is further away from the bridge, check out the later 70s versions
Not a bad thing
I had a 1974 SG got cheap as it has a neck repair and somebody had taken the Bigsby off it. The grain on the rosewood was old and rich in it's look. The case was brown with orange fur in it and it smelt like 1974 with a little bit of leaf remains in it from a stoner probably.
I had a 71 Gibson SG Deluxe (gibson stamped pickup covers and the raised tone control area)... The nut width was so small it was difficult and uncomfortable to even make cowboy chords.. I hated to but I sold it for a later model Rickenbacker 330...
They do have a really unique neck to them. Some like them, some dont. I'm personally a fan. Thanks for watching!
does anyone know why this type of sg standard doesn't have white binding? just curious
I don't know the reason but I do recall seeing them like that in the 70's - the other thing was they felt quite delicate in some ways compared to a 60's SG and the workmanship seemed better - I bought an SG Custom new in 74 or 5 which I still have. It was a crappy instrument to start off with but has matured very nicely. For some weird reason everybody hated that volute, I never found iit a problem as it was out of the way of my hand but people moaned about it endlessly. I actually think it's quite good in reducing the neck splits which are quite common on them. The other thing is please use a right angled plug with these! - mine had a straight jack in it which was was knocked by accident and neatly broke out the area around the jack. it went back in and is invisible but not the sort of thing you need to happen.
No binding means ebony fretboard. Rosewoods had the binding. Not too sure why but at least a good indication of the wood used
Sweet
I was born in 74 and would love that axe, to own something that bitching that's been kicking around the earth as long as my ass, would be cool for me to have
They are very nice guitars. This one has already sold, but they surface to the market fairly frequently for around 1200-1600
mlasko74 Try being born in 1960 like me and knowing all the highest priced Les Paul's are born just when I was conceived and born!Do I get a free one!
Give it time on the collectable value on the '70's SG. Once people realize the neck joins the body at the 18th fret instead of the 19th, and the neck pickup pushed out to meet the fretboard, you get slightly less neck-dive and slightly more tonal range than earlier or later SG's. I believe these two traits are what makes the '70's SG the best, if you don't mind that SKINNY nut, that is.
I know someone who paid $2500 for this type of guitar and were misinformed that it was from the 1960 era
ya coil tap would have made more sense man u get some cool guitars
I try to source the coolest ones - or at least the ones I like haha Thanks for watching!
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