Gibson Sg Double Neck Guitar For Sale (2023 Update)

Overall happy with the gibson sg special. You can see on the guitar theres a couple of minor marks from the gibson factory. Nothing major. The string alignment is a little off. But dont mind. The low E string is closer to the top of the neck. I use my thumb alot so works out. If it was the other way around I might of sent it back. The electrics look good under the hood. Musicstore got the guitar very quickly to Ireland. Really good service with great updates. Very happy with the purchase:)

Overall: This is very nice guitar! Last year I ordered a 2019 SG standard that turned out have some QC issues. I sent it back and ended up getting a Gibson TV yellow special that's turned out to be the best guitar I've ever owned (go figure) but I still couldn't get the SG jones out of my system so I decided to order one of these tributes. I have always like the stripped down looks of the faded specials of the past but I never pulled the trigger on one. These new tributes look to be very similar to the old faded specials but I think that they've done some minor cosmetic upgrades to them. I like the lighter walnut stain on these tributes more than the darker worn brown specials. They also added a silk screen Gibby "thistle" to the head stock which really doesn't mean much to me but I guess it makes it look a little more like a standard. The satin or "vintage gloss" finish looks a little different than the old faded specials to me. It looks more like a semi gloss than the matte finish they applied to the faded specials. I may be in the minority but I like the looks of this SG more then the fancy but boring "cherry" or "ebony" of the standards. I like the visible texture of wood grain and the lighter shade of walnut stain they used on these tributes. The wood on mine was very well matched on the front. On the back you can tell that they used two, maybe three, pieces of mahogany for the body but from the front it looks like one solid piece of wood until you get right up on it. The fretboard on mine was dryish and needed a lemon oil treatment but it wasn't as bad as the fretboard on my Special. There were also no tool marks from dressing the neck binding (because there is none) like there was on my special. I feel as though this guitar would look better with nickel pickup covers and reflector knobs so I will probably add those as an upgrade. The "poker chip" was included in the gig bag but not installed on the guitar. I will probably leave it off as it makes the control area look cleaner and allows more of the beautiful wood grain to show through. The frets and dot makers were well done with no sharp ends. The fretboard played great and the frets appear to have been "plekked". Setup was great and ready to rip right out of the box. Tuning stability was good after I changed the strings and stretched them in good. Pots and controls seem sturdy and responsive. The satin maple neck felt nice as far as the texture but it was a little fat and wide for my liking. I was expecting it to be more like the neck profile on my Special which is fatter than a slim taper but it just fills the web of my hand, between my thumb and forefinger, and doesn't impede the "thumb over top" playing style that I use quite a bit. This SG has a flat area on the back of the neck and thicker shoulders and I fell like it favors more of a thumb behind the neck playing style that jazz players and shredders tend to prefer. It's not a thin "shredder" neck like an Ibanez but the flat spot on the back and thick shoulders made me have to shorten my strap and play the guitar higher up on my torso than I like in order to play some songs but I soon got used to it so it's not that big of a deal. The upper fret access was hindered IMO by the thickness of the shoulders and width of the neck which increases the farther up the neck you get but I use this guitar more for heavy rhythm playing so, again, it's not a big deal to me. If Gibson would improve the neck profile on this guitar I feel as though it would be a much more versatile guitar but then it would compete with higher end SG's so there ya go. The 490s in this guitar are very good pickups IMO. They are slightly hotter than PAF in output with prominent vocal like mids to my ears; great blues-rock p'ups for sure. They are noticeably lower in output than the P90s in my special which is okay because I use pedals to compensate for the differences in tone and output when switching between guitars during a set. They 490t in the bridge is probably my favorite. It can go from a jangly, chordy, rhythm to crunchy power chord riffs using the volume knob on the guitar and it retains clarity and definition when playing heavyish drop D rhythms with more gain. My LP Special is my go to guitar for playing "chordy stuff" (which is about 90% of the time) and soloing but the SG comes out when I need more chunk to my palm muted drop d riffs although the 490s are bright and articulate enough to do do the chordy stuff too. I use this guitar to do a drop D version of "Copperhead road". I play Steve's mandolin riff in the middle position then switch over to the bridge pickup after the "smell the whiskey burning" part and it sounds great never muddy or harsh. It also does the lower gain double drop D Neil Young rhythm stuff very well. The "soft case" that came with this guitar is the same as the ones that you get with the regular Standard. It's very nice as far as "soft cases" go I suppose but, IMHO, it's still not much better t

What can I say! This guitar plays like it's straight from 1961. Got this from Sweetwater about 5 months ago, and I can't put this guitar down. I was fighting it for a while, then I read someone else on here switched to 9's. Wow what a difference, I turned the trusted rod 1/4 of a turn to the left, and this thing plays like butter. Thanks to Zach for helping through the process. These pickups bite like crazy, I'm 69 years old, a pro player, have several Gibson's and Fenders, and this guitar is by all means, my favorite!

Overall: I left a fairly nasty review about this guitar when I first got it, and wanted to ammend it to a degree. I have since had my guitar tech do a good setup (the factory one was pretty lazy) and with that this is really an excellent playing guitar. So much so that I've decided to keep it and just change my hand position to make it work with the flat profile I don't like. I've still got to take at least one star off for Gibson lying about the profile which is an absurd thing to do, and I'm not real happy with the return policy, but this is really an excellent guitar despite those things and I'm glad I gave it a chance.

Overall: First off, this is a nice guitar and there's nothing wrong with the workmanship. I grew up on Sabbath and SG's. I was REALLY excited to buy this guitar. I couldn't play the Epiphone Iommi signature because it had the wide flat D shaped neck like a '61 and it doesn't fit my hands. This was advertised as being based on his '65 that had a rounded profile (I own 2 SG's with this profile and LOVE them) so I immediately paid $2400 cash on my easy pay account in good faith and ordered it. Beautiful guitar. Probably sounds great but I never even plugged it in because as soon as I pulled it out of the case I felt that super wide flat '61 neck and knew I'd never play it. Disappointed to say the least my dream guitar turned out to be something it wasn't supposed to be, I immediately called to see about sending it back. I was told I'd have to pay shipping (which I would have done since the misleading advertising was on Gibson's part and not theirs) and they wouldn't refund my cash and reinstate my account the way it was, basically just giving me store credit instead. I looked it up and that technically follows their policy. I suppose I can't fault that, I own a lot of gear now I wouldn't have otherwise if it weren't for that plan. It's just disappointing to say the least, especially right on the heels of the disappointment of the guitar. Anyway, if you like the '61 Special you'll probably love this guitar; it's clearly a fine instrument. If you think you're gonna get a '65 rounded neck profile you'll wind up like me choosing between having a $2400 painting hanging on your wall or the hassle of selling it on Reverb. My low rating is not for the quality of the guitar but because it isn't as advertised which means a lot more in these times when you can't go to a store and try before you buy on a lot of gear. You just have to roll the dice. Who knows, maybe mine was an aberration and they accidentally stuck the wrong neck on it and you'll have better luck. Just be careful.