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SG-Shaped Guitar from Gibson belonging to the SG series

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  • Dr_RaousseDr_Raousse

    Gibson SG Special FadedPublished on 10/15/13 at 07:10
    (This content has been automatically translated from French)
    Needless to repeat the features Gibson site does better than me.
    For this type of guitar, needless to ask for more features.
    Very nice shovel. We should all guitars made with a big plane and a pot of matt lacquer. A stroke is less cold than the species of cold shiny dragees. 10.

    UTILIZATION

    SG is the perfect guitar with its eats which makes an angle with respect to the table and its bevelled notches. Short guitar, flat handle.
    We get a good sound with the bridge pickup, but the neck pickup is too muddy for me, at least on my amp.
    Microphones series do a very good job, I believe a pair of gibson 490
    Easily tune the bitch. it ruins the fun!

    SOUNDS

    For the big, …
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    Needless to repeat the features Gibson site does better than me.
    For this type of guitar, needless to ask for more features.
    Very nice shovel. We should all guitars made with a big plane and a pot of matt lacquer. A stroke is less cold than the species of cold shiny dragees. 10.

    UTILIZATION

    SG is the perfect guitar with its eats which makes an angle with respect to the table and its bevelled notches. Short guitar, flat handle.
    We get a good sound with the bridge pickup, but the neck pickup is too muddy for me, at least on my amp.
    Microphones series do a very good job, I believe a pair of gibson 490
    Easily tune the bitch. it ruins the fun!

    SOUNDS

    For the big, roots rock, this is THE guitar. I play a Krank Nineteen80. This is the High Gain, and it suits him well. He was big plate agreement, she likes it. For solos, the rawness of the sound may lack sophistication. Then hop a small Phasor or Flanger and it's going well.
    With CryBaby is a real delight.
    The neck pickup is average I think. I do exploits in the solo parts I want serious purpose.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I've had 3-4 years. I previously played on a lot of Fenders, especially Telecaster. I wanted to go to Gibson curiosity. The Les Pauls seemed not ergonomic at all.
    The Faded is a great value for money, except for a few flaws:
    1 - Mechanical bad: think about the change of office, out of tune all the time
    2 - cheapies pickguiard and soft
    3 - trapping micro poorly designed
    4 - position of the microphones can not make it parallel to the strings without adding a frame to the microphones
    Because of these shortcomings, it is not a guitar that is the sub that I put at the beginning, given the mods I had to do next: P90 in the neck, new pickguard, new mechanical and adjustment humbuckers. So the argus and occasionally it's worth.
    But this is a guitar qu'attachante.
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  • MGR/mikeMGR/mike

    Gibson SG Special Faded

    Gibson SG Special FadedPublished on 09/19/04 at 15:00
    Sam Ash, Lombard Illinois, $550. ...Had a Les Paul stolen and wanted to stick with a Gibson product.

    I certainly like the distinctive body and headstock as well as the unbelievable crunch.

    Out of the box: The intonation was way off, the frets were really sharp at the edges, and the action was barely passable. I had it set up and also added grover tuners because...well, you know why. This added more than $100 to the price. Additionally, the guitar isn't balanced so you must hold it up with your fingering hand. I own several guitars and can get an awesome clean sound out of my line 6. The SG, however, is only clean with the drive way down. This creates problems with volume if you'…
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    Sam Ash, Lombard Illinois, $550. ...Had a Les Paul stolen and wanted to stick with a Gibson product.

    I certainly like the distinctive body and headstock as well as the unbelievable crunch.

    Out of the box: The intonation was way off, the frets were really sharp at the edges, and the action was barely passable. I had it set up and also added grover tuners because...well, you know why. This added more than $100 to the price. Additionally, the guitar isn't balanced so you must hold it up with your fingering hand. I own several guitars and can get an awesome clean sound out of my line 6. The SG, however, is only clean with the drive way down. This creates problems with volume if you're in a band with an insane drummer. I now use a full stack while practicing (...with an insane drummer) and have to turn the distorted channels down to match the clean.

    Besides the lack of factory set-up, there were no problems.

    It is not a versatile guitar. It is crunchy and very noticeable in its appearance. I've used it extensively in live performances for these reasons. I do not, however, record with it.

    This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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  • johnfrujohnfru

    Gibson SG Special FadedPublished on 09/03/05 at 10:16
    (This content has been automatically translated from French)
    See opinion below
    Official Website or GIBSON ( )

    On the note, you can not fault this guitar much at CHARACTERISTICS: It is very simple and versatile but nanmoins complte.

    UTILIZATION

    I will our answer to the questions in order:

    - The lack of varnish "traditional" makes the handle quite so smooth and enjoyable trs trs to the touch. This is typically a handle Gibson therefore quite pais, what j'apprcie.

    - Access in acute favorites is the shape of the body, but it's not really a choice for me CRITERIA, as I play some solos trs.

    - Like all the SG, it tends to incline to the ct of the head, due to the lgret the body (it's crazy I'm surprised every time!). Also the guitar…
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    See opinion below
    Official Website or GIBSON ( )

    On the note, you can not fault this guitar much at CHARACTERISTICS: It is very simple and versatile but nanmoins complte.

    UTILIZATION

    I will our answer to the questions in order:

    - The lack of varnish "traditional" makes the handle quite so smooth and enjoyable trs trs to the touch. This is typically a handle Gibson therefore quite pais, what j'apprcie.

    - Access in acute favorites is the shape of the body, but it's not really a choice for me CRITERIA, as I play some solos trs.

    - Like all the SG, it tends to incline to the ct of the head, due to the lgret the body (it's crazy I'm surprised every time!). Also the guitar is trs fine, I do not like, I frankly afraid of breaking the handle on scne, it seems to rev fragile, but it is common all SG.

    - Trs empty it sounds good, a lot of sustain and great DJ's in the round

    Lutherie:
    This is the weak point of the guitar. In a word: Lament.
    Finish unworthy of the name Gibson, it seems to hold hands a low-end guitar. It's simple, it looks like the guitar direct out of the tree trunk!
    No binding around the neck, pickguard mount approximate volume buttons and horrible tone (the same as on my old epiphone 300th!).
    Prs of the instrument is not beautiful it is clear, we can see the manufacturing default, the default timber, etc ...
    in short we expect more for the same price when.

    SOUNDS

    I tried it in the store on a ENGL Savage 120 and a baffle ENGL 4 * 12 Mt in V30.

    The sound is simply amazing (well for me): burning, round, fat. LEGENDARY!
    There is a serious omniprsence on the neck pickup, which may dplaire some, but personally that's all what I want.
    The bridge pickup is still responsible for midrange and bass, and sounds trs trs hot.

    I will not m'tendre its sonic possibilities, I think it should mostly blues and rock or heavy rock well saturated.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I tried it for 1 hour in a store and I t's the charm, but shocked by the violin.
    The quality of manufacture is trsdcevante and it is clear that with this MODEL Gibson plays its brand image to sell MODELS "middle range".

    Never I would not buy this guitar, I prfre SAVE and take the Standard that it possde trs a beautiful finish.

    In the same price range, just to compare MODEL Schecter to realize that Gibson does not care about our face.
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  • slayer76slayer76

    Gibson SG Special FadedPublished on 08/02/07 at 08:52
    (This content has been automatically translated from French)
    Hi
    This American is very good for those who start with a spineless mytic guitar or even be a low-cost pleasures I have a personal day flying v faded I m not open because I've also had a cot gibson les paul studio and a 76 certe explore it more enjoyable to touch the faded but she raproche baucoup of gibson of legends.

    mount tun o matic bridge are relatively fun to play and are EXCELLENT with these micro gibson I think have a 498r and 500t as on exploring 76

    UTILIZATION

    Handle the relatively enjoyable also a finish one can hinder a cause can not polish a painting, an any case still super light but also the weight n is to share this dish standing when she fell from the front a…
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    Hi
    This American is very good for those who start with a spineless mytic guitar or even be a low-cost pleasures I have a personal day flying v faded I m not open because I've also had a cot gibson les paul studio and a 76 certe explore it more enjoyable to touch the faded but she raproche baucoup of gibson of legends.

    mount tun o matic bridge are relatively fun to play and are EXCELLENT with these micro gibson I think have a 498r and 500t as on exploring 76

    UTILIZATION

    Handle the relatively enjoyable also a finish one can hinder a cause can not polish a painting, an any case still super light but also the weight n is to share this dish standing when she fell from the front and is obtained by a super against his thanks to the micro gibson

    SOUNDS

    Such a versatile guitar in every good death metal and black metal s abstenire or micro meter of death.

    I play on my Marshall JCM 2000 amp tsl100w faded with the beautiful sound of saturated fat than a clean super-sounding hollow and round

    OVERALL OPINION

    I used the last 3 years I m not in full but I pensse c is an opportunity to buy a guitar at the conclusion of a very good guitar ente high end for me a guitar to keep the advantage is that if you make a stripe or a shock you're not disgusted n

    the -: to finish or low price
    What is not sold in rigid fly box

    the +: the sound
    same as the cover is thick ass

    a choice that I would do it because having a well c but not two
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