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Gibson SG Special Faded

SG-Shaped Guitar from Gibson belonging to the SG series

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Saosin Saosin
Published on 09/28/08 at 04:51
Value For Money : Excellent
See more advice below.

It's all good I think. Inevitably there are better, but value for money, there is nothing to say.

UTILIZATION

The handle is really perfect, its shape should really hand it is very comfortable. In addition, the thin layer of varnish does not make it sticky when you sweat a little hand.

Access to acute is obviously super simple.

It is very light, I can play for an hour and a half feet without any problems. However, the head looks a little, but nothing dramatic, either.

This scratch is really the most comfortable and I have several before. But this, comfort level it was immediately in love at first sight ;-)

SOUNDS

Ah the sound, put ***, it de-Chir. I play a little bit of everything from QOTSA, punk, rock's 60-70. It goes everywhere.

It has a well round and fat, its true Gibson.

First I play on an amp Behringer V-Tone G108 I had with a "pack beginning" my first "guitar". I preferred to invest in a good scratch and bail out before you buy an amp worthy of the name. And then the sound was not bad at all, but limited by the characteristics of the amp.
Now I play on a Vox AD30VT, and here I am every day a little happier with the result. Playing with two microphones and by the volume of the neck pickup to the 5 and 8 on the bridge pickup, I get really great sound. By pushing the volumes thoroughly, the sound is a bit less accurate.
Just playing on the bridge pickups, the sound is very good.
However, I like a little less micro bridge, a little too mushy for my taste. This is partly due to my Vox which a lot of bass, even when cut. I do not hardly ever plays only on the microphone.

I put 9.5 because I think the rendering of the neck and pickups not top top even if the amp obviously plays an important role in this.

OVERALL OPINION

I play it for about a year and I had time to find the right setting from my amp. I am really happy with the result.

The little less, is that as the varnish layer is very thin, wood this brand quickly. It has no scratches but small bugnes. I had the misfortune to play one time with a belt and it's still somewhat damaged on the back. Anyway nothing serious either, it's just that I'm a little obsessive sometimes ;-)

This is my second guitar. My first was a Behringer that I had with my "beginner pack" of (...) very very very cheap. So I wanted a good scratch to continue my "career" and I've tried several. At first I wanted because I thought the Epiphone set up in the 300-400 euros. So I tried to type Epiphone Les Paul, Gibson SG else just for fun, the Schecter, very well but I was not a fan of the look. Then in a magaz, as I really wanted to test a Epiphone Les Paul Standard, the seller puts me in the SG mainsm and there it was the slap. Then he made me compare it with other SG Epiphone very bling-bling, and the sound was truly as good, mushy and imprecise, not to mention the handle sticking due to varnish. I had to try on a small Roland Cube amp not a pure death and killing my sound really more out of hand. I did not buy on a whim, I have three months to find the guitar that suited me and I'm not disappointed with the result. In addition, I find it super nice (I've worn in cherry).

The value for money is really good, there is no "sub-Gibson." Or if so I can not imagine that the killings are the other ;-)

This choice I would do without hesitation, because it is really one that I was among the most agreed that I could not test that reached the price beyond my budget.