All user reviews of 3/5 for the Gibson SG Standard

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Thick round and round but very comfortable even for small mains.Tres good access to the latest cases.Vernis crappy handle .... like a lot of gibson so it's annoying and it not slip but good with a polish that happens.
The weight is the big advantage of sg but the guitar is poorly équilibré.Les finishes are not terrible for the most recent models (nail file, badly cut nut).
Tuning holding limit, with a deep draft that goes roughly but beware of bends ....

SOUNDS

Being a fan of Les Paul, a fact that sg bland issue sustain and thick disto.Le sound is more aggressive and sharp as a lp and 490R and 490t lack some definition in my neck taste.The, finishes and microphones are well below the 61 reissue (thinner handle and microphones 57 classic and classic plus much more realistic and autenthiques crunch).
The sg std lack of character but I think that's just my opinion.
The big problem is this lousy varnish and featureless microphones .I never taken pleasure on my sg std and play rock genre ac / dc I take a les paul std !!! To clean sounds .. ... Bad ....
I think the standard that is purchased primarily for the look, the weight and the price (less dear than lp std) and access to acute ... and of course for fans of Angus young !! ! But better to take a 61 reissue; certe more expensive but secondhand it's still affordable.

NOTICE GLOBAL

Gros finishes problems on newer and lacks character microphones.
€ 1,590 in 2008 purchased in stores, so that I bought at high prices since the prices have gone down and is found at just over € 1,000 on the net,! But it's Russian roulette for finishing therefore a risk of ending up with a poorly finished stew and not sound .it the same story with the les paul and considering the price it is a shame for a brand like Gibson !!!
I'm a fan of this brand so I allows me to be critical!

Javais a twinge in the heart before the dessayer Guibson Standart. If you've read my other tests you know why.

How dmerdera this guitar legends?

Dabord the technical data:

Neck: 1 piece mahogany, al 22 boxes
Scale: 24 3 / 4
Mcaniques: Gibson bathroom dhuile
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Body: Mahogany Full
Pickups: I do not know
CONTRL: a slecteur 3 positions, 2 of potentiomtres potentiomtres 2 Tone Volume


Then limpression overall:

Linstrument is nice looking, its weight is INTERESTED in hand, not too lightweight, not too heavy. The wood of the body and the handle is correct and the graining is beautiful. For once, the body suffers OF ANY default, by the handle against evil is punctual and you can feel the wood grain, wood for the key is using what looks ugly and can be found on quon Corenne a 200 euros or an old oak table in my grand-mre. The binding of the handle is again possible with tremors. The varnish is affixed burr and gives a nice overall look. The guitar comes in a hardcase properly.

[5] Not great but not bad

UTILIZATION

Good news. The handle is poorly sanded but the frets are affixed. We can play this instrument a little more than others srieusement guitar brand. No frieze either. However rgl Linstrument nest and then cest APRS ltabli a passage through the test can finally Get You Started.

There is a round a little big, thick dune consquente seems typical til SERIES sg. His grip, however problmatique nest. The width is comfortable and acute CCAA is easy and fun.

[8] Plutt play, this guitar is fun to play trs

SOUNDS

We are in the great and beautiful here. This category in, I could never take a nai Gibson default. Sg ny This is not abstraction and offers a wide range of sounds.

When empty, the guitar well and rsons possde sustain correct. When the branch, you get the crunch of quality cleans fleshy with a nice smooth and nice distortion. Simply good.

In our potentiomtres ensure that the rglages effective and can take more advantage of the wide potential of microphones.

[9] nalready not perfect (almost)

OVERALL OPINION

Ringing beautifully, this standard is an instrument to play nice. The finish of the handle and net bad and the cheap wooden button, cotent overall points. The guitar also score a bowl, putting even small hiccups prcits forward. But in the register of SG, the gibson is lovely runner. Only the tokai ls 155 and some guitars luthiers prtendre can surpass this guitar (more fun to play because the sleeves even more effective, less Chres, to drink more and more pointed finite). But the two guitar mics prcites nont not Gibson. A lment here that makes the difference.

[6] Jai could try this scratching all day long in a shop in my region. There were guitars normment else better finished and more convincing to the touch. But here sagit dune affair got gibson please and touch many guitarists rputs. The note seems correct in light dun performance / qualitprix lgrement dsaventageux related competition.

I am a vocal critic of the lack of left handed guitars there are for sale. I am a primarily left handed player. Working on and selling guitars for so long I can get by on a right handed guitar now but all of my personal guitars are left handed. It is crazy how little options there are for left handed people. Limited options along with the mark up on lefty guitars is pretty sad. This is one of Gibsons few lefty guitars. This is an SG standard which is the standard SG nowadays. The standard SG now is the large pickguard SG model. I prefer the smaller 61 style SG's but only the 60s tribute model with the P90s comes in lefty. That is one of my favorite models by the way. With the standard model you get the large pickguard design which is cheaper to produce because the pickguard hides the routing. The body is mahogany. The neck is a set in mahogany piece which is the 50s profile which I dont like and is not really even accurate for an SG. The 60s tribute SG comes with a 60s neck which an SG should come with since the SG is a 60s guitar. The Standard comes with the fat 50s neck you get on most Les Pauls. You get a rosewood fretboard with 22 medium frets. Standard non locking tuners up top and a non locking tune-o-matic bridge at the bottom. The pickups are a standard set of Gibson 490/498 in the neck and bridge respectively. The controls are standard Gibson with a volume and tone each with a 3 way.

UTILIZATION

When the SG was designed it was designed to fix the design flaws in the Les Paul that hampered playability. With these new SG standards they take away half of the improvements that the SG was supposed to have over the Les Paul. The upper fret access on the guitar is much better than that of a Les Paul because of the double cutaway body shape. The 50s neck does not help playability. It is much bigger than the 60s style neck that the SG is supposed to have. The 50s style neck was one of the things they changed in the early 60s because they knew it was difficult to play on. Because of the SG shape the guitars can be a bit neck heavy and the fat neck on this model does not help this. Non locking tuners and a non locking bridge in this day and age is pretty silly. People should tell Gibson and the other big companies that they need to enter the 21st century and add these features. You can get these things on just about any ESP guitar. Gibson uses a veil of traditionalism to excuse their lack of advancement in the realm of guitar features.

SOUNDS

The pickups in this guitar are average Gibson pickups. They are nothing special. They have more of a classic rock tone than anything else. The bridge is a bit crunchy and has a bit of gain to it but is pretty insufficient for metal. It is not very smooth either so it does not have the best clean tone. The neck pickup is a little better in the realm of a clean tone but it can get a bit muddy. It is smoother for lead playing and you can get some bluesy and even jazzy tones with it. By comparison the 61 SG reissue comes with 57 Classics in both positions these are much better pickups overall.

OVERALL OPINION

If you are lefty and are looking for an SG this usually is your only choice but you can still find SG 60s tributes out there. With the 61 design with P90 pickups. I would recommend that model over this one. But if you have to have humbuckers this is your only option unless you can find a 61 reissue in lefty. Always expect to pay more and have to look around harder for a lefty model of any guitar. That is just the way of life for a lefty guitar player.