All user reviews of 4/5 for the Gibson SG Standard

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Already detailed in other opinions, I will not dwell on the features of the standard SG.
I just note that this icon of Rock'n'Roll is equipped with the famous PAF 490R and 498T.


USE

On my 2004 model finish is good. The comfortable handle, if not I find them a little higher frets, offers good grip and as often with Gibson, it is manly and warm. It is a lightweight and responsive guitar.

SOUNDS

The sound is fabulous, much in the clear with the neck pickup that popping sound in any position. Swallowing! It's amazing how a mahogany board can send a sound as easily as evil.

NOTICE GLOBAL

Guitarist in my life, this is the third time I come back to this affordable Gibson strong character. Must!

Made in USA
490R in the bridge / 498T in the neck

Good overall finish, just the Gibson logo and crown (of the head) begin to crackle varnish (mine is 2008).

UTILIZATION

With a Faded SG, the handle of the Standard is better for my taste.
Weight (just over 3kg) is nice when playing several hours standing with this guitar.
Access to acute is easy due to its double-cutaway. I use it a lot for the last string of solos, most difficult thing with other guitars ...

SOUNDS

The Gibson SG Standard is perfect for my style of play that is the rock.
But it is also quite effective in the field of blues.
Plugged into a Fender amp (100 watts mustang 3 V2), the record is good. This guitar sounds as good clean sound with a large saturation.
I play most often in the neck position, the record is very good.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one month now, I'm tired.
Before purchasing this little gem, I had:
- Gibson SG Faded
- Epiphone Wildkat
- Squier Telecaster Bigsby Cabronita
- Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster 60's

It has now become my main guitar.
Varnish, binding around the handle, pins perloid and logo pearl on the head gives a look more "class" has only the Standard Faded ...
Standard comes in a nice hard case with a white wig or should be forced to make it slightly back while Faded comes in a single-bag gib.
So if you want a nice guitar to play rock and the budget allows, do not hesitate, than to take the Standard

Made in U.S..
2-piece mahogany body, micro 490/498.
I think everyone knows ...

UTILIZATION

Round super nice, a thinner Les Paul but well filled by hand.
The guitar is super light, well balanced and all the squares are accessible with the greatest of ease.
The pitch is shorter than a stratocaster or telecaster where less tension strings so that with the original strings 10-46, the bends are very easy to make.
I have a rising stratocaster telecaster 10-46 and in 9/42 and the SG is between the two in terms of string tension, for me it's perfect! but that's just my opinion ...
Cherry in it really mouth! and I can not criticize matter finish!
One last point, the mechanics. I have often read that the agreement did not ben this is not the case on mine, I admit, I do a repeat for 3 hours without household and is always granted ask?

SOUNDS

The sound is very pleasant light or saturated, tone and volume buttons are progressive and can well find its sound. The bridge pickup has an output level well above the neck pickup is more aggressive, sharper see sometimes a bit too sharp but just play guitar tones / amp and voila.
On occasion, I would climb many 57 and 57 + to see what happens ...
For now sounds to me very suitable. It makes recovery style whites stripes, cranberries, joan jett, nirvana, black desire ...

OVERALL OPINION

It will be 3 years since I bought it and I love it!
I had a strat and I wanted a guitar with doubles, I went to buy the SG, I tried and bought live!
No regrets! Good for abuse, with € 1,000 more I would take a standard reissue

I have been eyeing a Gibson SG Standard for quite a while now. I picked this one off the wall at GC in Texas and I fell in love. The coil-tap is sweet but it isn't perfect and to be honest if you are truly looking for that single-coil tone then just buy a Stratocaster. What it does provide is the ability to gig with one guitar and get darn close to that true single-coil sound when you need it.

UTILIZATION

The finish is beautiful, I have the Vintage Sunburst and I love it. The sounds are bold, cutting and pristine. They shine on solos they just have that ability to cut through the band. Many of my band members thought I spent much more than the retail price. The neck is amazing smooth and comfortable. The binding is beautiful and adds to the authentic look and feel of the Les Paul. Just in genereal the feel of this guitar is great and it has a really nice color to it as well. I think this version comes in a few different colors.

SOUNDS

The guitar is heavy don't discount that if you play long sets. I am used to a relatively heavy guitar. This LP isn't chambered. which is something that I enjoy. I feel that chambering, although reduces weight, calms down sustain. This baby will hold a note while you grab a sandwich and when you get back it will still be humming.

OVERALL OPINION

The overall sound of the guitar is everything you would expect from a Les Paul. Every note shines through out of this instrument. I play it through a Mesa/Boogie Mark V and it basically sounds as perfect as I had imagined it would in my head. You can never go wrong with a Gibson, I definitely recommend getting this one. The SG Gibson Standard is at the top of its class.

Should I repeat? everything has been said, right? Well, go: the 324 made in Nashville th day of 2004 in Nashville (United States) and is the 42 th guitar being shipped from the factory that day! 22 frets, a joint body which is round at the 19th fret (different from the 61 reissue), this handle is available in the treble. It is fine and pleasant, the key in rosewood is a bit "rough" but I prefer that to the maple gives me a plastic look .. The pickups are two humbuckers 490R and 498T selectable with a switch: 1-2-1. The biggest complaint comes from that: one's a bit messy in the midrange and bass, but that tile in the treble, I had to put my serious knob to 0 on the amp for sound "solo" sharp on the strings ... then there was the arrival of micro magic! the 57 classic plus, and there: slurps! rebalancing of all this, the slightest gust of pick you can feel the feeling of guitarist: all lights! Otherwise, the body is thin mahogany, it is light, a little tendency to pitch down, but I hold it to 60 °, so no problemo! On mechanical, it's true that at the beginning I drooled after the Telecaster that NEVER goes out of tune, but after some interventions (reserrage, patching holes and screwing) I must admit that it's going much better: good plastoc the tulips, frankly it's a bit cheap for a skyscraper that price!
The fittings are of the classic Gibson, it is set in less than two, tune-o-matic, stopbar is the arch known and the "arch that goes!" the hardware is chrome.
I go down the note because of two things: an important micro drafts, and mechanical plastoc tulips!

UTILIZATION

The handle is nice, yes, very very fast for me who am not a great guitarist from the Telecaster, it was a shock, as a small round gem, access to treble is good. The beautiful beast looks a bit of pif and you have to be careful anyway: Straplock mandatory safety!
The sound was good but not present in the treble, and for that I note down.

SOUNDS

Completely! a crunch sound, but again since buying the 57 classic plus, it's caviar! Of course, the shock of having to hand the guitar of my dreams was huge, do not spoof the SG issue, even without the 57's a very nice, but there is a severe lack of definition in acute feeling, solo position. I play on my little Laney 15R and I had to put the knob to 0 serious!
I get a fat sound, but lacking acute micro home. From the 57, everything is rebalanced!
I hate not having a solo in his present position in the treble!
And now all is well!
BUT the SG standard microphones origins should have a lower score because of them

OVERALL OPINION

For three and a half months! What I like is its lightness, its shape, its color changes with the light (it is a heritage cherry). What I like least is the filth of varnish as soon as he sticks his hand above is a bugnes, which is, after very difficult to remove! Same hand is the cata! This is THE guitar I wanted, I have a US Telecaster, Vintage 113T a (wedding anniversary!).
The price / quality ratio is good in Germany and no one in France, sorry.
Yes I would resume an SG reissue But surely a 61, even though I hate the small pickguard.
The rating is down because of the varnish, and microphones, again!

Well, let y. ..
United States manufacturing
all mahogany
The cellulose varnish discrtes made small "waves" and is trs sensible perspiration as well as small impacts (the varnish is "soft"), rosewood key is not really great punctual inlays are really improved, the mcaniques are antiques ... I personally think that gives him a small ct "roots" nice, but for the price, they might be a bit less dcontracts at Gibson!
22 frets, two humbuckers, two tone, two volumes, a three-position switch togle ... etc ...
flight wig with pink inside (I love ...)
good j'arrte ... everyone knows the SG and all over a cell and said rptbr t /> bah, all songs are good sets: 7 / 10 because of the finishes for improvement

UTILIZATION

Ergonomics total:
the handle is playable, not too late nor too pais (my taste eh!), the frets are thin and do not hang plutt hand on the edge of the handle
the highs are perfectly accessible, the guitar is fine, lgre with good chamfers: a rgal!
it leaves more willing to play with the handle inclinbr /> GNER have nothing right hand when playing and are accessible CONTRL
trs it sounds very empty, with a sharp attack and good sustain
in the hands you can feel it vibrate littralement! thundering!
mcaniques dsaccordent is the permanent, not much admittedly, but hey! it must monitor the grand mre ...

SOUNDS

You plug it all in a very light and forward Gingham!
the register of the guitar is the mdiums! (M'tonnes you ...)
clean sounds are biting on the micro acute
they are significantly more severe on the micro plush but low exs
intermdiaire position clears some of the characters of one and the other without making much more, my taste of course ....
the crunch, the three positions, you stick a little smile systmatiquement beats with a dash of drool flowing at the corner of the mouth ...
systmatiquement ...
saturations, uh, you know .... raging, that's the word, furious!
this guitar is a moth!
dlivre saturations snapping it, not too rough or too prcises:
the bass is not Submitted exs and treble are mdiums and hear
I can not find it appropriate to sound dark but very serious cons, I think it Exelle big rock in the register pchu well!
The most surprising in the end, with the SG is its versatility: it all goes well and in a few prs all styles!
Royal!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it as lead guitar for a while now
in the directory of times (there is also the directory compos ...) she immediately found her place, either on pieces of Red Hot, Cake, from The Black 'and Rage or Limp Bizkit, etc ...
versatile, but with a good personality marks the jades!
I was swells just have to put a little bit of tuning CONTRL both pieces but hey! I forgive him ...
trs varnish deteriorates quickly, it will quickly take a finish "vintage" I think ... sorry too!
it is so enjoyable that lgre and almost forget to remove the APRS concert
the prices in France is simply a scandal!
ouh! ouh! Gibson ... not good!
I leave it the way it is, without changing anything
I want a deuxime to customize my fawn (h. .. h)
so yes, I will repeat that choice ...

Built in the United States
Solid mahogany body
Mahogany glued to the body
Rosewood
490R Alnico magnet neck pickup humbucker
Micro Chevallet: 498T Alnico magnet humbucker
Gibson delivered flightcase

UTILIZATION

I come from a Fender Telecaster US So initially, I had trouble with the handle rounder and wider. The touch of the handle is a little less pleasant than on my fender. Then finally you soon!

Access to acute issue, the two notches give access can not be easier. The guitar has a weight Interestingly, neither too light nor too heavy.

Point of view is very simple setting, we have a tone knob and volume microphone. This is convenient because it can have the volume all the way to the bridge pickup with distortion and a lower volume in the neck pickup for a less saturated clean, cleaner.

Unfortunately it is out of tune faster than bcp my fender, a flaw that cost him points aggregate

SOUNDS

I play a Mesa / Boogie Mesa and torque / SG ... it sounds like hell! The saturated a little too clean to my liking, so I reduced the volume of the neck pickup and all is well ^ ^. Of course, it does not have the charm of a telecaster in clean, but it's not really comparable ...

on the other hand in distortion is incredible! The sound is very hot, super high output level and harmonic shout! The sustain is endless ... This guitar is really great when you love powerful rock or blues fat.

I put 8 because the clean would be a little bit more slam that would have greatly increased its charm! I find it in distortion is really nothing to say!

OVERALL OPINION

I have this guitar for 6 months and I would do it chosen! Currently I have a Start and a Tele US, I do not expect my Gibson it has also defined a clean than Fender, but clean would have benefited from more slamming all faith ... it is still a matter of taste and it can be fixed by changing the pickups.

In distortion is the best guitar I played. Power and heat at will!

The Gibson SG standard is the entry level guitar if you're wanting to get into Gibson SG market. This is a beautiful guitar with its red paint job and black pick guard. It's a fine instrument if you really like the sound of the mahogany wood body and mahogany neck. It's going to be a warm and musical tone any more focused tone in my opinion comparatively to a Gibson Les Paul guitar.

UTILIZATION


This guitar features two humbucker pick ups with two volume control knobs and two tone control knobs. It has a nice pearl block inlay which really sets the look of this guitar off. it's a nice well-balanced guitar and the body is a little thinner than a Gibson Les Paul but still retains much of the influence that it takes from the Gibson Les Paul guitar. The neck is going to be a much more versatile neck because you're able to reach the higher friends easier than you would a Gibson Les Paul guitar.

SOUNDS


This guitar works in just about any amplifier that you have. I primarily like these guitars any medium to high gain amplifier setting. So if you have a good Marshall amplifier or some other amplifier or a good power to distortion then this guitar will sound very excellent in that setting. This guitar has a good focused tone that is very intense and brilliant. I preferred this tone over a Gibson Les Paul tone and little bit more but just slightly only because of the versatility and thinner lighter tone that is has.

This guitar sounds great when you couple it with effects pedals or distortion pedals as well. So if you have a clean amp such as a fender twin reverb or some other clean amp then you'll need a distortion pedal so this guitar will work good with that equipment as well.

OVERALL OPINION


I highly recommend this guitar to anyone looking for a good professional high gain or recording guitar. It has a great look very good balance and seal throughout the body and next of the guitar. It's a beautiful color of red anxious to warm tone as well.

I have been a fan of Gibson guitars since I first learned how to play the guitar. They have continued to be one of the best sounding guitar builders in the world. I am particular to the Les Paul guitar but even the SG finds a special place in my heart. The tone of SG so takes a lot from the gives Les Paul it's still has its own thing going on. It is a classic reach warm tone that sits very well in the music. If you've ever listen any AC/DC album and you've heard this guitar.

This is a great looking guitar and a fantastic sounding guitar as well. You can get a lot of musical miles with this guitar. Sometimes a Gibson guitar can be hit or miss, so I would recommend this guitar to anyone who can try it out first.

UTILIZATION

Features

Double-cutaway beveled mahogany body
Set mahogany neck with rounded '50s profile
Bound rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlays
Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
Chrome hardware
490R humbucker in the neck position
498T humbucker in the bridge position
2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs, 3-way switch
24-3/4" scale

SOUNDS

I would like the heritage cherry look. It really blends well with the nature and character of this guitar. If I had to pick one color to match the 60 sound of the Gibson SG it wouldn't be red but rather can vintage white. I love sound of this guitar was a high gain very loud Marshall style amplifier. The mix with this amplifier in this guitar is exactly what Pete Townsend was looking for when he first grabbed the Gibson SG. Put an Ibanez tube screamer in front of this amp this guitar and you will get a great classic rock sound.

This is an easy guitar to get the good to feel from. It doesn't take a long time for someone to really connect with the feeling and sound of this guitar. One of the best things that I like about this particular guitar is the white paint coat on the body. It really looks like you vintage guitar from the 60s. Since this is a 60s tribute guitar from Gibson.


OVERALL OPINION

You can find these guitars for right around $1199. This is a steal of the price for what you get out of this guitar. I highly recommend this guitar to anyone is looking for the 60's sound and the vintage five of course with the vintage look with white vintage paint job. I have all of the guitar is the Gibson has put out an recent years this is one of the best looking and best sounding guitars I have come across.

The Gibson SG Standard was designed in the very early sixties as an attempt to spice up what at the time was known as the Les Paul. Despite changing the LP's design around several times, it wasn't selling well and Gibson's designers felt that a lighter and more sculpted guitar was the ticket. Les Paul did not like the new Les Paul "SG" model, and by 1963 his name was removed from the model leaving it to be called the Solid Guitar, or SG for short.

The SG Standard has a fairly thin and contoured mahogany body, set mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard with 22 frets, Kluson tuners, tuneomatic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, and dual Gibson 490R/498T humbucking pickups, each with its own volume and tone control, and a 3 way selector to switch between the pickups. This reissue is based off of the late '60s SG Standard with the larger pickguard, so if you want one based off of the early '60s model, look into the SG '61 reissue which contains more features that are consistent with the original early sixties design such as the smaller pickguard, a slightly different headstock shape and a few other minor tweaks as well. This particular guitar features an ebony finish that is very striking to look at. I definitely prefer it over the Heritage Cherry model for looks.





UTILIZATION

The SG was designed to be a more ergonomic and easier to play/hold version of the Les Paul way back when, and the same is true today. It's a very light guitar that sits very well on the body. Some of them have a problem with "neck dive" (where the neck will dive towards the floor when you let go for it) but there are ways to control that. The upper fret access is very good because of the sculpted cutaways that are scooped out enough to reach the highest frets. The only thing that hinders upper fret access is the slightly blocky heel for the neck joint, but that is the case with most Gibson guitars I've tried.

Getting a good tone out of the SG Standard is no easier or harder than with a Les Paul or Flying V or whatever else. Because it's constructed of mahogany, it sounds very thick and dark like a Gibson solidbody should. However, because it's lighter and there is less wood there, it is a bit brighter and thinner than say, a Les Paul. It works well for clean tones because of it's balance between dark and bright frequencies. The dirty tones are great as well and they sit in a good frequency range that isn't muddy, nor ear piercingly bright.



SOUNDS

I've tried the SG Standard through various Fender, Marshall and Mesa Boogie amplifiers, all with very good results. The guitar excels to me at rock/hard rock based tones because of the 490R/498T pickups, which aren't my favourite pickups that Gibson offers, but they work well enough in this guitar.

Clean tones are very good considering the pickup choice. The neck pickup offers some nice quasi jazz tones and the bridge pickup offers some somewhat country esque tones with the amp dialed in fairly bright and clean.

The dirty tones have a nice balance between thick and bright (IE: Gibson tone and Fender). It holds up very well for classic British tones as well as modern super-saturated American tones equally. I would say the pickups are geared towards the latter, with a slightly scooped mid sound that works well with higher gain tones. It also cuts through very well for leads and sits well in a band mix with another guitar (IE: Les Paul).

OVERALL OPINION

The SG Standard is a great sounding and playing guitar that offers a great alternative to the heavy and somewhat clunky Les Paul. The price new is about $1,300 and on the used market they go for sub $800 prices on occasion which is great. My biggest gripe with the SG is consistency. I've played many of them and there was no rhyme or reason as to which one would be great or which one would be a total dog. I've had better luck with Les Pauls personally as far as finding a good one. Perhaps the fact that they build/sell them for so much cheaper than a fully furnished Les Paul could be a reason why I find so many dogs. Maybe I'm just an LP guy at heart, who knows... It's a common malady with cheaper Gibson guitars I find, not just the SG, but the SG does seem more likely to find a dog as opposed to a really awesome one hanging on the wall.

Either way, the SG is a great rock guitar. It's light, plays well, sounds good and has lots of tones available. If you find one that fits you, you can't go wrong with one.

The Gibson SG Standard is just that -- it's the standard SG that everybody thinks of when they think of SGs. It features a uniquely shaped mahogany body, mahogany set neck, a bound rosewood fretboard with 22 frets, special inlays, hard tail bridge, two humbuckers, a pickguard, two volume knobs, two tone knobs and a three way switch.

UTILIZATION

The SGs are really cool guitars that tend to stand out from the crowd. Whenever I think of SGs, I tend to think of either Frank Zappa or Angus Young, personally. However, the guitar has a few issues. For one, it's extremely neck heavy. This causes it to neck dive any time you play the guitar as the body is very lightweight. You'll be supporting the neck and playing it at the same time, so it can be a bit difficult to work. The upper fret access is also a bit dependent on how you play as the joint can get in the way.

SOUNDS

Gibson SGs are tonally somewhere between a Flying V and an Explorer. They have the thickness that you'd expect from something like the Explorer, but they also have that aggression and punchy sound that the Flying V delivers. This is mainly due to its smaller, light body. I'm not a huge fan of the stock humbuckers in this, so I tend to replace them with something else. Once replaced, however, this thing totally comes to life, and it's extremely versatile thanks to the control layout.

OVERALL OPINION

If you're looking for an SG, I highly recommend picking this one up over the other models. It looks great, sounds great and feels pretty nice too. Pay particular attention to the fretwork as Gibsons can be very hit or miss when it comes to fretwork. Also make sure it stays in tune as Gibsons tend to have issues with improperly cut nuts.

The USA made Gibson SG Standard is a guitar first designed in the early sixties as an update to the then outdated and fading Les Paul Standard. It was a much sleeker guitar than its sibling, and that's still true today. It's very contoured and much lighter than most Les Pauls or single cut/carved top guitars. However it still is able to retain a lot of that Gibson thickness and low end that the guitars are known for.

The SG Standard has a very thin and contoured mahogany body, set mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard with 22 frets, Kluson tuners, tuneomatic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, and dual Gibson 490R/498T humbucking pickups, each with its own volume and tone control, and a 3 way selector to switch between the pickups. This reissue is based off of the late '60s SG Standard with the larger pickguard, so if you want one based off of the early '60s model, look into the SG '61 reissue.

UTILIZATION

The SG was designed to be a more ergonomic and easier to play/hold version of the Les Paul way back when, and the same is true today. It's a very light guitar that sits very well on the body. Some of them have a problem with "neck dive" (where the neck will dive towards the floor when you let go for it) but there are ways to control that. The upper fret access is very good because of the sculpted cutaways that are scooped out enough to reach the highest frets. The only thing that hinders upper fret access is the slightly blocky heel for the neck joint, but that is the case with most Gibson guitars I've tried.

Getting a good tone out of the SG Standard is no easier or harder than with a Les Paul or Flying V or whatever else. Because it's constructed of mahogany, it sounds very thick and dark like a Gibson solidbody should. However, because it's lighter and there is less wood there, it is a bit brighter and thinner than say, a Les Paul. It works well for clean tones because of it's balance between dark and bright frequencies. The dirty tones are great as well and they sit in a good frequency range that isn't muddy, nor ear piercingly bright.



SOUNDS

I've tried the SG Standard through various Fender, Marshall and Mesa Boogie amplifiers, all with very good results. The guitar excels to me at rock/hard rock based tones because of the 490R/498T pickups, which aren't my favourite pickups that Gibson offers, but they work well enough in this guitar.

Clean tones are very good considering the pickup choice. The neck pickup offers some nice quasi jazz tones and the bridge pickup offers some somewhat country esque tones with the amp dialed in fairly bright and clean.

The dirty tones have a nice balance between thick and bright (IE: Gibson tone and Fender). It holds up very well for classic British tones as well as modern super-saturated American tones equally. I would say the pickups are geared towards the latter, with a slightly scooped mid sound that works well with higher gain tones. It also cuts through very well for leads and sits well in a band mix with another guitar (IE: Les Paul).

OVERALL OPINION

The SG Standard is a great sounding and playing guitar that offers a great alternative to the heavy and somewhat clunky Les Paul. The price of about $1,400 CAD is very reasonable for what you are getting I feel, and on the used market they go for sub $800 prices on occasion, which is great. My biggest gripe with the SG is consistency. I've played many of them and there was no rhyme or reason as to which one would be great or which one would be a total dog. I've had better luck with Les Pauls personally as far as finding a good one. Perhaps the fact that they build/sell them for so much cheaper than a fully furnished Les Paul could be a reason why I find so many dogs. Maybe I'm just an LP guy at heart, who knows...

Either way, the SG is a great rock guitar. It's light, plays well, sounds good and has lots of tones available. If you find one that fits you, you can't go wrong with one.