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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    i have a blue teal gibson sg. it is a 2003 or 04. i love that thing. very versatile. it is not a standard color so it is a conversation starter at gigs. i ordered mine from the gibson factory brand new. the pickups in mine are hotter than the ones in my gibson les pauls. it cleans up very well and can get gnarly when i roll the volume all the way up. it is pretty bright with the bridge pickup at 10 so I normally dial my bridge tone knob to about 7 or 8 to dull some of the shrillness.
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Unless its changed in the last couple years, the faded series always seemed like some extra fret work was required after purchase. Lots of sharp frets.

    Noise and P-90s is not as bad as you may think. Most of the time a quick change in position will eliminate the hum. Also you get used to just muting the guitar with the tuner between songs. I have strictly played single coil guitars for years now and have never had any major noise issues.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    All Those Yesterdays said:

    Unless its changed in the last couple years, the faded series always seemed like some extra fret work was required after purchase. Lots of sharp frets.

    Noise and P-90s is not as bad as you may think. Most of the time a quick change in position will eliminate the hum. Also you get used to just muting the guitar with the tuner between songs. I have strictly played single coil guitars for years now and have never had any major noise issues.

    i thought you were once a bass player? i could be confused though. i was thinking switching from bass to single coil guitar is a huge change. less ball-rattliness when you crank it, haha..
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    All Those Yesterdays said:

    Unless its changed in the last couple years, the faded series always seemed like some extra fret work was required after purchase. Lots of sharp frets.

    Noise and P-90s is not as bad as you may think. Most of the time a quick change in position will eliminate the hum. Also you get used to just muting the guitar with the tuner between songs. I have strictly played single coil guitars for years now and have never had any major noise issues.

    i thought you were once a bass player? i could be confused though. i was thinking switching from bass to single coil guitar is a huge change. less ball-rattliness when you crank it, haha..
    I still am. Oh I still am. Well lately I can only be called a "instrument gatherer".

    For the record I pretty much only use single coils on bass as well.... LOL
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    nothing wrong with being an instrument gatherer if you can play them all. :)

    and all single coils? blasphemy.... lol j/k. i always say play whatever sounds good to you.
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    nothing wrong with being an instrument gatherer if you can play them all. :)

    and all single coils? blasphemy.... lol j/k. i always say play whatever sounds good to you.

    The only humbucker based electric I own is a bass... LOL. Don't really use that anymore. Just prefer my single coil world.
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  • BHealy
    BHealy Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 466
    My wife surprised me last year with a 2007 Standard SG- I love it. The bound neck feels really nice, and it sounds great. I also have a Les Paul studio deluxe, and the difference in the feel of the two necks (and how the frets feel) is pretty significant. She bought it from my neighbor for less than $700, which seemed like a steal. I think both my Gibsons (the SG and LP) had 490R pickups in the neck, and it sounded really muddy in my LP (even after playing with pickup height), so I swapped it out with a Seymour Duncan Jazz pickup. The 490R sounds brighter in the SG- I like it.

    At the end of the day, whichever guitar feels the best, is probably "the one." Have fun with your decision! Enjoy the process!

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