Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
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Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
I just found this on offerup for dirt cheap, and I'm trying to ID it.
Seller says it's a refin (which I believe 100%) - just trying to figure out what kind of SG this is.
Seller says it's a refin (which I believe 100%) - just trying to figure out what kind of SG this is.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
I know absolutely nothing about SGs but I'll be amazed if that pickguard is stock.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
I'll be even more amazed if it's a real Gibson. I'm kind of getting a "modified '70s Japanese copy" kind of vibe from it, however it does appear to have a set neck so who knows.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
I asked the seller for more info, and he deflected - so I'm backing off.
This is giving me a highly modified Maestro DC by Gibson Vibe.
This is giving me a highly modified Maestro DC by Gibson Vibe.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
Headstock is too big and neck too wide into the body. This isn't a Gibson. My guess is something like this:
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
Yeah, the headstock is big so I was thinking maybe a Norlin guitar, but there's no volute on the neck, so that's wrong.
SGs typically have four knobs, this has three. SGs have never had a pickguard like that I've ever seen.
I don't know what it is, but I bet I know what it's not. Skip.
SGs typically have four knobs, this has three. SGs have never had a pickguard like that I've ever seen.
I don't know what it is, but I bet I know what it's not. Skip.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
It could be an 83 gibson SG special? See this thread
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... p.1022949/
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... p.1022949/
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
Headstock is the same size as the 70s SG1 and SG2 and SG Pro models:
But those models had no 'german carve' to the body horns:
That, combined with the home-made pickguard and the way it all looks makes me almost 100% sure it's not a Gibson.
But those models had no 'german carve' to the body horns:
That, combined with the home-made pickguard and the way it all looks makes me almost 100% sure it's not a Gibson.
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The three knob control layout is suspect.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
Seller ended up taking the ad down, and relisting it as an "epiphone with a gibson style headstock", and took it down again.
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Re: Calling SGeniuses. Need help ID'ing an SG.
100% NOT a Gibson.
The most glaring issues...
1. That neck/heel joint. What the HELL is that>!>>!>!>!
2. The truss rod access area - it's the standard Asian-manufactured shape, not the "bullet" or "suppository" shape employed by Gibson and most USA set-neck builders.
The most glaring issues...
1. That neck/heel joint. What the HELL is that>!>>!>!>!
2. The truss rod access area - it's the standard Asian-manufactured shape, not the "bullet" or "suppository" shape employed by Gibson and most USA set-neck builders.