1/25/2024 0 Comments Gibson raw power sgCheck out Joy Division playing live in Amsterdam on YouTube to hear what I'm talking about. The extreamly electric tone he produces has always enthralled me. I have always been a big fan of Bernard Sumners guitar playing with Joy Division. It's not wildly different - it can do all the same stuff! I need to play it again and try to analyize it. It's not really that different than the mahogany - just brighter. It's maybe 1/4th the way between an SG and a Les Paul. It is noticably heavier, but certainly not 'Les Paul' heavy or anything. ISoto: I was surprised that it wasn't that much heavier - I was expecting it to weight a ton. It's weird - I'm not a rocker, but I have a love affair with SG's. So, I find that I play my electrics and my acoustic in the same style - fingerstyle with the occasional pick. No, I guess I'm defining folk lightly - I love the whole range from really folksy stuff like Nick Drake, to weird stuff like Jandek (I'm not a huge fan of him, I just appreciate the idea of what he does),to current Indie folk (David Bazan, Damien Jurado) to folk-rock like the Byrds or Dylan (hence, the electrics). Change isn't always bad - if Gibson didn't experiment with their guitars, the Les Paul would never have been shaped into an SG in the first place.īarbas23: If Gibson paid me to talk about (or own) their guitars, I would be really happy. I think that many people have formed opinions without trying it out in the first place. It seems just fantastic, and all of that bad publicity that it seems to be getting seems unwarranted. I really didn't have time to play it longer, but I am really excited to get to know it better. It is very expressive and the muddiness that usually plagues humbuckers is just not there. Yet the wood and the pickups interact in a way that somehow feels different from every other SG I have played. The '57 reissue pickups combined with the maple make it pretty bright (but not annoyingly so) - it actually sounded pretty similar to my other SG (a faded special with P-94's). The maple fretboard is very smooth and the whole neck feels quicker than any other Gibson I have tried, though I am admittedly a slow (folk, mostly) player. It almost has the same feel as one of those new Fender Telecasters that have been 'aged.' The nitro paint will probaly age well itself. There is a lack of info on the internet about this new guitar, so I thought I'd share my twenty minutes worth of 'expertise,' in case anyone else is considering it.Īt first impression, it feels like a glorified special faded - the finish is very thin and is not glossy at all. I'm the king lurker on this board - like, 5 posts even though I'm on here almost every day.īut, anyway, I just bought a Raw Power SG and picked it up on my lunch break. Gibson specifications as published in 2009: Body Style SG Body Finish Maple Satin White Plating Finish Chrome Tailpiece Gibson Stop Bar Bridge Gibson Tune-O-Matic Tuners Grover Kluson Style Green Keys Neck Pickup '57 Classic Bridge Pickup '57 Classic Controls 2 Volume - 2 Tone - 3-Way Toggle Neck Species Maple Nut Corian Nut Width Standard Gibson: 1.695" +/. It's a fantastic guitar, and set up the way it is now it's definitely as unique an SG as you will find. I am also including in the auction a new Gibson case. Some cosmetic mods were made to the guitar: I added chrome Gibson covers to the pickups, changed the original black pickguard, knobs, switch ring, and switch tip out for white ones (originals are included), added a chrome truss rod cover (original included), chrome Grover tuners, and chrome Schaller strap lock buttons. Aside from that, it's perfect and still has that fresh out of the factory smell. The only thing to mention is what appears to be a finish flaw on the back that looks like a thin line running from the top left side to about halfway down, sort of like a thin pencil mark (shown in picture). This instrument is in excellent condition.
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