Members 1001gear Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 What does SG stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 I heard is was either "standard guitar" or "solid guitar". I heard this was to differentiate it from the Les Paul models, however I think that Paul endorsed the SG for a while. Gibson has had some weird nomenclature over the years. ES is "electric spanish" meaning it is designed to be plugged in and played in the normal (Spanish) style as opposed to lap or Hawaiian style). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 20, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 Thanks. Second guitar came to mind as well. Maybe Satan guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 Satanic Guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 english wikipedia says SG stands for solid guitar, german wikipedia states solidbody guitar.... i'm not wanting to explore some gibson history pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 I think it is a latin abbreviation for "Any color you like as long as it's Red." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted October 20, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 20, 2018 mine is brown...I think it is a latin abbreviation related to the notorious headstock diving propensity...Strongis Gripis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 20, 2018 Members Share Posted October 20, 2018 Can you buy them ready broken like Les Pauls ?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Epiphone-Les-Paul-Standard-Left-Handed-Ebony-DAMAGED-RRP-349/273490163670?epid=2254503495&hash=item3fad48b7d6:g:UKUAAOSwBBpbs1Ya:rk:3:pf:0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 All fun aside, I tend to feel like there's no guitar that looks more alluring than a nice flame top LP, but I also feel like there's no Gibson that sounds better than its homely cousin, the SG. But that's only if it has some mellow PAFs or P-90s. I'm an odd man out in that I'm not a big lover of the harder 498T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 I think it is a latin abbreviation for "Any color you like as long as it's Red." Not necessarily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 The SG doesn't officially become the SG, until 1963. The first 2 years it's known as the Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 wikipedia said it was the Les Paul SG once it was introduced, les paul was not involved in the development and the endorsment deal with him was canceled around '62, one reason should have been, his divorce and that i he didn't want to share the loyalties... and from that on it was only SG... but thats only wikipedia (english and german version slightly differ) and i have not verified their sources, nor have searched for different ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 An inevitable side effect of having the body start so far up the neck and the resultant strap button position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 21, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 I've wondered why they don't make a guitar harness for those reasons and beyond. Still no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 I think 1001, it is extremely hard to look cool wearing a guitar harness. A lead weight compartment down the tail end, loaded to taste would be better solution. It is a pretty light guitar so it wouldn't make it a back breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 Oh oh, I think I am getting SG gas. I'm quite old but this has never happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 21, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 Well marching gear might look strange but you could secure the guitar in a bracket that would attach to the part you wear which would be at least partially obscured by the guitar itself and might even go under your shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 21, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 I want to call it (the SG) Batocaster. I prefer the Washburn take on it. [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"washburn-idol-2018-red-medallic.jpg","data-attachmentid":32370656}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 21, 2018 Members Share Posted October 21, 2018 As far as wearing one, here's a possibility courtesy of "The Big Bang Theory": [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"Bert_SG.jpg","data-attachmentid":32370712}[/ATTACH] Us acoustic guys have been doing it that way for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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