Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Can anyone help me figure out the difference between the Gibson SG Standard and the Gibson SG Standard Limited Edition? From what I can tell the limited has a few different finishes and comes with a baked maple fretboard for the same price. Is this a common practice w/ Gibsons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vibroluxman Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 yep. Except they normally charge more money for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I wonder if they aren't charging more while people get used to the baked boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Pretty much. Limited Edition doesn't mean anymore with Gibson that it did with Beanie Babies. It's a "collectible" meant to entice people to buy a guitar now to get a color they want. Since Gibson and Fender both spray each color in batches every few weeks/months, all they are doing is swapping out the color cans on the spray guns for their "limited" run of a non-standard color. In this case, it also allows them to make the fretboard substitution without diluting their core product. Gibson is very up front about their biggest concern being, "do you sell another guitar to a customer that already owns a SG or a LP?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Interesting. I don't care about it being collectible, but I would love a Standard in Aged Cherry. Rosewood fretboard would be a no-brainer for me, but I guess if I want it in that color I'll have to settle for baked maple. I don't hate it, I'm just not sold on it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Interesting.I don't care about it being collectible, but I would love a Standard in Aged Cherry. Rosewood fretboard would be a no-brainer for me, but I guess if I want it in that color I'll have to settle for baked maple. I don't hate it, I'm just not sold on it yet. No, no...not collectible, but a collectible. The latter is manufactured with a false sense of a future second-hand market. They've already calculated out exactly how many they will sell and that's how many they will make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ah! Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I didn't even see the Aged Cherry, White, etc. This is what Google first popped up for me... http://www.samash.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&pageSize=12&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&ipstate=&iptext=Gibson+SG+Standard+Limited+Edition&ip_requestUri=ProductDispla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Those might be Sam Ash-only. These are the ones I'm looking at: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/SG-Standard-Limited.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeleFromHelly Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Gibson has never used baked maple fretboards before 2011. They had trouble with the law and got rosewood confiscated, so I assume these are a temporary fix until they are allowed to source more rosewood. If they are only produced for a year, they have a possibility of becoming collectible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I can't find the link on Guitar Center's website, but my local store has a couple of those SGs with coil splitters and zebra pickups. I've been playing them when I've gone in the store, and now I really want to save up for one. What were those models called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeleFromHelly Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I think that was called the SG standard 60's, it's in aged cherry with the slim taper neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I can't find the link on Guitar Center's website, but my local store has a couple of those SGs with coil splitters and zebra pickups. I've been playing them when I've gone in the store, and now I really want to save up for one. What were those models called? SG Standard 60 with Coil Split or something like that. http://www.gcplatinum.com/Guitars/view_listing.cfm?prodId=9026&subCat=51 I believe it was a model made for the European market and GC got a domestic exclusive for in-store sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 ^^Yeah, that's the one. They've got a very dark red one and a natural/vintage burst one. Those guitars are way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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