Members GAS Man Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Now this tint may be a bit darker ("Vintage") than the older brown sunbursts, but I still think it's major cool that a vintage brown burst is now available as a choice instead of the constant fare of ebony, HC, and silverbursts. Gibson SG Standard Features: Handcrafted in Nashville, TN Thin, lightweight bevelled mahogany body Full-size "Batwing" SG pickguard Genuine mahogany neck (with comfortable SG Taper) Baked Maple fingerboard with Trapezoid Inlays Chrome hardware; Vintage tuners Gibson 490R/498T Alnico II Humbuckers Gibson Hardshell Case included The Gibson SG Standard is a rock legend! Specification Detail Body Material Mahogany Top Material No separate top Body Finish Nitrocellulose Color Vintage Sunburst Neck Material Mahogany, Set Neck Shape SG Taper Scale Length 24.75" Fingerboard Material Baked Maple, 12" Radius Fingerboard Inlay Acrylic Trapezoids Number of Frets 22 Nut Width 1-11/16" Bridge/Tailpiece Tune-O-Matic/Stop Bar Tuners Vintage tuners Number of Pickups 2 Neck Pickup 490R Alnico II Humbucker Middle Pickup No Middle Pickup Bridge Pickup 498T Alnico V Humbucker Controls 2 x volume, 2 x tone; 3-way pickup selector toggle Case Included Hardshell I just bought a MM 2xP90 with a baked maple fb, so we shall see. But I think it's a bit odd to find that one an SG Std. But not necessarily cause for alarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Red81 Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 i'm hardcore gassing for a gibson these days, but this whole "baked maple" thing is worrying me. what happened to rosewood? what is "baked maple" exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 "We at Gibson hired a world renowned chef to choose only the finest cuts of maple, and bake them until they are golden brown. Mmmm, maple." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 maple fingerboard i don't like but i'm sure it's fine. cool color, nice different look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Holy {censored}, that looks amazing. WANT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 This one is definitely darker than the older style brown burst, but I do still like it. Classic cool looking. Here's a pic of the older for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 that's a great looking SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnewb1 Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 A pity they didn't burst the back. Oh well, it's nice. Love a good burst. Guys, I have a Gibson baked maple board. Don't fear the maple! That {censored} is hard as a rock. Mine is seven months old now and still not a mark on it. Slick as glass, too. I'd go so far as to say it's the best board I own. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 A pity they didn't burst the back. Oh well, it's nice. Love a good burst. Guys, I have a Gibson baked maple board. Don't fear the maple! That {censored} is hard as a rock. Mine is seven months old now and still not a mark on it. Slick as glass, too. I'd go so far as to say it's the best board I own. EG Agree on the back - and -My MM 2xP90 arrived today with its baked maple fb, mmmmmmmmm-good!This is the time of year for baked squash, baked apples and of course, "baked maple".And yes, it does taste good too. I had to lick it after I saw that it was the color of brown sugar with a similar type of iridescence to it. I gotta take my own pics of it soon, cuz as usual the SW pics are a bit lighter than actual. It looks pretty close to rosewood but a bit more "golden" hue to it.I saw on the enclosed tag that mine just came out of the oven on October 5th! So it is indeed oven fresh!So I also realized that this guitar is also post apocalyptic, i.e after the Great Gibson Raid of August 24th. So naturally with all their fretboards in the hands of the Federal Agents, playing paddle-ass with each other as they ran down the road with Henry's boards, and the folks from the Fish & Wildlife trying to figure out how to turn them into fly rods, (all in order to preserve the finish work in the petite little hands of our Hindu brethren) the good folks at Gibson turned to smoking up some maple in order to survive the coming winter.I can't wait to be a grandpappy and tell the youngins about how this guitar represents the troubled time in history when the Federalis swooped down and raided the good wood whittling folks at Nashville and Memphis.Viva la resistance! Until then, let them eat baked maple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Mine's fairly dark. Most people assume it's rosewood. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 And pretty consistent colored. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 The front looks very nice. Dissapointing that they didnt do sunburst on the back to, should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 ^^ Yep, that's pretty much what mine looks like in the flesh too. Sweetwater just needs to amp down their lighting a bit. Wildwood guitars gallery pics are quite different. But there's are almost a hair too dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beasleyboy Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Wow! I really like that. I'm not sure yet I feel about the back, but I'm going to pass on the "baked maple"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Looks good and, although I don't own a guitar with one, I'm with EG - "baked maple" (didn't they call it something else only a month or so ago?) is the new Rosewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yanktar Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Coil Taps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members can't remember Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 I didn't need to see that... :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Some SGs with bursts look kind of but that one is really sweet. I definitely rock that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 I like that! I could get with the baked maple more than I could the obeche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Oh Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! GASsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cats-o-caster Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Love it, the axe of my wet dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 Very nice, although I'm not a big fan of those tuners. It'd look better with some Grovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j*h Posted October 21, 2011 Members Share Posted October 21, 2011 that is pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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