[I just purchased a late 60's SG Standard and am trying to pin down the actual year of the instrument. Per ther serial number (84]

Had to go there...as usual.

H-Bomb

 

Hbomb id be sad if u didnt...very good point, but at the same time c'mon it rite in the name '61 reissue...despite it being a VERY INACCURATE one

[I just purchased a late 60's SG Standard and am trying to pin down the actual year of the instrument. Per ther serial number (84]

Gibson didn't make SG's in '66--I had on a long time ago and the serial# started with 810' date=' and it was a '68, so my guess is yours is a '69 or '70--I can usually tell from the contour bevels what the year is as far as '60's--the contours got shallower and cheesier after '69.[/quote']

What are you talking about?? The sg became the new les paul in '61 but the guitarist les paul didnt like the shape and asked to have his name taken off, they did and started making them under the name SG or "solid guitar" in '62.

 

funny how you didnt realize thst when gibson makes a '61 re-issue