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Nice job -- I thought I was Supertramp's last fan. Even in the Quietest Moments, Crisis? What Crisis?, Brother Where You Bound?, and of course Crime of the Century ... and not to exclude their huge Breakfast In America album (my least favorite of the albums I listed, even though it was their biggest seller). Famous Last Words is a great album too. What a band.

Lookds like the new ones w/ humbuckers or P90s are going for $649 at the moment New BFG Ebony

They are going to a new "Modern" line.

I 100% agree with the consensus. But at the end of the day, it is a "limited edition Gibson custom shop" which I think is the biggest driver here. I remember that I thought the Fender Road Worn was a crazy idea ... basically a "low cost relic" guitar. Fender is still making a bunch of money off that idea with many Road Worns still listed as "top sellers" for Guitar Center. And then at then end of the day, as guitar players that take such care of their guitars (my Gibson SG Standard is 40 years old this year), buying something beat up off the rack is just not in our DNA.

The new 2019 line has a "Tribute" of the Les Paul Studio, SG Standard, Firebird, and LPJ -- with the Tribute line be a stripped down model. So the "Les Paul Tribute" you are seeing is likely a 2018 or earlier model -- note: I would grab the 2018 LP Tribute because it (likely) has the trapezoid fretboard markers instead of the 2019 Tribute's dots.

Agreed -- sweet guitar, bro!

Agreed ... As an example, Gary Clark Jr gets get great tone.

Ummmm, I don't play jazz, so let me make that clarification ... But my '79 SG Standard has 496R/500T pickups in it, and does get some nice clean tones. Yes, for the most part, I am most times going with a heavy overdriven tone, but it does do cleans well too. That all being said, there is no surprise here that it does not get those classic-type jazz tones. Cleans, yes. Jazz, no. However .... my Les Paul gets some nice jazz tones with the '57 Classic pup in the neck.

I remember seeing some Joe Bonamassa video where he was talking about the development of his model where (as I remember, anyway) he would be given guitars with similar markings, but would also have some form of developmental serial number too (e.g., "JB-1", etc.). This eBay guitar looks awesome ... but there is no serial number whatsoever? Maybe it did have one, but the serial number was tied somehow to the original artist's name and he did not want to be connected to it. So, he removed the "developmental SN" before giving it to someone as a gift or whatever?

Just FYI -- Guitar Center recently lowered the price of 2018 SG Standards in Cherry and Black to $1299. GC $1299 for SG Standards

Absolutely they are, and the Les Paul will likely work better for you than the Lucille based on the music you said you will be playing. Definitely grab that 2018 with the trapezoid inlays -- it looks so much better than dots IMO. As for the pickups, I am a big fan of Gibson pickups in general. You can't go wrong there. When you get your new guitar (whatever it is), please post some pics of it. Good luck!

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I hope I am doing this right... Buck Dharma

I am resurrecting this thread a bit because I am curious to hear if there are recent opinions to be added... My 1979 SG Standard (purchased used in '82) came with an original Dimarzio Super Distprtion treble pup, which was not a perfect fit with the SG's stock neck pup. So in the early 1990s (or so), I opted for the 496R/500T pair to go in in it. I have been very happy with them ever since, and never looked back. Besides being paired against each other very well, I find that (to me) they sing really well with lots of gain (which I use alot) and also clean. You get every last harmonic out of them, and they love to sustain. My '79 SG has always been a very fine fast playing instrument, and with these pickups, it almost felt like it could play itself ... almost like it is cheating. Hard to explain ...

I have had my 1979 Gibson SG Standard since 1982, and played the proverbial crap out of it for decades. Additionally, I have played A LOT of Gibson SGs. Not until this thread have I even vaguely knew that "neck dive" was even an issue for some people's SGs. It certainly is not at all an issue with my '79 (and I do use a light non-leather guitar strap with it) ... maybe because it was made in Kalamazoo?

I am not sure there is enough there for me, personally, to want to spend $320 over a Les Paul Standard for a Les Paul Standard HP. The heel improvement would not affect me much as based on how I play lead in the upper frets, and I am not in love with all the HP finishes. But ... I have never tried those pickups with the DIP switches for "150 options", so who knows? I do know that my Les Paul has coil taps that I barely use because the natural tone of its humbuckers are so good, so it is hard for me to imagine being excited about the DIP switches. But I am a creature influenced heavily by Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh, so I am sure no one is surpised. Honestly, I am just kinda shocked to see that a 2018 LP Standard (not HP) costs $3300 from GC ... wow. However ... I would like to say that even though it is not the guitar I would want, I think it is VERY COOL that Gibson has the HP model-line to dump all its bells and whistles into while still keeping its "traditional" lines intact. And I have the upmost respect for those players that love the HPs. The guitar posted by the OP is absolute work of art, though. What a beauty!