tsol Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 hi i have scored this SG last week, Guitar Dater Project says it is of 1991. It's color looks to be an Heritage Cherry, but what i'm looking to know is it a "Standard" , "Special" or ... ? What kind of pickups it got etc, thanks for help. also, as it is being my first SG, there is something that i feel wrong with it: Compared to all my other guitars: (strat, tele, flying v, tokai les paul, es345, es175) this SG guitar lacks significantly of basses , attack and presence. I tried to raise the neck pickup without that much of success... this is really strange, or is this type of.. uhh "weak" sound is very specific to all SG's ?? or it is maybe just me? lol thanks in advance oh and btw, check this out, (below) i would have never thought an SG would sound like that! :) Johny "Guitar" Watson - Ta Ta My Baby (blues - live) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar slinger Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Looks exactely like how a standard should look. So I assume it is a standard. and... Weak sound? It does NOT have the same picking attack a tele, but... weak sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsol Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Looks exactely like how a standard should look. So I assume it is a standard. and... Weak sound? It does NOT have the same picking attack a tele' date=' but... weak sound?[/quote'] uhh i think have to get used to it.. and explore it more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar slinger Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Or there is some trouble with your gear (guitar, pedals, cables, settings, amp...). My extensive experience (coff, coff) tells me that most times it's in the cables. But it could be that you just need to mess a little with your amps, pedals, strings and stuff. But always use good quality cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swmcv2007 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hey man. Nice choice. Thats a Gibson SG Standard, a fine instrument. I have one myself in ebony. I too thought the pickups lacked the sound I wanted, but the guitar itself played like a dream. That's why I got new pickups and other upgrades done. Changing the pickups is real quick and easy if you buy them at a local store and have them do the installation. I got Seymour Duncans and they were relatively inexpensive and they sound fantastic. They have billions of pickups that can be switched in for humbuckers. Good luck, and nice buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsol Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hey man. Nice choice. Thats a Gibson SG Standard' date=' a fine instrument. I have one myself in ebony. I too thought the pickups lacked the sound I wanted, but the guitar itself played like a dream. That's why I got new pickups and other upgrades done. Changing the pickups is real quick and easy if you buy them at a local store and have them do the installation. I got Seymour Duncans and they were relatively inexpensive and they sound fantastic. They have billions of pickups that can be switched in for humbuckers. Good luck, and nice buy.[/quote'] put saymour duncan on a gibson? uhmm.. thoes that affect / alter the original sg's signature tone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uyasgali Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 How far up are the strings from the pickup pole pieces? Have you spun all your knobs around? What pickups do you have and how high is your action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_randy Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Any recordings of the weak sound so we could understand what you are referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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