ffsharry Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) I'm planning on getting my first SG, and I found these 2 guitars online that fit my price range, but I'm just not sure about the legitimacy or problems. I'm completely new to SGs and have little to no knowledge about them, and I would like to know if these 2 guitars are legitimate or fake, if they have any problems that I should be aware of, or if they're worth the price at which the sellers are selling them for. I'm especially skeptical about the second guitar (the one on ebay) as it doesn't have the normal covered pickups the regular SG standards have (the sellers they got replaced), has a repaired crack on the neck and also the serial engraving just looks a bit sketchy. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks. Guitar 1: https://reverb.com/item/31726614-gibson-sg-special-2009-black Guitar 2: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gibson-USA-SG-standard-2001-Japan-rare-beautiful-vintage-popular-EMS-F-S/303312679045?hash=item469ed83085:g:RQsAAOSwzp1dmzXv Edited February 14, 2020 by ffsharry missed details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 The Special looks okay, the Standard took a beating. I'd get the black one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FemmeParallell Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 i would keep looking and get a standard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticsg Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 hours ago, FemmeParallell said: i would keep looking and get a standard Agreed! 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Heavy Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 The 2001 SG Standard is not expensive . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 all SGs are fake. There's never been a real one 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) I owned an SG special. I liked it better than the standard I owned. Edited February 16, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Plus it was 600 used. If you can live without binding they are a bargain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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