bigtim Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 My friend has bought a 2012 sg standard from a guy here locally. It looks real good except for the stop tail piece and the angle of the neck. I noticed the tail piece and bridge are at least 1/2 inch off of the body but the action seems to be about right. There has always been somewhat of an issue with having the pick ups not match up evenly to the bottom of the strings on the large guard style SG's but his seems to be extreme and looks odd. Also it looks like it has more of a neck angle to where it attaches to the body. Has any of you noticed this on the new 2012 standards compared to earlier models??? My 2006 standard is way different with the neck angle, stop tail piece and pick up to string matching. His just seems not right to me so we compared the 2 side by side and there is a noticeable difference between the two. I am wondering since Gibson has come out with a new style SG standards going back to the small guards and all if his was supposed to be one of those new styles that slipped by and out with a the 2012 models thathad a large guard installed on it instead of the new styled 2013 models. Any and all thoughts are welcome. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Has he simply tried lowering the tail piece? I think it has to do with the width of the Nashville bridge. I have owned several Gibsons with Nashville bridges and always had to keep the TP slightly higher so the strings would not touch the back of the bridge. On those same guitars, I replaced the bridge with with an ABR-1 and was always able to slam the TP right down to the wood. As for the neck angle, you have to remember that the necks are glued onto the body and even a degree or two can make a difference on how a guitar plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Has he simply tried lowering the tail piece? I think it has to do with the width of the Nashville bridge. I have owned several Gibsons with Nashville bridges and always had to keep the TP slightly higher so the strings would not touch the back of the bridge. On those same guitars, I replaced the bridge with with an ABR-1 and was always able to slam the TP right down to the wood. As for the neck angle, you have to remember that the necks are glued onto the body and even a degree or two can make a difference on how a guitar plays. Yea he has lowered it alot but still looks odd. I will tell him about the abr-1. Thanks for the tip. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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