80LPC Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 What are your favourite albums or tracks that feature the SG ? Here are a few of mine that had me salivating back in the 1970s : Mahogany Rush 'What's Next'. Frank Marino in great form, with a blend of hard rock, stinging blues and even a hint of jazz. Tony Williams Lifetime 'Believe it'. Holdsworth shreds on Proto Cosmos. On other tracks his tone gets a bit muddied by too much phasing, but good nevertheless. Soft Machine 'Bundles' Holdsworth's ideas just flow endlessly. Leb i Sol 1978. Quirky Macedonian jazz/rock Some cheesy vocals, but Kokoska is a highlight. Leb i Sol II Standout track 'Marija' - Awesome feedback. Fermata, with their album Piesen Z Hol. For fans of the SG and jazz/rock/fusion, this is great from start to finish, with a Mclaughlin influence present in the big bends and long sustain. Frank Zappa 'One size fits all'.
Slowhand428 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 - Sunshine Of Your Love By Cream - Soul Kitchen By The Doors - Hey Bulldog By The Beatles - Free Bird By Lynyrd Skynyrd
brundaddy Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 F@ck that hippy sh!t. BLACK SABBATH. AC/DC.
Ronnie Robinson Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Possibly ,although not a massive AC DC fan the solo in their song ' Whole lotta Rosie ' And from the other answers - I did nt think Freebird was played on an SG , was nt it an explorer ? Or am I totally wrong ?
80LPC Posted December 9, 2008 Author Posted December 9, 2008 Agree with the 'Whole lotta Rosie' solo. Bought the album on the strength of it, but the rest was pretty feeble. I've seen Freebird played on both Explorer and Strat, but then again there seemed to be so many gutarists in the group, that one of them probably used an SG at some point !
80LPC Posted December 9, 2008 Author Posted December 9, 2008 Like early Sabbath, and Cream also. I think the track called 'Spoonful' has an amazing tone. I think Iommi must have been influenced by his sound.
woodyee Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Freebird's slide parts on an SG. The solo's on an Explorer.
hbomb76 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 1) The opening of "Highway to Hell" (still one of the most buttery, yet powerful and edgy tones ever)...sheesh, ANY Angus Young riff/lick/pick-scrape seems to sound like God himself to me so just go ahead and say Angus Young, PERIOD. 2) Buck Dharma on "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult 3) Keith Richards on the "Sticky Fingers" album (which was recorded with an SG apparently, according to Jimmy Johnson...how he got an SG to sound like that...wow!) There are others too, but those stick out as particularly tasty to moi. H-Bomb
jameswithesg Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 santana's woodstock performance SABBATH grateful dead during festival express jerry had a sg and phil had a sg bass
rmngretsch14 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 Cream, anything Townsend did on that sweet cherry SG (what we call a SG classic now), and Krieger coaxed some wild stuff outta his too
lakehaus Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 F@ck that hippy sh!t. BLACK SABBATH. AC/DC. Hippy sh*t? That's pretty funny! I'd say Tommy pretty much influenced my first purchase - the SG Standard I still have. What great tone... of course, my first amp was a borrowed Princeton Reverb, and I was too green to figure out why I wasn't getting that Black Sabbath tone. But, I was able to capture some hippy sh*t with it! And, thanks 80LPC for reminding me of that great album by Mahogany Rush 'What's Next'. Frank Marino was way beyond the times.
dickey Posted December 11, 2008 Posted December 11, 2008 Definately the intro to "Ball and Chain" from Big Brother's "Cheap Thrills" album--MAN what a SOUND!
ninety1vee Posted December 11, 2008 Posted December 11, 2008 F@ck that hippy sh!t. BLACK SABBATH. AC/DC. Vol.4 MOTHAF@CKERS
DiamondJig Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Live at Leeds - The Who - SG + P90 Black Sabbath
Guitar slinger Posted December 14, 2008 Posted December 14, 2008 Free Bird played (by Lynird) with an SG (slide parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug6mQFL5SUk&NR=1
RStabe Posted December 14, 2008 Posted December 14, 2008 SpotlightS!....SirenS!.....SoloS! ......Ahh so good in the RaW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIsKOwzv08&feature=related
Guitar slinger Posted December 14, 2008 Posted December 14, 2008 A real big moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko
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