adam79 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 The original SG's came with the small pickguards, right? What year did they start making the full body ones? Also, are SG's with Ebony fretboards Customs, or was there a model that came w/ Ebony stock? Thanks, -Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I'm not sure why people haven't responded to this but I do know that the full guard started sometime in the mid 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Batwing started around '68? I believe. Ebony was used on standards from time to time, my 2010 Standard has an ebony board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibSinCity Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 The original SG's came with the small pickguards, right? What year did they start making the full body ones? Also, are SG's with Ebony fretboards Customs, or was there a model that came w/ Ebony stock? Thanks, -Adam Lots of good info here... http://www.everythingsg.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam79 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Batwing started around '68? I believe. Ebony was used on standards from time to time, my 2010 Standard has an ebony board. I'm usually not a SG fan, but I recently had the pleasure of playing a '64 SG at Guitar Center, and the experience was etched into my brain. One of the coolest guitars I've ever played; Top 3. Playability is WAY more important to me than looks, but a dark red SG, with a full-body, white pearl pickguard has the power to improve tone! Obviously this '64 had the smaller guard, but that's not the point. I can't remember if the fretboard was Ebony.. probably the usual Rosewood. Too bad it was tagged at 5k. I was planning on getting a custom SG clone made up at Warmouth, but they canceled Gibson styled bodies (due to copy-write bullshit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abilbay Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 1961 to 1965 had the small pick guard. The "bat wing" pick guard was introduced in 1966. Not sure about the ebony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 1961 to 1965 had the small pick guard. The "bat wing" pick guard was introduced in 1966. Not sure about the ebony. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfine Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 The large pickguard came in around late '66. I buught a new SG Standard in late '67 and it had the large pickguard, but I remember seeing a couple like that before I got mine. Regarding fingerboards, Juniors had rosewood boards with dot inlays and no binding, Specials had rosewood with dots and binding, Standards had rosewood with pearl trapezoid inlays and binding, and Customs had ebony boards with binding and pearl block inlays. The standard color on everything except the Custom was cherry red--Customs were white, and so were SG-TV's, basically white Juniors. Specials were also available optionally in white, with a very few early Specials and TV's in "TV" yellow. Virtually any color was available on special order--a few mid-'60's Standards have turned up in Pelham Blue, and occaisonally a black or white one will turn up. When I was in college in '68-'69, I had a friend who had a black SG/Les Paul Custom, probably a '61 or '62, with an original Bigsby. They were all available in optional Walnut Brown starting in about '67, including Customs, which always had white pickguards--everything else had black guards. A few early-mid '60's Customs were made in Cherry Red, and a very few brown sunburst ones are out there--they really look sharp with their white pickguards and gold hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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