My Gibson SG

Advantages: Great look, great sound and playability. Light
Disadvantages: Quite expensive therefore not for beginners

...Hello I am returning to Ciao after quite a few years! I thought I would start by reviewing what I regard as the best product I have ever purchased! I have been a guitar player over 6 years and play this guitar most days. Any technical words I use I will try to explain for people who do not play the guitar! Price I purchased a wine red Gibson SG Special for £500 about 4 years ago. However the price now seems to be ranging from around £600 to £800 at most online dealers. Therefore it is certainly not an ideal guitar for beginners, make sure you will stick at playing before buying one! Guitar Materials The main body of the guitar (the wide end that you strum) is made from solid Mahogony, as is the neck (the thin part that you play the notes). The fingerboard where you place your fingers to play the notes, is made from...

Ian2001 25.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar

SG Special - a Gibson thoroughbred

Advantages: Real Gibson Quality
Disadvantages: Heart Stopping price tag

...A colleague at work has one of these. Having fallen into a conversation about our axes and telling him about my Les Paul it was inevitable that we would end up round his house jamming and trying out each other's instruments. The SG Special is a budget version of the SG Standard but over £300 cheaper. The differences? Chrome hardware, dot fret markers instead of trapezoid, a soft gig bag instead of the hard case, no pickup covers and no binding on the neck or body. Otherwise there is no difference. The build quality, materials, electricals and finish are 100% Gibson. She is a fine looking machine and a dream to play. The SG was Gibson's answer to the criticism that the Les Paul is too heavy. The SG body is thinner and lighter, although later Les Pauls like mine are considerably lighter than the old school ones...

JeffFromPoole 19.12.2008 (15.12.2008) · Read review
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Review of Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar

Gibson SG standard...

Advantages: Stunning looks. Amazing sound (Clean + Distorted). Amazingly Light.
Disadvantages: Newer Models can be weak at the neck.

...about 2ft from a wall. (Let me just add that this corridor was immensely wide, probably close to 25ft). The guitar was in its official gibson hard-case and I was holding it upright with the bottom of the case of the floor and I had my hands on the top of the case. Now... Im not quite sure who these people were but they must have been about 16 years old there or there about, but they were running up and down this corridor like lunatics, anyway so they had all this space to be running around, and one of them decides to to try and run in the small gap between me and the wall, and inevitably knocked into me as he forced his way behind us almost knocking me off my feet, I lost grip of my guitar and it fell over. It fell on the front side (the lid) of the case and there was this colossal crunching sound. Rather naively of me I was convinced that...

norm_616 02.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

Advantages: That sound, image, hold their price
Disadvantages: Price, build quality

...I ve had mine for 10 months now and I love it to death. The 60's style fit my hand beautifully and the weight is well balanced and not too heavy. Sounds. I gigg mine weekly and it produces a deep rich clean sound for thoes mellow tunes, a Peter Green type overdrive for blues right through to hi gain distortion and all done with a superior quality of tone. Build Quality..... C'mon Gibson sort it out!!!!. Mine has steps in the binding and the odd laquer blemish, and the bridge post are very spindley. So Why did I buy It?... I tryed many in shops before i chose this one and i found them all to be different in feel and tone. As a giging guitarist I chose this one because of its feel and tone. A sturdy guitar that will last many years and give you much pleasure. Shop around for one, play many, they are all different, and if you want...

Andrew46 04.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

Gibson SG

Advantages: good looks, two humbuckers,made of mahogony and rosewood,not to heavy,easy to play,comfortable
Disadvantages: A bit expensice

...I bought this product in a music shop near my house for £1399.99 about 4 months ago(Jan/Feb) and have been playing it everyday for about 1-4hours. I'm using a Marshall MG15CD with it and it just sounds .... fabulous. The body of the guitar is made of mahogony wood and comes in either cherry red or ebony- I have the cherry red one. The neck is also made of mahogony wood and of rosewood. I already own a Fender Stratocaster and am happy to say that the Gibson SG is much lighter and has a much nicer sound. The neck has 22frets and the guitar has two humbuckers, a three way switch and two tone and two volume controls. The sound quality of most electric guitars depends on the amplifier you use-but not with this guitar. This guitar sounds great with any type of amplifier -be it a 500w or 5w ,small or big, expensive or cheap etc...

aow666 25.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gibson SG Standard Vintage Original Spec Electric Guitar

Gibson Byrdland (2007)

Advantages: Versatile sound, easy to play.
Disadvantages: Shorter neck a little cramped for some "fat" chords.

...From the time I was given my first "real" guitar, a 1963 Olive Green Sunburst Epiphone Sorrento (E452T), I remember hearing that it should be my goal to someday acquire the "epitome", the Gibson Byrdland. I finally managed to acquire a new Natural finish Florentine Cutaway model (Ted Nugent's favorite) in the past few years. Although much like the Epiphone Sorrento, the body is slightly thicker and larger. The shorter neck scale (23.5 inch) was immediately notably different from the Sorrento's (24.75 inch) scale and took some getting used to. The fit and finish were first rate and aside from the shorter neck, it's a fairly easy and comfortable guitar to play. The unplugged and amplified tonal quality is "very good to excellent " Although slightly heavier than the Sorrento, it is not a burden after several hours of play like some...

kmark0001 06.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Byrdland Florentine Electric Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Studio

Advantages: A good buy if you are thinking of buying a Les Paul guitar
Disadvantages: Other guitars offer better value for money

...I recently bought a '93 Les Paul Studio to avoid taking my older guitars out to gigs - too many Daylight Robbers in this world nowadays! Overall, the build quality is acceptable. I have bought this guitar because I want something that sounds like a LP Custom, and the range of Gibson tones available is wider than that. It can be made to sound like an SG by using the tone controls, and it is possible to approach the "woman" tone of the ES335 with this guitar! It plays acceptably, although the bridge has to be on its lowest setting, and I have other guitars with a better action. I like the short scale on Gibson guitars - it suits my small hands, and gives a little more tension with light strings than a Fender does. I have no issues with the hardware and the overall appearance is good, although there are a couple of cracks in...

TheBax 31.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

only a gibson is good enough

Advantages: build quality, sound, image enhancement
Disadvantages: price, not suited to every style

...'d advise against the gold as it is gold plating and has been known to discolour!) The fingerboard is made of rosewood, with 22 frets and pearl trapezoid fret inlay markers. The guitar comes with two humbucker pickups and two volume controls, two tone controls, and a 3-way selection switch. On the Gibson web site, in the electric guitars section (gibson.com/products/gibson) there is a picture of a Les Paul guitar and that is the one that I have got (albeit the left-handed version). The list of Les Paul models available is quite lengthy, and from year to year models get discontinued and new ones get added. The following list is from Gibson's web site and will hopefully be correct for a while yet: Classic Premium Plus Custom Standard Plus Standard Classic Deluxe Gary Moore Signature Standard Raw Power Standard Double Cut Plus...

psrose78 04.03.2002 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Special P100 pickups

Advantages: Excellent tone, playability and value - for a Gibson
Disadvantages: Does not have the punch of humbuckers

...There are several versions of the LP Special. The older models have P90 pickups, some have single cutaway, some have double cutaways. The reissue models have P100 pickups, or humbuckers, like the guitar pictured. Since the one I own has P100 pickups, I do not know about the guitar in the picture! The P90 and P100 pickups look the same, but the P100 is a humbucking design, while the P90 is single coil. Sometimes these are called "soapbar" pickups, especially if they have cream covers - they have cream or black covers, depending on the guitar they are fitted on - usually black on a LP Special. I learned to play electric guitar on a 56 LP with P90s, so I am in a position to compare my modern guitar with the old ones. My LP Special is a cherry red 1996 model. The finish is good, it is a versatile guitar, and it plays easily. The P100...

TheBax 11.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Les Paul Special Electric Guitar

My 2001 Gibson Les Paul Standard

Advantages: Sound, image, built to last
Disadvantages: Some may find it a bit heavy

...An Introduction About a month ago I decided that it was time I purchased a new electric guitar. My faithful 1988 Gibson Les Paul has served me well for the last 9 years and is still going strong. The thing is though it’s now starting to increase in value and become a nice little investment so it could do with spending a bit less time on a beer soaked stage around clumsy band members and other musicians (including myself)! So a new guitar then, but what make should I get? A metal pointy thrash machine like an Ibanez? Nah! Not my style and they look so flimsy that they’d last five minutes! A Paul Reed Smith? Nah! Lovely guitars but I’m not paying nearly three grand for the privilege! So then, something that is built to last, classy and not way too expensive? Only one choice then, another Gibson Les Paul! Actually I...

richard_richard 24.09.2003 · Read review
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Review of Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar