Sold! - FINAL REDUCTION - £850 - GIBSON SG USA 61 REISSUE TOP SPEC UPGRADES

Leiversalone

Very well played, few small nicks and scuffs, but plays and sounds incredible

Best SG I've ever played. The previous owner had the vibrola removed and some serious upgrades were also added . . .

Seymour Duncan Antiquity buckers

High quality pots / P10 caps / wiring

Lightweight FABER bridge and tailpiece

Re-fretted with JESCAR EVO Jumbo Gold Fretwire, smooth as SS IMO - very good action on this

The original parts were not included when I bought thisI thought I would keep this forever as it plays and sounds so good, but I require a nice PRS DGT for my new project and so need this to help fund the next beast. This SG has some serious mojo working and I'll probably regret this, but my loss is your gain. Pick up and trial is welcome, however I'm happy to post.Gibson SG fitted hardcase included

£850 PPG

sweepy

Have a Bump for a bargain SG 

Iamnobody

sweepy said:

Have a Bump for a bargain SG 

For the avoidance of doubt it’s not a VOS and not really a bargain.

OP might want to reconsider how it’s advertised?

sweepy

61 SG reissue with those pickups and mods, I’d call that a bargain tbh

jonnyburgo

If it came with the original bits in the case then maybe, I bet it sounds and plays great though.

Brize

As @Iamnobody notes, it's not a VOS guitar, which is seriously misleading. VOS guitars are made by the Custom Shop and this is a regular Gibson USA model.

andrewaward

A quick note to the OP which might help with what the model is - normally when SG's have the long maestro trems , the guitars are earthed to them, so there is usually a hole drilled from the pot cavity to the top of the body (near where the 4 holes are for the trem) for an earth wire . There isn't such a hole showing on yours...……….so its possible your SG left the factory as a stop tail and someone has screwed on a kind of long maestro trem to get the look - like the Derek Trucks SG - ie the long maestro look but still using the stop tail.

Leiversalone

Obviously it's not a custom shop, or it would say so in the description. I only put VOS to describe the look of the SG, not to be misleading, however I will remove that from the ad. A fellow SG fan has helped identify this as a '61 reissue. Sorry I can't be more helpful with it's history in regards to the vibrola, but I can say that for a serious player this SG plays and sounds incredible. It's not a guitar for the collector so some would not see this as a bargain unless it was shiny and new sitting in it's case. It's a very reluctant sale, but I've tried to price it accordingly to the upgrades. 

blueskunk

Lovely guitar man. Trouble is not many folks appreciate personal taste upgrades. Trust I, been there before myself

Teyeplayer

Wicked sg, only got trades unfortunately but this is right up my street! GLWTS dude.

Davemate

If it was a 61 reissue it would have double ring klusons, this one hasnt.

stickyfiddle

Davemate said:

If it was a 61 reissue it would have double ring klusons, this one hasnt.

Not if the regular USA series (ie not custom shop).  It's the same as the one in the link below. Gibson did these for about 10+ years before they started all the model-year constant-change nonsense.

https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/listing/gibson-61-sg-reissue-cherry-2005-s642/11398588

JGC

whereabouts is the guitar - for trial purposes ?

Leiversalone

I'm in Pastyland (Cornwall)

JGC

ha, only 8 hours away.....never mind :-)

Leiversalone

Bad Boy Boogie Bump!

Leiversalone

Let there be BUMP!

mudslide73

These bumps are a bit OCDC

Leiversalone

Whole lotta Bumpie!

Leiversalone

High Bumpage!

sweepy

stickyfiddle said:

Davemate said:

If it was a 61 reissue it would have double ring klusons, this one hasnt.

Not if the regular USA series (ie not custom shop).  It's the same as the one in the link below. Gibson did these for about 10+ years before they started all the model-year constant-change nonsense.

https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/listing/gibson-61-sg-reissue-cherry-2005-s642/11398588

I’ve had a genuine unmolested 61 LP SG in my hands a few times and it had single ring Klusons, the guitar is TOTALLY original, he even has the original receipt from when he bought it in Canada at the age of 13