The second coolest person to ever rock a Gibson SG after Angus Young in my book.

Leisceoir

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZE

Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing at Whalley Range's Wilbraham Road station in Manchester, appropriately singing about the rain. 

I always thought attaching your strap to the headstock might be a good solution for neck dive- seems to work for her!

Jonathangus

Er - Malcolm Young?

Leisceoir

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27256401

Bit more about this concert, Muddy Waters also played and Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Brian Jones were all there to watch. 

Leisceoir

Jonathangus said:

Er - Malcolm Young?

Whoops. Now edited!

drofluf

Coincidentally Cerys Matthews played that earlier and mentioned, I think, the same concert. 

Neilybob

Jonathangus said:

Er - Malcolm Young?

I thought he played a Gretsch?

JCA2550

Frank Zappa

Leisceoir

Neilybob said:

Jonathangus said:

Er - Malcolm Young?

I thought he played a Gretsch?

Doh! Was thinking of the wrong one! Edit again! 

EricTheWeary

She had a very early Les Paul that you see in photos pre the SG. And various acoustics with/without pickups prior to that. Really quite an early adopter of the solid bodied electric guitar yet often overlooked even though she was name checked by artists such as Clapton and the Stones when she was still alive. I guess her music was quite niche in UK  and she was old school blues in the sense that singers were aspirational figures in nice clothes (think of T Bone Walker or Bessie Smith) rather than the dungarees and battered guitar look that the white audience seemed to have wanted then. 
But the few bits of footage of her have that wonderful energy, that undeniable wow factor. 

RocknRollDave

What pedal was she using for her solo boost? And was it the Japanese one with the silver label or the identically-made but obviously different-sounding Taiwanese one with the black label?
What was her plectrum of choice?
What valves did she favour?
Is her rig true bypass?

stratman3142

JCA2550 said:

Frank Zappa

To be 'frank', I'll propose Frank Marino

CaseOfAce

Yep - I'd agree. 
It just looks right on her.
There's a thread elsewhere on here about Do certain guitars suit different players.. and she's right on the money with this.

Jalapeno

IMHO THE coolest person is Derek Trucks

GoFish

Tooonnnnniiii!!!!!!

The third coolest Solid Guitar weilder, I'll leave yous to fight over positions 1 + 2 (Though it's clearly Angus & Rosetta - Frank and Robbie rounding out the top 5). 

Jonathangus

Angus is No.1, obvs.  But we should throw this gentleman into the mix:

RocknRollDave

Jalapeno said:

IMHO THE coolest person is Derek Trucks

I dunno about ’cool’. 

Supremely talented, top guy and inspirational musician, for sure. Just not sure I’d call him cool.

maharg101

Iommi

Leisceoir

In fairness, all the players mentioned are pretty cool alright. What I love about Sister Rosetta is the juxtaposition of the 'lady going to church' look with the classic rock axe. A bit like Albert King in a pinstripe suit and a Flying V. 

Kilgore

The coolest person to rock an SG was George Harrison.

EricTheWeary

I think technically this was a Les Paul Special? Someone else will know this better than me but Gibson made some SRT models and they were 1960 Les Paul Specials.
I also have a vague memory that Frank Marino (as he's been mentioned on here) also only used the Les Paul branded ones early in his career. 

theatreanchor

No argument from me but just adding to the list of cool SG users.