New Gibson SG Supremes

Paul_C

Philly_Q said:

I don't think they're ugly, objectively speaking, but all that frippery looks wrong on an SG.  An SG's a chunk of mahogany with a small scratchplate.

Corrected for my own preference

BigPaulie

They're a bit OTT.

I don't hate them.

BigPaulie

Grumpyrocker said:

They look right up my street. But not right up my bank account.

The Epiphone version will be affordable.


Oh, wait a minute...

RickLucas

Not for me.

imalrightjack

I like them. I’d sooner have one of them than an R9. 

carlos

£3k for an electric solidbody guitar? nah

Philly_Q

Paul_C said:

Philly_Q said:

I don't think they're ugly, objectively speaking, but all that frippery looks wrong on an SG.  An SG's a chunk of mahogany with a small big fuck-off batwing scratchplate.

Corrected for my own preference

Right back atcha. 

Philly_Q

carlos said:

£3k for an electric solidbody guitar? nah

Oooh, hello.  It's neither an Epiphone nor a Murphy Lab, it's not even "two bits of wood bolted together". 
This is a whole new avenue of exploration in the "guitars today are too expensive" debate.

elstoof

Not even hide glued together

DDtB

I think they look ace and I'd happily have one!

But then again, I think I missed the memo defining the strict criteria about what an SG is and should always be.  

stonevibe

DDtB said:

I think they look ace and I'd happily have one!

But then again, I think I missed the memo defining the strict criteria about what an SG is and should always be.  

You're just not opinionated enough for this game... 

Grumpyrocker

BigPaulie said:

Grumpyrocker said:

They look right up my street. But not right up my bank account.

The Epiphone version will be affordable.


Oh, wait a minute...

Might as well get an LTD Viper instead.

tony99

Philly_Q said:

stonevibe said:

Can't say I've ever required the two extra frets on my SG in the last 20 years.

Maybe not, but they could've squeezed them in, and then you'd be free to ignore 'em.

Probably a gap in the market for an adjustable neck guitar; it slides out from the body an inch or so to reveal a couple of extra frets as and when required, much like those extendable dinner tables.

elstoof

That’ll be a right bastard to intonate

AK99

carlos said:

£3k for an electric solidbody guitar? nah

£3k ??
FFs..

stonevibe

tony99 said:

Philly_Q said:

stonevibe said:

Can't say I've ever required the two extra frets on my SG in the last 20 years.

Maybe not, but they could've squeezed them in, and then you'd be free to ignore 'em.

Probably a gap in the market for an adjustable neck guitar; it slides out from the body an inch ir so to reveal a couple of extra frets as and when required, much like those extendable dinner tables.

For when the family is over and Granny needs to hit those high notes? 

Philly_Q

tony99 said:

Philly_Q said:

stonevibe said:

Can't say I've ever required the two extra frets on my SG in the last 20 years.

Maybe not, but they could've squeezed them in, and then you'd be free to ignore 'em.

Probably a gap in the market for an adjustable neck guitar; it slides out from the body an inch ir so to reveal a couple of extra frets as and when required, much like those extendable dinner tables.

Well, I guess it could work if it was fretless....

tony99

elstoof said:

That’ll be a right bastard to intonate

Not a big worry with my playing. I don't even tune them in anymore.

Jokes aside, I'm not keen on the SG supremes. I always felt the most appealing SGs are the very basic ones, such as the fadeds and specials.

Svartmetall

I think they look awesome, especially getting rid of the fugly-as-sin topmount jack socket; I mean, Iommi was asking Gibson to put a 24-fret fingerboard on them in about 1970, that gap never made any sense and the little plastic plate in there looked fiddly and messy to my eyes (ironically, the SG is about the only Gibson design on which I actually quite like the pickguard; I take 'em off LPs immediately).

Prices are of course ridiculous, though   

PeterHall

timmypix said:

stonevibe said:

Exactly.

I own RG550s and Custom 24s, they all look fine with the extra couple of frets. The SG looks a little off with them though (to me at least) 

Much as I've bemoaned the tenon cover, or the gap between the pickup and the neck on a batwing, it's definitely one of those little details that helps define the overall look of the guitar, even though nothing else changes when you swap it for extra frets.

And SGs do look a bit odd without a pickguard, too.

As a long time SG player,I quite like the SG being the slightly peculiar family member.You just know it's the family member most likely to be found drunk in the front garden.