What does a V or Explorer bring if you already have an SG?

Voxman

One thing you get with an Explorer that you don't get with an SG....

..... A much larger, unwieldly, and hernia inducing hard case!! 

Philly_Q

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

Rowby1

A bad back.

Cirrus

Voxman said:

One thing you get with an Explorer that you don't get with an SG....

..... A much larger, unwieldly, and hernia inducing hard case!! 

Yeah, that's true. Genuinely stressful sometimes trying to find enough real estate to open it backstage on a multi band club night.

The guitars themselves though ... Mine is about 7.5lbs which is Goldilocks weight for me

ICBM

The Explorer would be the coolest by far if it wasn't for that damn stupid headstock.

OilCityPickups

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

A Destroyer has always been on my 'bucket list'. 

Cooler than an Explorer in my book.

Stratavarious

OilCityPickups said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

A Destroyer has always been on my 'bucket list'. 

Cooler than an Explorer in my book.

My teen crush

Moe_Zambeek

ICBM said:

The Explorer would be the coolest by far if it wasn't for that damn stupid headstock.

Better? 

OilCityPickups

Moe_Zambeek said:

ICBM said:

The Explorer would be the coolest by far if it wasn't for that damn stupid headstock.

Better? 

Even better still ... 

Reverend

Philly_Q said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

I'm just over 6ft, beard, long hair and tattoos. I reckon i can get away with them

rze99

If you are not widdly widdlying up the fretboard a lot a V is faintly ridiculous even if you have look and attitude for a V.

OP is right - an SG covers all the ground in all the genres like Tele does

FelineGuitars

My preference is for a nice V

A well balanced example feels most weightless on a strap

It also puts the neck at a great angle for full access.

Mind you I grew up as a fan of Kiss, Judas Priest, Accept, Scorpions, UFO and MSG

Philly_Q

Reverend said:

Philly_Q said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

I'm just over 6ft, beard, long hair and tattoos. I reckon i can get away with them

Yeah, you can get away with a V.  

OilCityPickups

Reverend said:

Philly_Q said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

I'm just over 6ft, beard, long hair and tattoos. I reckon i can get away with them

6ft buzz cut hair beard tattoos ... got fed up with the long hair when I started winding pickups for a living ... a hairnet or tying it back gets a pain in the arse after a while :-)

Offset

If you want to look cool, you're over 50 and it has to be a Gibson - forget Vs and Explorers.  Get a Firebird.

Philly_Q

Offset said:

If you want to look cool, you're over 50 and it has to be a Gibson - forget Vs and Explorers.  Get a Firebird.

Andy Powell still plays Flying Vs after all these years.  He's 74.  He doesn't look particularly cool though.

Schenker still looks cool.  Sort of.  In a slightly mad, wizened, hard rock Catweazle kind of way....  

Voxman

OilCityPickups said:

Reverend said:

Philly_Q said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

I'm just over 6ft, beard, long hair and tattoos. I reckon i can get away with them

6ft buzz cut hair beard tattoos ... got fed up with the long hair when I started winding pickups for a living ... a hairnet or tying it back gets a pain in the arse after a while :-)

5'7", short cut beard, no tattoos.  Hence I'll stick with my LP, SG, Strats, Teles etc.   

Philly_Q

Voxman said:

OilCityPickups said:

Reverend said:

Philly_Q said:

Reverend said:

I should point out i have an SG, a flying v an ibanez destroyer 

I've owned more SGs than I can easily remember, three Flying Vs but no Explorers other than a sawn-off one which I didn't like. 
I think Vs are great but they do, perhaps, look a bit silly on a small person like me.  And the wings do bang into stuff, a lot.

I'm just over 6ft, beard, long hair and tattoos. I reckon i can get away with them

6ft buzz cut hair beard tattoos ... got fed up with the long hair when I started winding pickups for a living ... a hairnet or tying it back gets a pain in the arse after a while :-)

5'7", short cut beard, no tattoos.  Hence I'll stick with my LP, SG, Strats, Teles etc.   

5'6", 60kg, beard, definitely no tattoos.... no, you really don't need to know.