I was bought a Harley Benton SG (white custom 3 pickup jobbie) around 8 years ago. I'd never been able to get on with it until yesterday when I actually got around to learning how to adjust a truss rod and now it plays a lot better and it sounds glorious.
Spent a good few hours playing it and came to the conclusion that and SG would fit me quite well.
What are people's experiences with the lower end Gibson SG's ? I'm thinking the tribue models with dot inlays etc - the look of them really floats my boat.
Here's a pic of the Harley Benton whilst i was working on it - just because.....
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I've fitted it with a Maestro vibrola and P90s (naturally) but it already sounded great with the original 490 humbuckers.
I think I paid around £500 for it four or five years ago and have never played another SG at any price I'd swap it for.
I was toying with the idea of a maple necked Tribute before I bought it and I suspect one of those would have done me fine.
FWIW my 2000-ish Standard is at that level too. I've played a shitload of CS and Vintage ones looking to "trade up" but can't find one that beats it.
So I guess my only advice is "go find a good one from around then"!
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
There was one on the cover of a guitar mag a few years back, and even Mrs M, who is not a guitar aficionado, pointed to it and remarked on how cool it looked.
I did used to have a Vintage SG copy and it was really good. Alas it got a bit trashed by my various early attempts at guitar modding.
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Please excuse the crappy pics, they're all I have to hand (time to take some better ones!)
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Confirmed. You do need an SG
He waxed lyrical about it so I took a chance and bought myself an 04 Special Faded, what a revelation! We both wish we had done it years ago
Then FedEx decided to kick it around for a week without a care in the world.
So it arrived with the headstock snapped in two.