It's a new Gibson faded SG in brown. It's so new I still haven't taken the sticker off the pickguard (excuse the shitty pic, I'm still tweaking my new digital camera). It comes with 2 Gibson 490 humbuckers and plays like a beauty.....although I have to admit, I've been so busy messing with my new Fender Squire Tele Custom I haven't shown it the proper love in days....
I had gone to get a faded SG in red with the ebony neck, but these brown ones were the only models they had left, so after checking out a couple I selected this one. It has a rosewood neck and it's sweet. The finish of the wood looks really good too.
The neck is nice and thick (I have big hands so I dig guitars with chunky necks) and the action makes 10's feel like 9's when you play. The 490's are real thick in the mids and have a real high output - crunch city!
I had been thinking of sticking some P-90's in her, but since I don't have any other 490 style guitars in the collection, I decided to keep it stock. The sound is very articulate when playing lead, but it can get muddy real fast when playing chords with too much distortion (is there such a thing? hehe). Clean it sounds good, almost like an acoustic.
I'll do a better review after I have it a few months and get to really wring out the tones. The price was right (you can get'em for around $690 still) so if you're looking for that classic crunch but don't want the weight of a Les Paul around your neck, check out an SG!
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