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Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar (with Case)

Gibson's new, solidbody guitar of the 60's, the SG, broke through traditional concepts of solidbody electrics and became an instant classic. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Feature:
wish it had a floyd rose

Quality:
I had it a few years. But last month the Pickup selector switch broke and the Bridge pickup cant be heard when it is switched on:(

Desirability:
Looks okay. Black with pearl pickguard and trussrod cover

Sound:
sounds great

Ease of Use:
the best neck ever!

Support:
havent dealt with them

Overall:
I love it's sound and the neck. But am annoyed about the switch messing up. So i dont know if i will ever buy another Gibson Product again.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The features are average.2 Tone,2 Volume.

Quality:
Great quality.

Value:
All Gibson's are over priced, but its worth every penny.

Desirability:
I think sg's are the coolest and best looking guitars out there.

Sound:
The Humbuckers are great. You can get nice clean clear sounds out of it, or you can get great rock/metal sounds out of it. There good quality and produce very little feedback even when cranked up to a very loud volume. I wish they would have put burstbuckers on it.

Ease of Use:
It has a great fast neck, and you have great access to the lower frets because of the double cutaway horns.

Support:
Have had none

Overall:
I love this guitar.No regrets.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
2 volume and 2 tone and a 3 way switch, gives great sound combinations... tuners can stay in tune for a long time, perfect....

Quality:
abolutely perfect! great sound, i have mine in an ebony finish which i love, all the parts are fine, overrall a great quality guitar

Value:
gibson sg standards are worth a good amount of money... not what they charge for it but its descent

Desirability:
I HAVE IT

Sound:
Great hard rock sound, goes great in almost any amp and can play almost any type of music on it!

Ease of Use:
very light, which i really like, stays in tune for a while, and has plenty of upper neck access, real easy to play as well

Support:
Never needed any

Overall:
Overall it is perfect, my favorite of the guitars i own i love it! if anyone ever does anything to it id kill them i love it

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
I absolutely like the individual controls for the tone and volume plus the switch. Gives a lot of combinations for the pickups. A lot of different guitars do not have these features. Nitro finish and a set neck I'm sure helps this guitar acheive the sounds it has.

Quality:
I read quite a few reviews on this guitar before I bought it. It seems about 50/50 on the quality issues. The guitar I bought is flawless. The frets are dressed and seated well. The tuners have kept the guitar in tune while in the case or after playing a couple of hours. The fit and finish are top notch. Of course, this guitar will hold up on the road but as with any guitar, it needs to be taken care of. I'm picky with all my guitars,cheap or expensive so I dont see any problems at all. If you trssh it around, it will probably break

Value:
For me this guitar is definately worth the price, I beleive I got what I paid for. I am completly satisfied with this guitar.

Desirability:
As I said before. I am completly satisfied with this guitar. The SG,Les paul, Stratocaster are probably the most popular guitars on the market

Sound:
Great"Humbucker" sound!. This guitar can play distorted and clean alike. Depending on what kind of amp you have will really determine the sound. I have to say that this guitar resonates well and you can play blues, classic rock, and even some metal.

Ease of Use:
This thing "Rocks" The fretboard has a good profile which makes this guitar easy to play. Get a tech to do a set-up and adjustment and change the strings and I think almost anybody will be amazed how easy this guitar is to play.

Support:
I e-mailed Gibson with a question and got a reply the same day.

Overall:
I dont plan on getting rid of this guitar. It will stay in my collection.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The guitar came with a truss adjustment tool, and a hardshell case. The dual humbucking setup gives you a good range of possibilities, especially when you consider that each pickup has its own independent controls. Only the highest quality woods are used, and the chrome hardware and gibson tuners make this guitar one of my favorites. I have five guitars A les paul, a strat, a jackson, a charvel, and now the sg. All are great, and all are high-end,but this one stands out!

Quality:
You would be hard pressed to find many instruments as high quality as this one. It's a gibson, and just as their slogan states: "Only a gibson is good enough". It doesn't matter if you are buying a Les Paul Standard, Sg standard, a standard es-335, or whatever; they put standard in the name, because they are the standard by which all other guitars should be judged! There are other guitars that are better, but they all say Gibson on the headstock too.

Value:
It may seem like a huge amount of money to spend over $1400 on any guitar. BUT! When that investment of $1400 is on something that sounds this good, will last for decades, and most likely well beyond your own lifetime; then it doesn't seem so silly huh?

Desirability:
When other guitars that are made by other companies, have a body style that is refered to by the name of a gibson's guitar; then you know the body style of the original is something special.

Sound:
If you are lookin for a crunchy humbucking sound, then this guitar is for you. The sustain and sheer bite that this instrument exudes makes it no wonder why it's the only style of guitar Angus young ever used. Just plug into a Marshall tube amp, and you've got the tone dreams are made of.

Ease of Use:
Unless you're looking for a single coil sound, or a chunkier tone like a les paul, then this guitar will modify to nearly any sound or style of music you could imagine! The neck is very fast and easy to play, if you like a faster neck. If you prefer a chunkier neck, then you may want to look elsewhere. It's all a matter of preference, I like to play lead and play it fast. This guitar is very well suited for that. Not to say that's all its for, but it excels at lead sounds, and playability.

Support:
If you need the support, they've got it!

Overall:
I will never get rid of this guitar. I will always love it. I will still buy other guitars, just as most people who love them usually do. But the sg standard has a sound all its own that can only be achieved perfectly by playing an sg standard. What else needs to be said.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The guitar is very nice. It has the neck binding of a gibson, has the fret access, pickups, tune-o-matic bridge, and best of all, the mahogany body still gives it a huge amount of sustain, AND it isnt as heavy as the Les Paul!!! Also, in my opinion, the guitar doesnt need a whammy bar or floyd rose, but some people may not like that, and if so, i would recommend looking into Ibanez or a Fender Fat Strat, and switch out that crappy bridge humbucker with a nice gibson one. Other than that, the guitar is absolutely perfect.

Quality:
Uhhhh.... GIBSON! Really, with the case, you can do anything with the guitar, as long as you dont do anything stupid with it. ( I like what gibson says about having a guitar on the road with you, it says "If your comfortable, your guitar will be comfortable too", so dont put your guitar in conditions you wouldnt put yourself in.) I personally think this guitar can last longer than you can, simply because its been made the same way for 40+ years, and the old ones from 1961 look just like the standards and customs made now.

Value:
Dont buy and Epiphone because it is cheaper! THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERANCE!!! Gibsons are so high quality, and so prestige, plus, for what it is, the price is actually really good, considering the factory does almost everything by hand, so think of the labor that goes into the guitar, the price is actually really good! Plus, im not just saying this stuff, and just having the guitar at the "wish list", I am literaly going to buy one of these smokies in about four days from now. (cant wait!) Really, the guitar is a great deal! (Plus, you can subtract the cost of how much a case is to get the "real" cost of the actual guitar itself if you would like to.)

Desirability:
Very beautiful, almost like a dream, the electronics are incredible, and always great sounding, as well as the hardware. (and most importantly, VERY durable!) Plus, the guitar is just beautiful, the shape of the body is awesome, plus, the mahogany showing through the finish is really awesome.

Sound:
This guitar is probably one of the best guitars I have played, and its not just for rhythm, you can use it for everything INCLUDING thrash! I thrash all the time, and i am about to buy one of these. The pickups work great for thrash, and average playing styles, and the pickups are perfect. Not to heavy, not to soft. Plus, one of the absolute best qualitys of the guitar, is that it has the best upper fret access ever! (It is a tad neck heavy though, so dont play standing up unless you have to!) All of this makes the guitar an awesome music machine for EVERYTHING... but country :)

Ease of Use:
UPPER FRET ACCESS!!!!! The fret access ( as ive stated about 8 times over the coarse of this review) is incredible, plus, the pickups are the perfect mixture of hot and cold. Plus, the tone knobs ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING! If you just push the tone knobs down ONE KNOTCH, you get a completely differant tone. Plus, the guitar is nice and light, and manoverable. Plus, the neck is a really nice neck, almost inbetween a strat's neck and a Tele's neck. Really comfortable, but really good with thrash at the same time!

Support:
Well, its gibson. I havent had problems, but my friend had some, and his guitar problem was answered from Gibson really quickly, and he still loves them, so it must have gone well.

Overall:
I probably will never get another guitar for the rest of my life, simply because i have tried almost all of the guitars out there, and this one is the only one that i have ever used that i couldnt put down, and the only one that i felt really comfortable playing and writing music with. If my future SG ever was lost or stolen, id absolutely get another one, AFTER searching all the pawn shops in the area for it. TIP: write down your instrument's serial number ALWAYS, in case it does get stolen, so you can find it easier.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Includes A CASE, a tool (don't know yet for what it is) Warranty stuff, but the guitar is the KILLER I have it on Heritage Cherry,and my finish is a killer. I will never leave it for anything, and the humbuckers rock. If you touch it you will love it!!!

Quality:
All I can say...made to perfection, the quality of this guitar is unbeatable!

Value:
The price well is a little Killer but if you are PRO or really like a Legendary guitar for all your life this is it! I highly recommend it!

Desirability:
I love this guitar finish, I named it "Sangre" meaning blood in spanish I really love it love it love it marry it!!!

Sound:
The Sound Of This Guitar is Agresive, Heavy,AND HOT!!! It does respond a little for my playing style but on solos, and some songs I sing it work so nicely because of the round sound. It works very nicely if you want to play vintage, rhymth,heavy, and all that kind of stuff! (Not for clean Fender Fans or the one that likes to shred)I highly recommend it!

Ease of Use:
You can get great sounds of it, and has a great playability just out of the box, just don't lower the action like I did. If you do it will start to suck a lot, and the sound will be crappy as hell. But the guitar really works out very nicely, after fixin that error Is a shame I can't demonstrate you how!

Support:
Never had problems with it, until I lowered the action, but that's my fault. Equally you will not need support, someday you'll know why!

Overall:
This is my 3rd, and last guitar for now, and is a dream come true because is a Gibson...I will never leave it for anything, and besides is the only actual guitar I have that actually works for me! It can do a lot of stuff you'll just need to play well that's all!

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
Standard Gibson fare. 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch, etc...

Quality:
Pretty solid feeling, however the two I'v played both had poor-fitting trim parts (knobs, etc.)

Value:
So $1300, no. Back when they were only $1170 it was a good deal. Not anymore. Stupid Gibson.

Desirability:
Sex appeal is outstanding. Thin, curvy, with pointy horns and a gleaming black finish and chrome hardware. Can't be beat in the looks department.

Sound:
Good sound, a bit muddy sometimes, but otherwise good. Good for bluesly stuff and just plain old three-chord rock. More midrange than the 57 Classic pups.

Ease of Use:
Pretty light - somewhere around 7-7.5 pounds, much less than an LP or Strat, around the same as a Tele maybe. Heavier than my SG Classic. Very thin body which I like.

Support:
Never had to deal with Gibson so I can't say.

Overall:
I'd buy it, and I'd recommend it to others.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Ok, so it doesn't have every little thing out there that some people would like to have, like a tremolo. But if it really mattered so much I don't think it would be as popular as it is. Plus, it's not like it's just a plank of wood with some strings on it. It has nice pups, really playable neck, two tone and two volume controls, beautiful body and fairly dependable tuners. I like how light it is. That way you can concentrate on laying down your best moves without being distracted by the freakin anvil strapped to your shoulder.

Quality:
Well, i must say that it is pretty well set up from the factory. Even so, there is always the tiny adjustments that you have to put on a new guitar(tone, preferential things like action, etc...). But that is all. Otherwise, this is a well made guitar. Gibson USA, what do you expect? Love the finish and the how shiny it is. I've long ago stopped wearing a belt. It hurts me more than the guitar to see any scratches or nicks.

Value:
I would say that it is a little pricey, but only by a couple hundred maybe. It's understandable though.

Desirability:
Its not the prettiest face in the crowd but it holds its own. Anyway, form follows function. I'd rather have a plank of wood that could give me the ability to play whatever I want than a diamond with strings that can't play crap. Don't get me wrong, I like Les Pauls and such, I have a few, but the abilities of this guitar make up for everything. In any case, it still looks pretty sexy.

Sound:
I have been playing for a little over thiry years, i have owned and still own many guitars and have decided that this is certainly one of the most versatile guitars out there. I can get almost any kind of sound out there. Blues? Jazz? No problem. Rock? Hard rock? Metal? What the hell do you think? Just twist this and flick that and you're ready to play anything.

Ease of Use:
Like i said, twist this and flick that and your all set. I just can't see how it does it. It can play many different things, and well too. It will bother me for years to come how it pulls off the variety that it has. I like many different kinds of music and have always had to buy different guitars to play the different styles I like. No more. It does a pretty good job (unfortunately for all of my other guitars). ;)

Support:
Fortunately, I haven't had to deal with them on this particular guitar but I have had to on several other gibson guitar purchases and they have always come through, and fairly quickly.

Overall:
Overall, I'm in love (please don't tell my wife or my other guitars). This thing is great. I will keep this thing for ever. Not to say that I will stop looking for guitars, I will never stop. But this thing has filled a deep void in my life. It's just great. I tried other guitars. Maybe a new Strat? Les Paul? I was not too sure i needed another gibson sg but i couldn't bring myself to let this one slip through my fingers. I just wish I had found this thing earlier. It's funny, I have walked by this guitar sooooo many times in several different stores and kinda ignored it. I tried this thing just by chance at the last minute when I was set on a Tele. I'm convinced that it was fate that brought us together. Haha. I like most how fast this thing plays and how versatile it is. If it ever got into one of your sick little heads to 'guitarnap' this, don't even try. I own a gun........

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The features are awesome!

Quality:
The guitar has amazing quality!

Value:
This guitar will hold its value for many years to come.

Desirability:
Just the way it looks makes me want to get it!

Sound:
By any standard this guitar sounds great ive had mine for about six months and its great!

Ease of Use:
One of the easiest guitars to plug and play.

Support:
Not sure

Overall:
Over all this guitar is very good for beginners all the way up to pro.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Awesome Feautures!

Quality:
This is one of the best guitars I have ever played!

Value:
I wish the price was lower.

Desirability:
This guitar is sexy!

Sound:
The sound kicks butt! It screams on the high notes, and roars on the low notes!

Ease of Use:
All you have to do is plug it in your amp.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
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