Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul

[zhivago]

this one's for MT

[MT]

this one's for MT

That's perfection right there!

Cheers mate.

[BenHagerty]

Not as good as the other

[MT]

Not has good as the other

At least I know I won't have to compete with you in the guitar auctions. 

[zhivago]

[StevenO]

Mmm... I love those fold-out vibratos. Never played one but they look cool!

[noirengineer]

i was waiting for this one actually..
been having unexpected gas over sg lately..
never owned one before either,, but yeah
i think almost of it and in relation ...brown sound

would those be the vintage seth lovers too?
what is with that trem btw!?  what's tech name i mean?

[Maggieo]

I had one of those.  The pickup covers had been removed and the tailpiece replaced with a stop tail and the neck had been broken off and repaired, but it was pretty damn cool.  The neck was wide and thin, practically a floorboard, so I traded it for the Strat I've had ever since.  Oh, and the SG used to be Tommy Bolin's.

Hey, it was the 80's.  Stupid was in the air and I was breathing hard.

[zhivago]

what is with that trem btw!?  what's tech name i mean?

you mean the sideways vibrola?

[noirengineer]

what is with that trem btw!?  what's tech name i mean?

you mean the sideways vibrola?

  um...   Sure!   but wait.. there isn't really a bar on these models right?
no trem i mean.. correct?  but they had that weird bridge.. looks different than
vibrola on other models. correct?

[zhivago]

there is one, yeah...you can see it in the second pic

there were a few different types of vibrolas...the particular one looks the coolest IMO...it was this folding arm that extends

like in this pic...

[glimmertwin]

Thanks for reigniting my VOS SG GAS.  I used to have a 61 reissue but the neck was skimpy and I kept flexing it enough to throw it out of tune when we played live and I really got into it.  I heard the VOS's have larger necks.  I also used to have a mid 90s double cut LP Special with a slightly larger neck and that thing was an awesome player with no neck flexing so I know it can be done with a similar neck join....plus I need a humbucker guitar at some point or at least that's what my GAS tells me. 

GREAT PICS!

[Kilgore Trout]

That's nice, but I hate those vibrola contraptions. 

[noirengineer]

Two Questions about vibrola's

1)  do they tend to inhibit the sustain of the guitar vs stop standard stop-tail / tom?

2)  are they funky to setup - (intonate), etc. ?

[Kilgore Trout]

Two Questions about vibrola's

1)  do they tend to inhibit the sustain of the guitar vs stop standard stop-tail / tom?

2)  are they funky to setup - (intonate), etc. ?

1) You bet!

2) I'm not sure as I never had to do it myself (the guitar belonged to a friend).  But they have the reputation of being a pain in the ass to set-up.