Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
- Pacafeliz
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Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Well of course I had to bring something back from my trip to Mexico. This time I found this rare beater/hack job of a 1972 SG Pro, a rather infamous short lived version of the SG Special.
Nasty head stock break repair, missing/removed neck pickup, amateur pickguard, changed tuners, Badass bridge, well all in all butchered and modded all over. The Bigsby arm is wobbly/worn out (?), de-tunes terribly.
But you know I love em like that, just my thing!
(pic from yesterday)
Now I've given it a good cleaning, new strings, etc but damn I need to get a matching truss rod adjustment key, since the action is a bit too high for me.
Case is beat to shit on the outside but quite nice inside.
Considering adding a mini humbucker in the neck...?
Nasty head stock break repair, missing/removed neck pickup, amateur pickguard, changed tuners, Badass bridge, well all in all butchered and modded all over. The Bigsby arm is wobbly/worn out (?), de-tunes terribly.
But you know I love em like that, just my thing!
(pic from yesterday)
Now I've given it a good cleaning, new strings, etc but damn I need to get a matching truss rod adjustment key, since the action is a bit too high for me.
Case is beat to shit on the outside but quite nice inside.
Considering adding a mini humbucker in the neck...?
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
- Pacafeliz
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
...neck cavity.
Hmm this might have been glued in there for neck stability? Also breaks on the sides. Well it's an SG
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
- Pacafeliz
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Anyone ID those tuners?
I believe there's actual screws in that "repair"
Clear plastic nut is quite an original too, huh?
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
- Pacafeliz
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Amateurish extra groves for the 3 highest strings to make the spring space correct for the Badass (Pat.Pend., BTW)
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
- MrFingers
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Is that the Tijuana Prostitute then?
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Loads of personality in this one. Any idea what that second toggle was wired to?
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
It still is... Dunno what it does, though. Guess I'd need a neck pickup to find out.
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
Those gears are from a Kustom guitar. That headstock probably needs to be re-broken and done properly. If the neck heel break was repaired as well as the headstock.... ouch.
Those horseshoe "Gibsby" trems differ from a standard Bigsby in one IMPORTANT respect. The Gibson used nylon bushings instead of the Bigsby needle roller bearings. Take that trem to a machine shop and have Bigsby bearings installed. The difference in tuning stability will be startling.
Those horseshoe "Gibsby" trems differ from a standard Bigsby in one IMPORTANT respect. The Gibson used nylon bushings instead of the Bigsby needle roller bearings. Take that trem to a machine shop and have Bigsby bearings installed. The difference in tuning stability will be startling.
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Re: Mexican gear find: 1972 Gibson SG Pro
That headstock repair