Re: New Guitar Day!! Woo Hoo!!

bish · Post by **bish** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:40 pm

Yeah the neck was really what did for me too, I like my Baritones neck but the SG's just felt right in my hand. I am having to get used to the nitro finish which feels a bit sticky but I've read that is fairly normal on a new Gibson and will settle more with age. I just can't get over the cherry finish though it's such a nice color.

So what tuners do you guys suggest when I decide to replace these? I like the look of the the Grover 135N tuners, but I'm not very knowledgeable on what makes a good set of tuning machines.

-bish

5L1V3R · Post by **5L1V3R** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:03 pm

Nah. Those are my favorite tuners ever. I'd leave stock.

waynebell · Post by **waynebell** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:32 pm

What model is that?

How much?

bish · Post by **bish** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:17 pm

It's the SG Classic, I think only Guitar Center and Musicians Friend sell them now. I got it for $899 on sale, the regular price is $999. But over the Memorial Day weekend GC was giving out $75 gift cards if you spent over $500.00 so it came out pretty good. I also bought a case for it so they deducted the gig bag cost which was like $20.00 or something like that.

As for the tuners, maybe it's because they are such a bright white and kind of stick out that I don't like the look of them but then maybe they'll grow on me hehe.

-bish

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:17 am

Nice looking guitar!

RumorsOFsurF wrote: [
There are only about 3 Gibsons I'd want to own...

Red SG w/P90s
Gold Top LP w/P90s
Red ES335 or ES345

I second that list Nolan!

- maybe with the colour on the SG changed to brown/mahogany and with a lyre vibrola (did someone say Jeff Tweedy?)

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:11 am

oh man, that's gorgeous

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:45 am

the older brother wrote: Nice looking guitar!

RumorsOFsurF wrote: [
There are only about 3 Gibsons I'd want to own...

Red SG w/P90s
Gold Top LP w/P90s
Red ES335 or ES345
I second that list Nolan!

- maybe with the colour on the SG changed to brown/mahogany and with a lyre vibrola (did someone say Jeff Tweedy?)

Okay, you've got me. Can I change mine, too?

bish · Post by **bish** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:53 pm

Can anyone tell me what the stock string gauge is that comes with the SG Classic? I can't tell if they are 10's or 9's

-bish

luau · Post by **luau** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:55 pm

bish wrote:I am having to get used to the nitro finish which feels a bit sticky but I've read that is fairly normal on a new Gibson and will settle more with age.

Leaving it out of the case for a while will help expedite that process.

I'm not sure about the strings.. I think mine had 10s.

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:23 am

yeah i think all gibsons leave the factory with 10-46s.

Professor Plum · Post by **Professor Plum** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:57 am

the older brother wrote: Nice looking guitar!

RumorsOFsurF wrote: [
There are only about 3 Gibsons I'd want to own...

Red SG w/P90s
Gold Top LP w/P90s
Red ES335 or ES345
I second that list Nolan!

- maybe with the colour on the SG changed to brown/mahogany and with a lyre vibrola (did someone say Frank Zappa?)

the 3 gibbys id love are a 54' custom LP with bigsby(would be fantastic in pelham blue/gold hardware but that will never happen), the lyre SG (but TV yellow!) and an es-295 complete with flower pickguard

5L1V3R · Post by **5L1V3R** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:12 pm

I'm starting to get pretty serious on doing a trade-in, but it's a pretty big decision for me...

bish · Post by **bish** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:52 pm

Well I got new strings on it finally hehe, it took me two packs of regular slinkys to actually put them on correctly. I'm used to the tuners on my Fender which have the slot that you just stick the string in and start winding. So I read up on how to attach the strings to these style tuners, only the first string I did backwards so it didn't hold the string tight and it unwound after i snipped off the extra string. Ah well live and learn. I figured out my mistake and now I'm a pro hehe.

I'm really excited I won a Diaz Texas Ranger treble booster pedal (based off of Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster) on ebay for a good price. So I can't wait to try it out with my new gee-tar.

-bish

JazzBlaster · Post by **JazzBlaster** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:17 pm

bish wrote: I'm really excited I won a Diaz Texas Ranger treble booster pedal (based off of Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster) on ebay for a good price.

Now you need an Orange head and your journey to the darkside will be complete!

bish · Post by **bish** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:22 pm

JazzBlaster wrote:
bish wrote: I'm really excited I won a Diaz Texas Ranger treble booster pedal (based off of Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster) on ebay for a good price.
Now you need an Orange head and your journey to the darkside will be complete!

Hehehe, someday! But I think my neighbors will be happy that I don't have any money left for that just yet