by Gig Stig
This guitar was massively popular in the late 1960's and early to mid 1970's, there was something about the sound of the SG that captured the essence of that era as it helped to launch the genre of "Heavy Rock".
Many elite guitarists such as Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Paul Kossof and Dutch guitar virtuoso Thijs Van Leer often used the SG in live and studio environments. Guitarists liked the simplistic design and the small intimate body shape whilst the body of the guitar was slim and therefore light.
However the combination of the all Mahogany body and neck and the twin hum-buckers provided a refined yet raw rock sound that defined a generation. The modern day SG still retains all of those core features, and combines them with the leap forward in guitar technology that has exploded since the 1970's.
The neck is still beautifully slim and elegant, whilst the Alnico 490 hum-buckers spit out a raucous energy that provides the classic anthemic rock sound - ably supported by the sustain enhancing Mahogany body and neck. The SG Special is now available in a choice of colours, Worn White, Worn Yellow and Ebony ...check out these models at the Nevada Music Warehouse ...