 1974 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA HUMBUCKER T TOP  US $299.00
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 Gibson 1970 SG Deluxe P90 1969 all original US $1,407.00
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 1965 Gibson SG Special Original With Case P90s US $3,399.99
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 1978 Gibson SG Special Polaris White Very Good condition w HSC Beautiful Guitar US $600.00
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 Vintage 1971 72 Gibson SG Deluxe US $455.00
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 Patent 1930s G Beauchamp Electric Guitar Rickenbacker US $12.99
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 1969 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA TUNER US $69.00
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 Peghead Headstock overlay Set 2nd quality SG US $49.00
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 BEAUTIFUL RARE GUITAR 1970 Gibson SG CUSTOM US $6,400.00
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 VINTAGE 1979 GIBSON SG CUSTOM POLARIS WHITE GUITAR CLEAN MUST SEE grlc662 US $3,500.00
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 Gibson SG Poster US $10.00
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 Vintage Mid 1960s Gibson SG Guitar Case Hardshell Rectangular w o Logo US $399.99
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 1971 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA WIRING HARNESS POTS US $379.00
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 VINTAGE 1973 GIBSON SG STANDARD ELECTRIC GUITAR BIGSBY TREMOLO US $710.00
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 1961 1962 1963 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom Guitar Case US $350.00
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 Vintage MIJ Electric Guitar Lero SG copy US $49.99
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 1984 GIBSON SG 400 US 1 SINGLE COIL PICKUP US $149.00
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 SG Guitar copy Crescendo Tiesco US $99.00
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 COLLECTOR ALERT 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG US $13,500.00
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 1965 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA WIRING HARNESS POTS US $450.00
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 vintage 1962 gibson sg special US $7,000.00
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 1979 Gibson SG w Zebra Pickups US $1,800.00
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 1965 Gibson SG Junior Cream White with Original P 90 Pickup and Hardshell Case US $2,300.00
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 1965 Gibson SG Jr US $700.00
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 rare polaris white gibson sg original finish 1964 US $3,500.00
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 1974 Yamaha SG 35 Metallic Purple Electric Guitar US $174.41
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 VINTAGE 1980s GL LEO FENDER ERA BASS GUITAR AD SLICK RARE US $5.00
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 VINTAGE 1980s GL LEO FENDER ERA NIGHTHAWK GUITAR AD SLICK RARE US $5.00
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 1969 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA WIRING HARNESS POTS US $450.00
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Gibson SG Electric Guitar
The Les Paul may have been the most well-known of all Gibson guitars but it was also the prototype for many other electric guitars too. The SG range of guitars in fact stemmed from the original Les Paul version.
Mr. Les Paul had a contract with Gibson in order to use his name to endorse the “Les Paul” range. When his contract ran out it was not renewed and over time his name disappeared from the headstocks and catalogues and the Les Paul range was eventually reclassified as the “SG” range, which stands for “Solid Guitar”. It was rumoured that the original Les Paul took a personal dislike to the design of the classic SG and that is part of the reason his contract was never renewed.
The “Classic” SG shape has a thinner profile and sharp ‘devil horn’ like cutaways, providing easier access to the upper frets. This thin-bodied guitar was certainly lighter and less bulky than the 1950’s style Les Pauls, but it also had a very different tone. Sometimes the SG can feel a bit "top heavy" because its Mahogany body is pretty light in comparison to its Maple headstock.
The introduction of the SG range was dubbed “An exciting new approach to the solid body guitar” and it was advertised as having the "fastest neck in the world". It wasn’t a really big seller mostly due to the changing musical tastes of that generation, but the SG range stood the test of time and to this day is still in production.
Over the years there have been quite a number of models in the SG family. The Gibson Melody Maker was one of them, as was the SG Junior for budget cautious beginners and the SG Special was a transition guitar somewhere between the SG Junior and SG Standard.
Some SG models were given a vibrato unit which had a hinged arm that was pulled from side to side; it was later replaced by a Vibrola unit with a an up and down action for ease of use. The configurations of the SG pickups were just like the original Les Pauls with humbuckers being used on the Standard and Custom SGs and single coil P-90s on the Specials and Juniors.
A bespoke SG once belonging to Eric Clapton was sold to a private collector for half a million dollars. It was known as ‘The Fool’ after the artists that painted it in bright psychedelic colours, with the image of a naked nymph on the lower body.