61 SG Les Paul Jr Original Finish Changed Parts Great Player    US $1,750.00

GIBSON SG SPECIAL 1963 Pete Townsend of The Who NOT REISSUE 100 ORIGINAL WOW    US $5,250.00

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VINTAGE 1965 GIBSON SG JUNIOR IN EXCELLENT CONDITION JR    US $2,899.99

Gibson SG 1970 Electric Guitar w Case Authentic Vintage Made in USA Nice    US $600.00

1965 Gibson SG Junior jr RARE original CARDINAL RED    US $2,790.00

1974 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA HUMBUCKER T TOP    US $299.00

Gibson 1970 SG Deluxe P90 1969 all original    US $1,407.00

1965 Gibson SG Special Original With Case P90s    US $3,399.99

1964 Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar Cherry OHSC P 90 Pickups Great Neck    US $3,999.99

VINTAGE 1968 GIBSON SG STANDARD GUITAR USA MADE SOLD AS IS NO RESERVE    US $167.50

Late 1960s Control Cover Plate Gibson SG Special SG Standard    US $40.00

Compensated 60s Wraparound Tailpiece Gibson SG Firebird    US $100.00

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1969 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA TUNER    US $69.00

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Gibson SG Poster    US $10.00

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1971 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA WIRING HARNESS POTS    US $379.00

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1961 1962 1963 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom Guitar Case    US $350.00

VINTAGE GIBSON SG MELODY MAKER D CASE 1967 68    US $2,065.00

Vintage 1961 65 Gibson Les Paul SG backplate control plate Standard Custom    US $149.00

1965 Gibson SG Junior Polaris White Good We Ship Worldwide    US $3,199.99

Vintage MIJ Electric Guitar Lero SG copy    US $49.99

1984 GIBSON SG 400 US 1 SINGLE COIL PICKUP    US $149.00

SG Guitar copy Crescendo Tiesco    US $99.00

Rare Vintage Black Gibson SG 1979    US $1,800.00

1963 Gibson Les Paul Jr SG Jr NICE Use BUY NOW PRICE Free Shipping    US $2,149.00

Vintage 80s Yamaha SBG 1300 TS SG 1300TS Excellent Spinex Ebony    US $850.00

COLLECTOR ALERT 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG    US $13,500.00

1965 GIBSON SG STANDARD USA WIRING HARNESS POTS    US $450.00

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1979 Gibson SG w Zebra Pickups    US $1,800.00

1965 Gibson SG Junior Cream White with Original P 90 Pickup and Hardshell Case    US $2,300.00

1965 Gibson SG Jr    US $700.00

Lefty Mid 70s Gibson SG Standard    US $1,500.00

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Unknown SG Style Guitar PROJECT Vintage Mahogany Body Neck Pickups    US $9.99

1974 Yamaha SG 35 Metallic Purple Electric Guitar    US $174.41

VINTAGE 1980s GL LEO FENDER ERA BASS GUITAR AD SLICK RARE    US $5.00

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.