Guitar Player would like to thank John Shults of True Vintage Guitar for showing us this incredible example. The Gibson SG Raw Power solidbody electric guitar puts the classic body shape and vibe of Gibsons legendary SG in a whole new light Using solid maple for the. Crafted with miles of maple, adorned in nine new finishes and equipped with a pair of uncovered ’57 Classic pickups, the SG Special Raw Power hits all the right notes. Glued-in mahogany neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard Gibson has issued a lot of spectacular SGs over the years, but almost none that are as globally and instantly well-loved as the SG Special Raw Power.Prices for originals have ascended rapidly on the vintage market, over the past two or three years in particular, reaching the high four-figure range.Įven so, the Les Paul/SG Special is still a far more attainable golden-age Gibson original than a sunburst Les Paul or a dot-neck ES-335 – although it’ll cost you a little more than the $150 pawnshop prize some lucky punk rocker walked out the door with in 1977. Since the 1970s, the Les Paul Special has been a near-constant in the Gibson catalog, in a variety of single- and double-cutaway models. Ill always prefer my SG special II with EMGs 81/85 in. The SG Special in this thick-bodied, double-cutaway guise carried on into early 1961, though a little further into that year the more familiar thin-bodied, pointy-horned version of the SG joined a team of similarly styled guitars, the rest of which wore the Les Paul model name into 1962, and SG after. My intention was to buy a Gibson SG Worn Cherry but after comparing the two I found the Raw Power to have much more playability and tone.
#Sg special raw power series#
A natural satin finish denotes the cornerstone of the series (with a smoky. While the SG Raw Power comes with 24 frets, the LP Studio Raw Power has only 22 frets. These guitars featured both dot and trapezoid inlays on the maple board, and 57. On top of that, both include a Gibson Tune-O-Matic bridge, green-key Grover Kluson-style tuners, a Corian nut, a glued-in 24 3/4' scale neck with a neck width of 1 11/16' at the nut. Joe Perry performing with the more familiar thin-bodied, pointy-horned version of the SG Special (Image credit: Stefan M. The Gibson SG Raw Power is an all-maple twist on the classic SG platform. It’s well seasoned, resonant and light, bringing this guitar in at a mere 7.2 pounds. The wood from this era is known to have been among the best ever used in Kalamazoo. Introduction Georgia Peaches Live at Richards, Atlanta, GA, October 1973. In addition to the excellent Gibson build quality of the era, the Special’s appeal lies in the combination of its well-aged Honduran mahogany and the early P-90 pickups. It could easily be mistaken for a Custom Shop reissue at first glance. The 1960 Special provided for my examination by John Shults of True Vintage Guitar is a stunningly nice example, with a cherry finish that’s still impressively bright and colorful, and a relatively minor level of playing wear. In addition to the excellent Gibson build quality of the era, the Special’s appeal lies in the combination of its well-aged Honduran mahogany and the early P-90 pickups Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Single-coil Pickups - Vintage Cherry. Reactions: LeadFinger, KoA, smittyp and 4 others. But, anyway, I just bought a Raw Power SG and picked it up on my lunch break. It also carries two excellent P-90s, the gutsy, dynamic single-coil units used on all second-tier Gibson guitars of this era. Wish I had the funds to snap it up: Gibson SG Special Raw Power Natural Maple w Hard Case Gig Bag 18318 eBay. Hey everyone, Im the king lurker on this board - like, 5 posts even though Im on here almost every day. 82 inches deep at the first fret, it isn’t quite as slim as many 1960 Gibsons are purported to be. The glued-in neck has a bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and a slightly thinner profile than earlier examples, but at. examples include the swamp ash SG Special, the SG Zoot Suit, made using multiple birch wood laminate, and the SG Voodoo, the 2009 Raw Power, and some.
#Sg special raw power professional#
The Special is further defined by stripped-down features in the form of the simpler slab body made from Honduran mahogany, dot inlays and a wrap-around bridge, but the Special was a fully-fledged Gibson in every way and built to be an uncompromising professional guitar. It was also unique in being the only SG Special featuring '57 Classic humbuckers instead of the usual 490R/490T set.1960 Gibson SG Special (Image credit: JOHN SHULTS/TRUE VINTAGE GUITAR) The SG Special Raw Power was introduced in 2009 as the first SG ever produced with a Maple body, and offered a large range of finish options.
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