The lack of tuning problem is very interesting to me as I had an SG Standard that I purchased new in 1973! It had the Walnut finish and would not stay in tune. If you laid it on its back on a flat surface, and strummed the strings and lifted it up with your hand behind the neck, it went 50 cents flat. The guy I bought it from felt bad and traded me straight across for a 1962 original SG that had been beaten to death. That was, however, the finest guitar I ever owned. A friend of mine has it now. He will not part with it for love nor money. That guitar is a "Tone Monster". Plays like a Les Paul Custom.
I had the same one (red), inherited from my uncle.
I couldn't get the sound I wanted out of the P90's, but I was too ... I don't know what (dumb surely) ... to re-root the pickup cavities and install 57' humbuckers.
I sold it ... BIG ERROR ... I should have f***ed that piece of wood and continued to play with it.
If you have an instrument that you like, the best thing to do is to make it YOUR OWN thing, regardless of all things like "vintage respect" or whatsoever stupid thought. A guitar is meant to be played !!!
I have found that most collectors that are really obsessive can't really play..So what's the point? I used to have a Melody Maker that had that kind of wrap around bridge and it was a bear to tune! Gotta love P-90's.
I agree wholeheartedly about compulsive collectors. First and foremost, an instument has to be playable, road-worthy, and apt to take some lumps along with the player. Strictly "collectib;e" instruments are for being appraised, hung in a glass case somewhere, or being gawked instead of listened to. Give Rick Nielsen a shiny new guitar, and h**l hang it under the other four guitars he's playing. Talk about instant relic'ing, LOL!
The lack of tuning problem is very interesting to me as I had an SG Standard that I purchased new in 1973! It had the Walnut finish and would not stay in tune. If you laid it on its back on a flat surface, and strummed the strings and lifted it up with your hand behind the neck, it went 50 cents flat. The guy I bought it from felt bad and traded me straight across for a 1962 original SG that had been beaten to death. That was, however, the finest guitar I ever owned. A friend of mine has it now. He will not part with it for love nor money. That guitar is a "Tone Monster". Plays like a Les Paul Custom.
I had the same one (red), inherited from my uncle.
I couldn't get the sound I wanted out of the P90's, but I was too ... I don't know what (dumb surely) ... to re-root the pickup cavities and install 57' humbuckers.
I sold it ... BIG ERROR ... I should have f***ed that piece of wood and continued to play with it.
If you have an instrument that you like, the best thing to do is to make it YOUR OWN thing, regardless of all things like "vintage respect" or whatsoever stupid thought. A guitar is meant to be played !!!
A 60's SG Special with P90's. YUMMY!!! Didn't Jake E. Lee have a white 60's SG JR back in the day?
So when do we get to see the Madonna and Sheik Yerbooti guitars? I'd really like to see a close up of those two!!!
I have found that most collectors that are really obsessive can't really play..So what's the point? I used to have a Melody Maker that had that kind of wrap around bridge and it was a bear to tune! Gotta love P-90's.
I agree wholeheartedly about compulsive collectors. First and foremost, an instument has to be playable, road-worthy, and apt to take some lumps along with the player. Strictly "collectib;e" instruments are for being appraised, hung in a glass case somewhere, or being gawked instead of listened to. Give Rick Nielsen a shiny new guitar, and h**l hang it under the other four guitars he's playing. Talk about instant relic'ing, LOL!
nice i think i've seen a video of you playng this at a steve vai show.