1961 Gibson Les Paul/SG owned, played and signed by Carlos Santana. The Instrument comes in a original "Gibson Artist Paisley" case, which were introduced in about 1973. They were very expensive, so there a not many of these cases around. The guitar is in remarkable fine condition for its 52 (!) years of age, with no cracks or repairs or refinishing to any part of the body. Everything is stock original, except the sideways Vibrola has been replaced with a regular stop/tailpiece, the frets have been refretted and the pots have been changed in 1975 (CTS 137 75 22). There comes a picture of Carlos Santana holding the guitar and a Letter of Authenticity from Santanas personal Assistant, assuring, that this guitar has been owned, played and signed by Carlos Santana.

Buddy Guy is associated with a 1961/1962 Gibson Les Paul SG Custom, as featured on the cover of his album "I Was Walking Through the Woods," released in 1974. Although the album was recorded between 1960 and 1964, this suggests Buddy used the guitar during that period. According to GroundGuitar, Buddy kept the guitar at his home until discovering a cracked headstock, after which he gave it to his nephew for repair.

Tom is playing this guitar in the opening of his January 2020 episode of Rig Rundown, and timestamped at 3:49, Tom will go on to explain a little bit about this guitar.

"Well, this is a '61 SG Custom, or Les Paul Custom, as it says.."

"They're usually white, and this is a factory black... but this is one of less than probably three ever made."

Sister Rosetta's most recognizable guitar is easily her iconic Gibson Les Paul (SG) in white with 3 low-output PAF style humbuckers and old-style Maestro vibrato. In 1961 , Gibson rebranded a rejected Les Paul model as the now famous "SG (Solid Guitar) Custom Model". It quickly gained popularity and--as a result of further rebranding and improvements--underwent numerous changes in the early 1960's. These gradual changes allow us to confirm the exact year and model: a 1962 Gibson Les Paul SG. The Maestro vibrato was replaced by the vibrola in 1963 and the "Les Paul Custom" logo was moved from the head to the pickguard (just above the neck pickup) in 1962.

A vintage Les Paul SG Custom (very similar to Sister Rosetta's) was put on exhibit by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with the following technical description:

Mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard; 24 ¾ in. scale; white lacquer finish; set neck with mother-of-pearl block inlays and ivoried binding; headstock with inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson logo, split-diamond design, five-ply white and black binding; three PAF humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; gold-plated side-action vibrato system with folding arm, tune-o-matic bridge, Grover tuners, and pickup covers, three-ply white and black plastic pickguard marked "CUSTOM" at end of fingerboard, black and clear plastic knobs with silver caps

Fito can be seen playing a yellow Sg custom

pesar de ser en apariencia igual a la SG, el modelo Les Paul cambió en el año 61 por este, y al volver a su modelo original este fué bautizado como SG, por solid guitar. Esta era una de las guitarras preferidas de Pappo y la tuvo desde sus épocas de Pappo’s Blues en los 70 para luego ser muy utilizada en la primer etapa de Riff. Esta guitarra fué destruida en un show de Riff en Obras en el cual al apagarse las luces Pappo lanzaba la guitarra hacia arriba y explotaba por una carga explosiva colocada en el reverso de la guitarra. Fué rescatada por Hector Starc y reconstruida por encargo de él, quien la posee al día de hoy.

Bobby played Les paul SG Custom in this picture.