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Custom Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar

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Custom Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar

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19 Artists Use This
Billie Joe Armstrong

A close up of Billie Joe Armstrong's Gibson SG Special can be seen at 1:17 in this video of his performance of "Good Riddance" at Bizarre Festival in Germany, on August 18, 2001.
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Tony Iommi

Used on Black Sabbath's debut album, this guitar became one Iommi's iconic instruments throughout his career. [It is a '65 custom.](http://www.tonyiommifantastic.com/about-tony/equipment-electric-guitars-acoustic-amplifiers-effects-pickups-gear-strings-gibson-jaydee-oldboy.html)
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Mike Shinoda

he can be seen using this guitar
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Izzy Stradlin

This is a show where izzy joins velvet revolver for "its so easy" (originally written by guns). you can see it throughout the whole video, and seems to be an arcitc whit SG. you might have to fix my pick for an item as i chose custom SG, but i dont know what model it is, although it seems to say "custom shop" on the truss rod cover.
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Brian Molko

Molko used this guitar back to the Placebo's early beginnings, but now he uses this guitar for "Every You Every Me", in this photo they are playing this particular song, quite possibly the intro of it. This photo comes from 2009 Pinkpop festival.
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Zachary Cole Smith

Here you can see Smith using a Gibson SG Special.
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Niall Horan

in this video Niall was singing "Where do Broken Hearts go" and playing Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar
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Morgan Nicholls

Morgan can be seen most clearly at 1:18 in this 2010 video using a USA custom SG.
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Luis Alberto Spinetta

Cita: "Después Eddy me trajo de New York dos Gibson. Una SG Custom, que como tenía los trastes finitos, "fretless wonder" (maravilla sin trastes), era imposible de tocar, y de pique, era color como "Sadima Muebles" ¿viste esos muebles que son como barnizados, pero que son muy berretas?"
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Ryan Peake

using his custom gold and candy red here
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Matt Bigland

Look at the photo
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Patterson Hood

According to Premier Guitar, Hood uses the Gibson SG Special.
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Tim McTague

At 0.13 he pick up his guitar and say what brand and model it is, also talks about the mics modifications
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Peter Svensson

Seen playing yellow one with 2 p90 pickups at 2:14 mark.
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Mathias Färm

He used an all-white Gibson SG for live and in the studio in the late-90's - early 00's
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Michael Bruce

Bruce points out that the SG meshed perfectly with his style of play. “My fingers aren’t very long, and other guitars just didn’t feel right,” he said. “I play really hard, and press down hard on the frets. It’s not exactly the feathery touch that someone like, say, Eric Clapton has. The SG allows me to play that way. I remember my first SG, which had a single-coil black pickup. Later, I got an SG Special, with two [P-90] humbuckers, and put my original single-coil pickups in that guitar. That gave it a really nice fat sound. Glen and I liked to do these long, droning things, and the SGs were perfect for that.”
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Jamie Tipson

The bridge pickup's have been replaced with Bareknuckle Warpigs! The hardware has had a slight change in colours and the machine heads have been upgraded to Gibson Deluxe ones
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The Feral Trees

"after playing alongside of this guitar for the last year, I am the biggest gibson fan. The SG captures all the dark, smooth and crunchy lows i've always dreamed of." Moriah Woods
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Robben Ford

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3 Reviews

lmaoo__

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Great, Versatile Guitar

I have a Gibson SG Special in a puder color (it is like a light gray). I love it! It was my first guitar and ever since i got it, it has been my #1 when i play anywhere! I must add the kinds of tones you can get on a SG are insane! When people say this is a poor man's les paul, it breaks my heart honestly. Plus it tells me that they are too stubborn to go to your local Guitar Center and play one. This guitar is man's guitar for sure

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over 3 years ago
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jimmarchi1 Moderator

pewter, you mean pewter.... is the headstock pewter colored and does it have a brushed steel pickguard? if so its a platinum edition like my LP and is VERY RARE, I have only ever seen one SG special platinum

over 3 years ago

lmaoo__

Yes puter, and no the pickguard is black. The neck is made out of Rosewood. Plus if it was a Platinum, i would know, they look pretty damn cool too.

over 3 years ago

djlove_stellarmusic

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1995 Black on Black

This is one of my least played guitars, but when I play it I am reminded of the feel and tone. I was never a fan of the SG model, but I am glad I have it in my stable.

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almost 4 years ago
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criacuervos

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Another guitar I use for fatter guitar sounds.

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over 5 years ago
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