Obviously if you are a guitarist in any shape or form, you are probably aware of the Gibson brand of guitars. Along with Fender, Gibson makes up the big two in the world of guitars and even if you're not aware of it, it's possible that your favorite guitar brand is owned by them both as they make up a large portion of the market. Well through the years Gibson has been quite the polarizing figure in the world of guitars mainly because of their pricing as well as the sometimes shoddy quality control. That all seemed to come to a head in 2015 with Gibson making a lot of changes to their guitars that players didn't exactly want, that caused quite a price increase for the guitar line. Well, the company has seemingly heard the cries of the public, as in 2016 they are keeping their changes in a line called HP (High Performance) and they are keeping things just the way most of us wanted them to in their T (Traditional) line. With this being said I was personally happy to see this as I've always been partial to the Gibson designed guitars. Then one day I was in a local guitar shop and to my supersede they had the 2016 line in stock and ready to rock! So I tried out a few, such as the new Les Paul Traditionals (played great), the SG Faded T (also really liked the way it played) and the new SG Standard T (fell in LOVE on the spot). So in a frenzy I knew I just had to have one. It took me about a week or so to get the money together, went back and bought the Gibson SG Standard T and took it home. I cannot tell you not only how surprised I was by the guitar the first time I played it, but how much I still love it after having it for almost a month. This guitar plays FANTASTIC!!!!!
First and foremost this guitar comes with period correct knobs, it's has a solid mahogany body, which was hand sprayed in gloss nitrocellulose providing a great looking finish. The mahogany neck is bound with dot markers as well. This neck features the standard classic width that the company reverted away from in 2015 and features a Graph-Tech self lubricating nut. It has trapezoid inlays and is thicker than 2015 as well. The SG Standard T features the 490R pickup in the neck and the 498T pickup in the bridge, with chrome hardware with a tune-o-matic bridge with a stopbar tailpiece, as well as the traditional tuners without the automatic tuner that Gibson got so much flack for last year. The SG Standard T also comes with a deluxe padded gig bag. I'm not the biggest fan of gig bags, but this is probably the nicest ones I've ever seen.
Overall, if you've been apprehensive of Gibson for some of their mistakes in 2015, make no mistake, they've really gotten it all together for their 2016 T line. These are fantastic guitars! Gibson is back!
great review.... I was never an SG guy based on the shape and the Sabbath associations with the standard, but I have found its Gibson's best Nashville model, there are dogs to sort out and ones that don't feel right in my hand or lack balance or whatever, but across the board a solid guitar (pun intended). I was sad when they fucked with her in 2015 because I had been considering a back up to my older cherry SG and didn't want to buy a 61 RI because its hard to find fat necked RIs and they are costly and did not care for the 2013 and 2014 models even though they ahd the cool small 61 pickguard. I am glad to hear they fixed the SG, its a real workhorse. I play the shit outta mine.
Thanks Jim! I'm more of a Les Paul guy, but I've always found the SG to be a nice backup that can make similar tones for when your back can't take a LP for hours on end. But regardless this is quickly becoming my favorite guitar. I played it like crazy the first week I had it, then I kinda started cycling through my guitars. Then after letting it sit about a week, I got back into playing it again and I haven't put it down since. Such a killer guitar. Although I won't be holding my breath, I'd really like to get one of those Roxy SGs (basically a Zappa signature model) but I can just imagine how much it would cost me. I'm assuming they're fairly rare as I don't see them for sale anywhere, ever. Bottom line is that SGs are such a blast to play!
The new Gibson SG Standard T
Obviously if you are a guitarist in any shape or form, you are probably aware of the Gibson brand of guitars. Along with Fender, Gibson makes up the big two in the world of guitars and even if you're not aware of it, it's possible that your favorite guitar brand is owned by them both as they make up a large portion of the market. Well through the years Gibson has been quite the polarizing figure in the world of guitars mainly because of their pricing as well as the sometimes shoddy quality control. That all seemed to come to a head in 2015 with Gibson making a lot of changes to their guitars that players didn't exactly want, that caused quite a price increase for the guitar line. Well, the company has seemingly heard the cries of the public, as in 2016 they are keeping their changes in a line called HP (High Performance) and they are keeping things just the way most of us wanted them to in their T (Traditional) line. With this being said I was personally happy to see this as I've always been partial to the Gibson designed guitars. Then one day I was in a local guitar shop and to my supersede they had the 2016 line in stock and ready to rock! So I tried out a few, such as the new Les Paul Traditionals (played great), the SG Faded T (also really liked the way it played) and the new SG Standard T (fell in LOVE on the spot). So in a frenzy I knew I just had to have one. It took me about a week or so to get the money together, went back and bought the Gibson SG Standard T and took it home. I cannot tell you not only how surprised I was by the guitar the first time I played it, but how much I still love it after having it for almost a month. This guitar plays FANTASTIC!!!!!
First and foremost this guitar comes with period correct knobs, it's has a solid mahogany body, which was hand sprayed in gloss nitrocellulose providing a great looking finish. The mahogany neck is bound with dot markers as well. This neck features the standard classic width that the company reverted away from in 2015 and features a Graph-Tech self lubricating nut. It has trapezoid inlays and is thicker than 2015 as well. The SG Standard T features the 490R pickup in the neck and the 498T pickup in the bridge, with chrome hardware with a tune-o-matic bridge with a stopbar tailpiece, as well as the traditional tuners without the automatic tuner that Gibson got so much flack for last year. The SG Standard T also comes with a deluxe padded gig bag. I'm not the biggest fan of gig bags, but this is probably the nicest ones I've ever seen.
Overall, if you've been apprehensive of Gibson for some of their mistakes in 2015, make no mistake, they've really gotten it all together for their 2016 T line. These are fantastic guitars! Gibson is back!
great review.... I was never an SG guy based on the shape and the Sabbath associations with the standard, but I have found its Gibson's best Nashville model, there are dogs to sort out and ones that don't feel right in my hand or lack balance or whatever, but across the board a solid guitar (pun intended). I was sad when they fucked with her in 2015 because I had been considering a back up to my older cherry SG and didn't want to buy a 61 RI because its hard to find fat necked RIs and they are costly and did not care for the 2013 and 2014 models even though they ahd the cool small 61 pickguard. I am glad to hear they fixed the SG, its a real workhorse. I play the shit outta mine.
Thanks Jim! I'm more of a Les Paul guy, but I've always found the SG to be a nice backup that can make similar tones for when your back can't take a LP for hours on end. But regardless this is quickly becoming my favorite guitar. I played it like crazy the first week I had it, then I kinda started cycling through my guitars. Then after letting it sit about a week, I got back into playing it again and I haven't put it down since. Such a killer guitar. Although I won't be holding my breath, I'd really like to get one of those Roxy SGs (basically a Zappa signature model) but I can just imagine how much it would cost me. I'm assuming they're fairly rare as I don't see them for sale anywhere, ever. Bottom line is that SGs are such a blast to play!