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frazettafan

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I see you have a No.1 strap. Do you know Thomas Welbier? If you do send him my best regards-great guy!

No - who is he, Elliot? Did he design the thing? They are great straps and seem to help with the sg junior's slight neck-heavyness.
 

Old crow

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My restored by RS, 64.








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Cussion

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Got this 2002 SG Standard yesterday, upgraded with great sounding Skatterbrane Yangbranes pickups.
Been playing some 1967 era Cream / Clapton and some 'Get yer ya ya's out' Stones / MT lately, and it really nails it!

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EFLOW

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My SG number 1 is a Standard Ltd it sounds very hot.It was made for the second Millenium, stock ABR-1 bridge


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Ad_02Std

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Hey guys, I used to have an SG special. Had a Bigsby which I eventually took off and was able to use the stop tailpiece as a wrap/stop because it had compensated string slots on it. This guitar had a big pick guard but I remembered it as a '67...though everyone I talk to about it now...(the guitar is long gone), says it was a '68.

Look very close to the "Townsend SG" pictured above and previously in this thread.

Could it have been a '67? When did the bigger guard begin?

I don't think anybody actually answered you.

1967 was the first year for the large guard.

Here's my '67 Special:

 

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I bought this 2001 "Made In USA" SG Junior on a whim from a local shop about 5 years ago. It was (relatively) cheap, and I wanted an SG. It has a great chunky neck and nice frets, but I always found it a little muddy and one dimensional plugged in. I used it as my travel guitar for a few years, practising and writing on it in hotel rooms whilst on business and on holiday. Other than that it sat in its case, unloved.

I advertised it for sale for a while, but about a year ago I did the '50s wiring mod on it, and spent a while adjusting the pickup and polepiece height, and it completely transformed the plugged in sound.

I don't know why, but this model was made with the slanted bridge studs, like an old Les Paul Junior, and supplied with a compensated bridge for the straight studs, as seen on the Townshend model. The two just don't go together. I had another compensated bridge left over from a project that was designed to intonate on the slanted studs, so put that on. I then fitted a set of old chrome '70s Grovers I had knocking around as the tuners that came fitted were pretty crappy, and I just love old Grovers.

It's now my favourite guitar. I use it for everything, from sitting strumming unplugged on the sofa, to wailing through the Marshall half-stack with my band and all points in between. It's become the guitar I judge all others by.
 
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Kris Ford

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I bought this 2001 "Made In USA" SG Junior on a whim from a local shop about 5 years ago. It was (relatively) cheap, and I wanted an SG. It has a great chunky neck and nice frets, but I always found it a little muddy and one dimensional plugged in. I used it as my travel guitar for a few years, practising and writing on it in hotel rooms whilst on business and on holiday. Other than that it sat in its case, unloved.

I advertised it for sale for a while, but about a year ago I did the '50s wiring mod on it, and spent a while adjusting the pickup and polepiece height, and it completely transformed the plugged in sound.

I don't know why, but this model was made with the slanted bridge studs, like an old Les Paul Junior, and supplied with a compensated bridge for the straight studs, as seen on the Townshend model. The two just don't go together. I had another compensated bridge left over from a project that was designed to intonate on the slanted studs, so put that on. I then fitted a set of old chrome '70s Grovers I had knocking around as the tuners that came fitted were pretty crappy, and I just love old Grovers.

It's now my favourite guitar. I use it for everything, from sitting strumming unplugged on the sofa, to wailing through the Marshall half-stack with my band and all points in between. It's become the guitar I judge all others by.

I had one of those as well..I loved mine, but sold it..:dang
 
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