S. Cane
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So, I would like to hear what you think about something that kinda annoys me.
I buy my guitars the old way, I need a particular guitar, like a strat or a les paul, I go to the music shop and see what's available. That's how I bought my Am Std Stratocaster. I was as the shop, the guitar was there, I played it, loved it and paid for it. I still got it and am as happy as can be, gigging with it all the time.
Same happened when I wanted a guitar with humbuckers. There was this Gibson 1961 Reissue SG in faded worn brown. I always liked the look of a faded cherry/natural/brownish SG, and the guitar was definitely a player. I loved the sound of those classic 57s on it, so I ordered one (the one on display had a flaw).
Here it is:
So, I gig with this guitar all the time, it sounds killer. I know it ain't a VOS guitar. And it's all right, I don't mind the stopbar, the Nashville bridge and the single ring tuners.
Now, what makes me love and hate it on occasion is the finish. The feel of the naked wood really breaks my deal when I pay attention to it.
Sometimes I look at it and love it, and some other times I just can't consider it the "real deal" SG. It's kind ahard to describe but it's like that. I mean, it's meant to be a "played in" like finish, but as a matter of fact regular finished Gibsons don't age like that, the finish crackles and shrinks, you don't really gat that "naked wood" feel that the faded worn finish provides.
I know people stripped guitars all the time back in the day and naked mahogany guitars were around even among artists, and all, but still...
What do you guys think of faded "worn" finishes on Gibsons like this SG?
P.S. I know I'll get replies like "if you don't like it spray it or sell it" but my point in this thread is to know how YOU guys feel about this.
I buy my guitars the old way, I need a particular guitar, like a strat or a les paul, I go to the music shop and see what's available. That's how I bought my Am Std Stratocaster. I was as the shop, the guitar was there, I played it, loved it and paid for it. I still got it and am as happy as can be, gigging with it all the time.
Same happened when I wanted a guitar with humbuckers. There was this Gibson 1961 Reissue SG in faded worn brown. I always liked the look of a faded cherry/natural/brownish SG, and the guitar was definitely a player. I loved the sound of those classic 57s on it, so I ordered one (the one on display had a flaw).
Here it is:
So, I gig with this guitar all the time, it sounds killer. I know it ain't a VOS guitar. And it's all right, I don't mind the stopbar, the Nashville bridge and the single ring tuners.
Now, what makes me love and hate it on occasion is the finish. The feel of the naked wood really breaks my deal when I pay attention to it.
Sometimes I look at it and love it, and some other times I just can't consider it the "real deal" SG. It's kind ahard to describe but it's like that. I mean, it's meant to be a "played in" like finish, but as a matter of fact regular finished Gibsons don't age like that, the finish crackles and shrinks, you don't really gat that "naked wood" feel that the faded worn finish provides.
I know people stripped guitars all the time back in the day and naked mahogany guitars were around even among artists, and all, but still...
What do you guys think of faded "worn" finishes on Gibsons like this SG?
P.S. I know I'll get replies like "if you don't like it spray it or sell it" but my point in this thread is to know how YOU guys feel about this.