SG hollowbody?

giggsy

Why don't you see any (I don't think I ever have?) Not sure if it would work with mahogany, and it would probably have to be a bit thicker than normal, but you get thinline/semi-hollow variants of almost everything else... I think SG might stand for solid guitar, but I'd be interested in giving one a whirl

singemonkey

Do you know how light a good SG is?

giggsy

More interested in how it would play and sound - SG's (and LP's to a certain extent) haven't really been tinkered with too much - tele's and strats you can get almost whatever pickup configuration you'd like, and plenty thinline tele's, but is the SG just too iconic? Generally just double humbucker (apart from the Juniors) but I might be wrong.

StefStoep

Giggsy wrote: Why don't you see any (I don't think I ever have?) Not sure if it would work with mahogany, and it would probably have to be a bit thicker than normal, but you get thinline/semi-hollow variants of almost everything else... I think SG might stand for solid guitar, but I'd be interested in giving one a whirl

You are 100% with the solid guitar. A year or so ago Gibson made a suggestion of doing a SG "thinline" style on Facebook and asked fans of the page to give their opinion, 99% of people hated the idea and i think that is where the thought of doing anything to an SG except building solid guitars stopped. IMHO i also wouldn't like a SG "thinline", i own SG Standard and really love the guitar, keep the SG what it is.

giggsy

StefStoep wrote:
Giggsy wrote: Why don't you see any (I don't think I ever have?) Not sure if it would work with mahogany, and it would probably have to be a bit thicker than normal, but you get thinline/semi-hollow variants of almost everything else... I think SG might stand for solid guitar, but I'd be interested in giving one a whirl
You are 100% with the solid guitar. A year or so ago Gibson made a suggestion of doing a SG "thinline" style on Facebook and asked fans of the page to give their opinion, 99% of people hated the idea and i think that is where the thought of doing anything to an SG except building solid guitars stopped. IMHO i also wouldn't like a SG "thinline", i own SG Standard and really love the guitar, keep the SG what it is.

Cool, thanks, so they have thought about it. To be honest, not sure if I would go for one either (unless it played and sounded superb) but was just wondering if it had been done.

MikeM

SGs are already typically neck heavy ? I see no reason to going any lighter personally..

singemonkey

MikeM wrote: SGs are already typically neck heavy ? I see no reason to going any lighter personally..

This is true.

I dunno. Maybe we'd get used to it and it'd end up as a classic. I've seen f-hole Les Pauls that don't look terrible (and lots of LPs are hollow). But somehow I reckon it'd be more like the Strat that has never had any lasting need to be hollowed out.

Tokai-SA

StefStoep wrote:
Giggsy wrote: Why don't you see any (I don't think I ever have?) Not sure if it would work with mahogany, and it would probably have to be a bit thicker than normal, but you get thinline/semi-hollow variants of almost everything else... I think SG might stand for solid guitar, but I'd be interested in giving one a whirl
A year or so ago Gibson made a suggestion of doing a SG "thinline" style on Facebook and asked fans of the page to give their opinion, 99% of people hated the idea

I'm surprised they didn't go ahead and do it, after all, 1% liked the idea.

AlanRatcliffe

MikeM wrote: SGs are already typically neck heavy ? I see no reason to going any lighter personally..

This. Plus it's a thin body - and a thicker SG wouldn't be an SG IMO.

domhatch

Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
MikeM wrote: SGs are already typically neck heavy ? I see no reason to going any lighter personally..
This. Plus it's a thin body - and a thicker SG wouldn't be an SG IMO.

a rose by any other name and all that... i must say though, i love my sg for mostly one reason, and that's the way it sounds. it's a bitch to play. it is neck-heavy, and sits very uncomfortably on the ol' bod when i play. if i could find something with that bright buckin sound i'd switch, but i do love the old bird (all two years 'old' of her).

maybe i should just try strappin to the nut rather than to the upper bout. would that help balance the weight a little more evenly? anyone play an sg this way? potential neck damage?

tks
dh|

giggsy

singemonkey

domhatch wrote:
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
MikeM wrote: SGs are already typically neck heavy ? I see no reason to going any lighter personally..
This. Plus it's a thin body - and a thicker SG wouldn't be an SG IMO.
a rose by any other name and all that... i must say though, i love my sg for mostly one reason, and that's the way it sounds. it's a bitch to play. it is neck-heavy, and sits very uncomfortably on the ol' bod when i play. if i could find something with that bright buckin sound i'd switch, but i do love the old bird (all two years 'old' of her).

maybe i should just try strappin to the nut rather than to the upper bout. would that help balance the weight a little more evenly? anyone play an sg this way? potential neck damage?

tks
dh|

As everyone says, you just need a strap that has a lot of friction on your shoulder - i.e., not one of those nylon Ernie Ball numbers. I'm just using some cheap synthetic suede thing at the moment and it stays in place perfectly.

Giggsy wrote:

No.

Gearhead

Mayones do a very very nice one. Would love to try.

singemonkey

Gearhead wrote: Mayones do a very very nice one. Would love to try.

Yeah. That's a little better. It deviates from the SG body shape a bit though.

domhatch

singemonkey wrote: As everyone says, you just need a strap that has a lot of friction on your shoulder - i.e., not one of those nylon Ernie Ball numbers. I'm just using some cheap synthetic suede thing at the moment and it stays in place perfectly.

hey singe. i have a really quite expensive levy's leather strap (it's white, bought to match the guitar - the wife loves me too much) which gives plenty of resistance, actually. never thought of the 'fulcrum' (as it were) as being the problem area although that's really a bit of a duh. innit? i tend to play sitting down, so the strap hasn't had much use. will have to rectify that...

actually, the guitar hasn't had much use of late. will definitely have to rectify that. anyone got the wining lotto numbers? enough with this working for other people's living crap already.

i wanna build me a studio and make music - mine and other folks'...
dh|

singemonkey

Get out there and play man! ?

Malkav

For what it's worth Jonas Hellborg's signature Warwick bass is vaguely SG esque and is a hollow body ?

Psean

An ES variant, but this has some SG in it:

And I think it looks brilliant.

http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/16126/2007-Gibson-Custom-Shop-Johnny-A-Standard-Electric-Guitar-Natural-Walnut---Used/

Psean

But I think the current version is nowhere near as nice. The flame doesn't do it for me on this one.

selbydoodl

I swapped out the standard P90's for a set of Bare Knuckle warpigs and boy does my SG scream now! !

Hollow body SG? - not enough wood there to do that IMHO.