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So recently i was browsing Gibson and discovered this intriguing yet somewhat disturbing SG.

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Ele...0s-Tribute.aspx

50's Sg what a strange concept considering Sg's came around in '61 if i remember right.

"Gibson USA is celebrating 2013 as the Year of Les Paul, and is blowing it up big with a new series of decade-dedicated Tribute SGs, each of which honors the artistry and innovation of inventor and guitarist Les Paul by capturing the essence of a great SG equipped with components from one of four different eras."

Okay so Gibson celebrates Les Paul by making a guitar that he disliked so much he actually had his name removed from it?

"The SG ’50s Tribute represents the look, feel, and tone of the set-neck, double-cutaway solidbody as it would have appeared equipped with features of the 1950s"

Ahh Gibson why? Why?

I remember reading that Les Paul didn't want his name on the SG. Seems odd that they would do that, as if no one knows that. Still, guitar politics are dumb, so I really don't care about something so trivial.

That is strange. :haha:

Doesn't really mean anything but it's odd.

Personally this actually makes me angry lol

They are doing it just to annoy you.

Then it has succeeded :grrr: :haha:

I remember there being some interview with him years after in which he explains why his name was taken off. The early prototypes he didn't like because they had a number of issues that he didn't like. He said that you could change the key of the guitar just by pulling on the neck and to fix those issues before putting his name on it. In the same interview he states that it was a mistake to tell them that since it sells so well.

Lets also not forget that he was about to divorce Mary Ford at that time... so do you think it would be good for him to sign some sort of contract to have his name on it at that time? Especially when she would get part of it. He did not like giving her money at all...

50s SG? I thought the first year for the SG was '60

Right now the designers are sitting at a table, staring at each other, their high rapidly dissipating, all sharing the same thought: "we dun goofed".

First year of the SG was 1961. I should know, I have one :D

Holy crap, only $1,500 MSRP? That's crazy cheap for Gibson.

Well, if you'd look around most shopping sites, Gibson's 2013 models are up (didn't see a thread about it). There are a lot of new SG's and Les Pauls up, the lowet priced being around 700 bucks IIRC. That said, a lot of new models do seem wierd. I think they're doing something they called a ''Future Tribute''. Still, wierd to see no new Explorers, Flying v's or Firebirds.

i think it's pretty silly to call that guitar a "50s tribute", but it's only a name.

I think he said that more jokingly, in regards to him putting his name on it, but i do remeber seeing that in an interview too.

Also a while ago I was watching Pawnstars and someone brought in an SG-Les Paul that Mary Ford had owned. They estimated that some work on it had actually been done by Les himself.

I don't see why they couldn't call it the SG studio or something.

It says it comes with the features it would have if it had been released in the '50's...including robot tuners, apparently...

A silly name but probably not a bad guitar. It's not as outlandish as Gibson's other recent efforts. Besides, Fender have been doing this sort of thing for years (see: Pawn Shop series)

The guitar looks nice but the whole "what-if" thing is kind of ridiculous, slap on an "SG" truss rod cover and I can dig it.

(prepared for a hell of alot of hate) i actually kinda like it

I like the look of the tuners :shrug:

What's in a name anyway? It's a cool looking SG.