SG Supreme Review

The new king of the "solid guitars", the SG Supreme is a direct descendant of Gibson's original solidbody guitar, the Les Paul.

Features:	9.5
Sound:	10
Action:	9.8
Reliability:	10
Impression:	9.8
Overall rating:	9.8
Users rating:	7.8
Comments:	66

overall: 10

Featured review by: disposablehero7, on may 19, 2004

Price paid: $ 2000

Purchased from: axe in hand

Features: 2001-Hand made in the USA, 24 Jumbo frets, Solid AAAA Maple Top, 2 Volume 2 Tone 3 Way Switch, Gibson Burstbucker 2(bridge) 3(Neck), Passive hum, Mahogany with Maple top, Maple Neck with Ebony Fingerboard, Transpartent Burst Flame top, SG Body, Tune O Matic, Grover Kidney Tuners, Medium Neck Jumbo Frets, Hard Case. // 10

Sound: I play anything from folk to deathmetal and this does it all
I use a Boss DS-1, dan-o-wah,and milkshake chorus No i repeat No noise when distorted, get feedback when you want it. Neck is rich and full while the Bridge is Bright and killer. It produces sounds from jimmy page to slash to kerry king and back with a flik of a Switch or two. I love it, i cant quit playing it. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: I bought it from Axe in hand which is a high end dealer so the action was good when i first played it and they set it up even better. Pickups were perfect, everthing was perfectly done Cudos to the dude kevin at Gibson that built that body. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Gold Hardwear is durable and beautiful. Straps are solid as the day i bought them, i can pull all the tricks and i walk around on stage with it hangin off my back and they still hold up. Ive been using it for 3 years with out a backup and its never failed me. // 10

Impression: I love this guitar, great for all styles of music (even that punk emo crap). Ive been playin since 1998 and play through a Kustom and Crate amp. I played this thing in the shop for about 4 hours before i bought it so i learned it all. If it were stolen id find the a$$ wipe and work him over with a baseball bat. Ive played strats and teles before this and while the Fender customs are good Gibson is God. Cant wish for nuthin else. If ya can afford the high price it would be well worth it to get one, never have to buy another guitar again. // 10

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 03, 2006

Price paid: $ 1100

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: The features on this guitar are pretty nice right out of the box. Handmade in the US just like all Gibson guitars, you can tell right away that this thing was meant to be played. I have the faded cherry finish, which is absolutely gorgeous. The Tune-O-Matic bridge is pretty nice, though I had to adjust it a little bit to get it how I wanted it. The strap buttons are kind of iffy, and I didn't decide to gig it until I put strap locks on it. Besides that, the guitar was pretty good stock. // 9

Sound: I play a lot of different kinds of music, anything from progressive rock/metal to classic rock. The guitar is amazingly versatile, and can pretty much play anything you want it to. I play through either a Marshall MG100HDFX and 4X12 Marshall cab, or and Orange Rockerverb 100. For effects I have an Ibanez Vintage Tubescreamer Reissue, an MXR Pedal Phaser, MXR 10 band equalizer, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb, among other things. The guitar handles all this madness so well, which is pretty amazing, because it is pretty obvious that I like to experiment with effects. Without effects though, the guitar sounds badass through my Marshall, and absolutely stunning through my orange. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The factory settings were not bad, though I lowered the action a bit, and adjusted the bridge to my pretty exacting specs. The pickups were not bad, though I replaced them a little later with a pair of '57 classics, but kept the original pickups just in case I wanted to change back. The original pickups were nice, but with the '57s this things screams, absolutely positively screams. Because this is a Gibson, none of the little things were done wrong, and overall I have no complaints about the fit or finish of the guitar. I have to say that the finish looks like it will age quite well, and that is something that I look for, because I can promise I will be keeping this guitar for quite some time. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I have gigged this guitar without a backup numerous times, without hesitation. After putting the strap locks on the guitar, I have had absolutely no fear of the strap falling off, which makes for much more worry free playing at the gigs. The hardware is real nice, though on the nickel pickup covers, something seems to be slightly building up. Besides this, everything has exceeded my expectations. This is the first guitar I have ever trusted enough to gig without a backup, which is saying quite alot. // 10

Impression: This guitar more than handles every type of music I play, considering I play everything from prog metal/rock to jazz, that is quite a feat. I have been playing for 5 years, and play about 3-4 hours a day, sometimes I skip homework so that I can play longer, I don't recommend that, but I digress. I own a Fender players Strat, an Epiphone Les Paul Custom, and Martin and Ovation acoustics. This is the guitar I play the most by far, this is my favorite, my baby. My favorite feature of this beast is the neck, butter soft and blindingly fast, after I lowered the action a bit, it was perfect for what I wanted. This guitar will beat anything in the price range. I directly compared it with equivalent Strats, Musicman's, Jacksons, ESPs, everything, and this thing trounced them all. Don't bother spending the extra money for any other guitar, buy this, you definitely will not regret it. Don't bother to buy the 61 reissue, it's cheaper just to buy the '57 classic pickups and retrofit them on this guitar like I did. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Billymack1933, on april 27, 2005

Price paid: $ 1000

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: This guitar has got some sweet features, the pearl inlays, the pearl machine heads and chrome hardware, I love my SG, sick guitar. It's 100% American made 22 frets and the fret board is made of rosewood and the body is mahogany. It's wine red colour is sick. 3-way selector and it comes with a gig bag. // 10

Sound: This SG has a killer sound that will rock you hard. Hooked up to a Line 6 Spider II amp, it suits all the types of music I play which is classic rock, punk and blues. Sound is amazing on this guitar it has a pure Gibson tone. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar is flawless, the pickups work perfectly, the finish is not marked or scratched and its just in amazing condition. I can shred up and down the fret board quickly, so the action is great. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This guitar was built to play live, the quality of this guitar will last throughout its life, it will probably gain value once it is older. I would use this SG at any gig without a backup. The finish is outstanding ad is made to last. // 10

Impression: This Gibson SG is great for my music style, I own a Fender Strat which I like, but the SG blows it away. I have been playing for 1 year. If it were stolen I would track down the ass that stole it and beat him to crap. I would have liked all gold hardware but I'm happy with it. // 10

overall: 9.6

Reviewed by: H4T3BR33D3R, on january 21, 2008

Price paid: $ 1738

Purchased from: Retrotown music.

Features: The SG Supreme is a double cutaway solid-body guitar by Gibson. It features a AA flame maple top, mahogany body, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard with split Diamond inlays, body and neck binding. This model is an '01 and comes with P-90 pickups as apposed to the dual humbuckers of the more recent models. The hardware is the same as the current model, Tune-O-Matic bridge, 3-way toggle switch, and Grover tuners. The guitar comes with a hardshell case. // 9

Sound: I play this guitar through a Laney VH100R. On the clean channel using the bridge pickup, the guitar is quite bright and twangy. It's very reminiscent of a Fender style single coil albeit a bit fatter sounding. The rhythm pickup is very fat sounding, great for chording and Jazzy stuff I reckon. Moving on to a Rock style distortion, the guitar gets very aggressive. The bridge pickup is very nasty sounding (not in a bad way mind you). It almost growls. The guitar still retains clarity, and it sustains quite a bit. The neck pickup is very creamy, leads are very smooth. Kicking on a Metal style distortion, the guitar screams in the bridge position. Leads just jump out. Riffing isn't all that great with this type of distortion but leads are humongous. The neck pickup suffers a little bit with this style distortion, it starts to get muddy but is still plenty usable. I thought I should also mention that this guitar is very quiet, I couldn't hear any of the 60 cycle hum that is usually associated from single coils. This is due to Gibson throwing in a dummy pickup in the control cavity, which acts as a hum-canceler of sorts. // 10

Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up great from the factory. The action was a bit low for my tastes so I raised it a tad. The pickups were adjusted great. The top is gorgeous and was properly book matched. Everything was routed without flaw. The only gripe I had with this guitar was the nut wasn't cut all that well. I filed it down some and it was fine. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I've played this a guitar Live at a couple of clubs and it held up great. The hardware is quality and seems like it will last a long time. The strap buttons are pretty solid but I'd recommend some form of strap locks. Nothing is more embarrassing and infuriating than dropping your guitar while playing, especially if it breaks. This guitar is very dependable and I would probably gig without backup but you can never be too careful. The finish is great and will probably last longer then myself. // 10

Impression: I play everything from pop to metal. I've been playing for two years and own many guitars. This guitar is one of the best if you want a no holds barred, hard rock tone. The cleans are also magnificent. If it were lost or stolen I would definitely buy the guitar again. I highly recommend this guitar. // 9

Comments

[Erlend Johan]

nice guitar

[Luka 00]

good sound and nice guitar

[GibsonKokonuts]

i wish i could buy this in transparent black. i've played it and it is awesome!

[flatline_guitar]

I agree w/ you ^^^^^. I've played the transparent black and the flame colored one. They're awesome guitars. I want the transparent black too. It'll be a LONG time before I get one.

[muzic_sk8]

this guitar is my dream guitar i wish i had the money i would but it

[rollingstones]

the gibson sg is most definetly one of my most favourite guitars and im glad to see that other people agree with me on this
keep on rocking guys
\m/(..)\m/

[thefinalcut]

Love the paint job/top of this guitar.

[J Lock]

The upper frets are too thin..
Not enough spacing.

[notoriousnumber]

i love the sgs but what i dont like which really puts me off is the jumbo frets, i just dont like em

[LPIndin]

cant stand SG's. I played one at Guitar Center and wanted to smash it into 8 gillion peices.

[wingedgopher]

to me a gibson seems to be more of a status symbol than the amazing guitar it is supposed to be. to each his own i guess.

[Maastermind]

cool

[geetarguy92]

iv got an sg and it kiks ass but wen u hav it on the strap it jus leans 2 the left way to much n thats basically the only flaw

[coreyoftheyear2]

sweet guitars, sg's are

[acdc101]

I love SGs but I can't stand the SG Supreme.

[HmTownHero1007]

this sounds sweet. ill have to check this sh it out

[zerohero]

yeah its pretty sweet looking

[astepabove]

i got an sg deluxe, and its a beautiful guitar. My favorite one to play by far. Sg's are classic american rock symbols and definately will be for a long time to come.

[robuce]

I've played the SG before, and then I played a Les Paul, and i prefered the Les Paul cause I found the action on the Sg wasn't that good, but to each their own I spose.

[pjsimcik]

this guitar looks awesome!!!

[HeavyMetal34]

im lookin to buy one
this is on my list as a possible one

[Freddedonna]

2 of the people that reviewed the guitar don't even have Supreme's they have standards!!!!!

[#1 Guitarist]

this guitar looks unreal. but i cant afford it

[daver869]

would it look right if I play a ballad with this guitar? This one has a heavy metal look.

[whoohooh]

I've got the SG , that thing is better than sex
Obey Gibson

[zeppelin5005]

i love this guitar and i cant wait to buy it

[zeebie]

i love sg's... and this ont just about takes the cake. played it quite a bit in the shop, but i dont think working at subway is gonna scrounge up 2 grand to get it. i might go sell all the shit in my room to pay for one.

[pac_man21]

FANTASTIC GUITAR. I had a bash on it in my local shop. SO easy to play and sounds amazing. Maybe one day I'll own this gorgeous instrument

[Mark Magdamo]

This guitar is amazing! Wish I could afford one...

[mosh_it_up]

if anyone would like to buy me this guitar please do not hesitate. I would be more than happy for you to!
HINT HINT!!!!!

[heartbreaker13]

This SG has to have one of the nicest paintjobs ever, in emeraldburst it looks really good too, nice playablitlity also!!!

[fire within]

SG's rule. the black is best, but i could only get it in wine red, still, it looks great

[JimiFloydStones]

The green one is the best, SG's are the best guitars ever as far as electrics go.

[Zuka]

I'm not a fan of the overrated Gibson models, however this one is an exception. I tried this one out at a friends house, and it was pretty amazing.

[iamtheguitarpro]

i dont like the sg, normally, but this has an amazing sound.

[Metallica708]

the best EVER finish for an SG is the one that james hetfield has on his Grynch. It's the ESP version of the SG, and it looks orgasmic.

[relientkrock]

Yes, definetly like the emeraldburst the best

[chain_me_free]

i wanna Angus Young SG...dont go much on the supreme, but good all the same

Cop ya later

[mrstankas]

excelent guitar
I definetly love the sunburst color
and It's sound is crystal clear!!!
I LOVE IT

[Jesus on Crack]

Thats a damn sexy guitar. Who's seen the John Lowery Signature Fender Telecaster. NOw that is true beauty. Like this one.

[Mark Magdamo]

Can anyone give me one? or two if you like...

[#1 Guitarist]

mosh it up. i have a sg lyin around if u want it. physche. asif. nice axe. see u later.(((((-----5-----7-----0--
---7-----6----5----))))
Sorry i just thought id put enter sandman here. metallica rules. peace out.

[#1 Guitarist]

that tab was messed up. im not crap. i can actually play. that song is easy.

[lexical_]

Dont get me wrong. The sg is a beautiful guitar. But neither of the 3 articles can be that acurate as you all have such little experience to judge an instrument of such quality.

[omen6]

Any sg deserves props, its an iconic rock guitar, playable, ancient, well made and somewhat reasonably priced. This one just tops the cake for me.

[TyphoidSpider]

I now know what guitar I have been saving up for.

[trevonator]

Ahhhhh this guitar is soooo frickin hot!
sweet paint job, and ripping tone, oo my I tried it and deffinatly want to buy it!

[Gaz Franklin]

Personally, I prefer the Les Paul. They just seem to have both a better tone, and better action. The Black Beauty (with 3 pickups) is even more versatile. Great instrument. The SG can be fun, and I do own one, but I just prefer the Black Beauty. Sorry. /

[aDogNamedPhaedo]

My God, that's a beautiful guitar. The sound on those babies just kicks the shit out of anything else. I've always loved SGs, and hope to someday own one.

[MddleAged Gtrst]

THIS IS MY NEXT GUITAR.....Ever since I bought my Epiphone SG Ive been drowling over a BLUE SG SUPREME. I just have one question....Would you scuff the finish if you scuff your pickguard on a epiphone SG with pickguard?????
? Thanks

[gnr'slash]

how did you get one for 1000?

[Dr_Feelgood'87]

[Freddedonna]

I ordered my Supreme yesterday :P

I'll get it monday and I'll try to write a review as soon as I'll have had the time to really try it.

[Arlabester]

lol i like the standard better

[FlyingZeppelin4]

I love SG's.I got one and it sounds wicked.

[fire within]

looks mega-probably sounds as good as it looks

i would rather get the SG GT though, but that will come at the time i replace/step up from my epiphone G-400(which is still great)

[alrange]

The finish is awesome!

[stef123]

This guitar is SEXXXY!
Uhhhhh!

[Tubyboulin]

How come they say the replaced the pups with 57 classics?, on the gibson website it says it comes from the factory with '57's.

[Otnip]

Stunning finishes come with this guitar, 24 frets with excellent fret access, and the tone to match. Think I'm in love.

[Otnip]

Oh, and it looks better in person.

[Findingemo1993]

geetarguy92 wrote:

iv got an sg and it kiks ass but wen u hav it on the strap it jus leans 2 the left way to much n thats basically the only flaw

ive got the same problem. i thought its cuz im short (im 14) but i guess not

[Bob Wright]

hey every 1 =]. i just bought a new epiphone sg custom... my dad sed to mee that wen im very good 1 day he will buy me a sg supreme...

wat colour do u people prefer sunburst or emerald??

[skinar]

Bob wright, there is a midnight burst paint job on these with chrome hardware and its so sexy id go down just to touch it

[HELLSHREDD]

I think this might be a great sounding axe , but not 4 me folks , its way 2 angus 4 me & i think he is a complete retard , paint it all black & maybe cuz Tommy I is a great 1

[JusticeJanitor]

The first thing I buy after my graduaction is a blue SG Supreme, forgot a car, a big screen TV, whatever, a mother ****ing blue Gibson SG Supreme, I'd be in heaven.