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More from Gibson's class of 2014 in action
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Derek Trucks' Signature SG is apparently based on his trusty '61, complete with just the engraved Lyre tailpiece of the disabled Deluxe Vibrola. Now, guitar historians would tell us that technically
this vibrato didn't appear until 1963, and the guitar was still called a Les Paul Standard until 1963, despite the more-than obvious difference between what we all now refer to as the SG, and the prior Les Paul.

The more modernist SG Futura has no such provenance issues. It's a bang-up-to-date 'economy' SG, and loads in pretty much all the gizmos Gibson has at its disposal. So, clearly we have two very different SGs in prospect. Let's hear them in action...

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