DESCRIPTION:
Joel Bauman plays the hell out of this classic 1967 Gibson SG in Cherry Red. Listen to his abridged version of Clair De Lune and fall in love with this iconic guitar. This specific SG has some very unique checking and and some significant finish wear around the bottom edge that make it very affordable for a guitar from this era. Enjoy!

In 1960, Gibson Les Paul sales were significantly lower than in previous years. The following year, the Les Paul was given a thinner, flat-topped mahogany body, a double cutaway which made the upper frets more accessible, and a contoured body. The neck joint was moved by three frets to further ease access to the upper frets. The simpler body construction significantly reduced production costs, and the new Les Paul, with its slender neck profile and small heel was advertised as having the "fastest neck in the world".

However, the redesign was done without knowledge of Les Paul himself (who had nothing to do with it). Although the new guitar was popular, he strongly disliked it. Problems with the strength of the body and neck made Paul dissatisfied with the new guitar. At the same time, Paul was going through a public divorce from wife and vocalist partner Mary Ford, and his popularity was dwindling as music tastes had changed in the early 1960s. Paul asked friend and former President of Gibson, Ted McCarty, for his $1 royalty per guitar to be withheld. Gibson mutually agreed to end the contract. This is from a 1992 interview with Ted McCarty, who wrote the contract and was a lifelong friend of Les Paul.

Gibson also honored Les Paul's request to remove his name from the guitar, and the new model was renamed "SG", which stood for "Solid Guitar". Les Paul's name was officially removed in 1963, but the SG continued to feature Les Paul nameplates and truss rod covers until the end of 1963.

In the early-to-mid 1960s Gibson's parent corporation, Chicago Musical Instruments, also revived the Kalamazoo brand name for a short time. Later models of the KG-1 and KG-2 featured a body style similar to the Gibson SG, effectively creating a budget-line model until the brand was dropped in the late 1960s. Gibson currently releases lower-cost, internationally sourced versions of the SG through their subsidiary, Epiphone.

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Gear Used:
1967 Gibson SG Standard
Tone King Metropolitan 1x12 40W Combo

Songs:
Love Me Two Times by The Doors – 0:00
Back In Black by AC/DC – 2:33
House of Cards by Radiohead – 3:50
Claire De Lune by Debussy – 5:11

Joel Bauman plays guitar in the sci-fi yacht metal band Royale. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/thebandroyale

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