Damn You Musicians Friend SDOTD (SG Content)

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:25 pm

Why should I? Why shouldn't I??

Oh yeah, it's because I've got an expensive vacation coming soon. But damn, this is tempting me.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:39 pm

The sdotd sends me to the ugly cherry finish, do you have a link to this one? Seriously considering doing an impulse buy.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:15 pm

You should because it's an SG and SG's are awesome - the only reason you shouldn't is if you already have an awesome SG.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:23 pm

Nick wrote:The sdotd sends me to the ugly cherry finish, do you have a link to this one? Seriously considering doing an impulse buy.

I'm calling now to try and snag a natural one - already applied and got approved for their card, so it'd be like $23/month

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 6:48 pm

GOT IT.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:19 pm

mkt3000 wrote:GOT IT.

Nice one... you had an SG before?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:45 pm

dezb1 wrote:
mkt3000 wrote:GOT IT.
Nice one... you had an SG before?

I had a Xaviere SG copy many years ago, but never a real SG. I think the only Gibson I've ever owned was my old GK55

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:07 pm

When I started playing the guitar when I was 16 the two guitars I really wanted were a Tele and an SG then my head got turned by many other guitars until I finally bought a decent Tele for my 30th and SG for my 40th birthdays and realised the 16 year old me was right.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:37 am

A note of caution (and a terrible benecol stereotype here): what Gibson themselves the fucking fools are describing as mini-humbuckers appear to me to be Firebird pickups (no adjustable polepieces, entirely different construction internally). The Firebird reissue pickups are overwound to fuck - you nay find you need to replace them.

All that said: I love SGs; enjoy x

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:05 am

benecol wrote:A note of caution (and a terrible benecol stereotype here): what Gibson themselves the fucking fools are describing as mini-humbuckers appear to me to be Firebird pickups (no adjustable polepieces, entirely different construction internally). The Firebird reissue pickups are overwound to fuck - you nay find you need to replace them.

All that said: I love SGs; enjoy x

Seeing as Gibson (or contractors there of) invented the pickups - I'd say that this settles the argument once and for all that firebird pickups are indeed mini humbuckers...

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:58 am

I'm not rising to the bait of anyone who misspells "thereof".

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:27 pm

benecol wrote:I'm not rising to the bait of anyone who misspells "thereof".

Damn auto correct! never go fishing when you're tired...

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:28 pm

my tired what?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:25 pm

dezb1 wrote:
benecol wrote:A note of caution (and a terrible benecol stereotype here): what Gibson themselves the fucking fools are describing as mini-humbuckers appear to me to be Firebird pickups (no adjustable polepieces, entirely different construction internally). The Firebird reissue pickups are overwound to fuck - you nay find you need to replace them.

All that said: I love SGs; enjoy x

Seeing as Gibson (or contractors there of) invented the pickups - I'd say that this settles the argument once and for all that firebird pickups are indeed mini humbuckers...

Didn't Epiphone invent the Mini Hums, and Gibson acquired the technology when they bought Epiphone?

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:31 pm

Those were New York pickups that PAF minibuckers looked a bit like. NY pickups were low resistance singles

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:53 pm

Nick wrote:my tired what?

Fuck it's snowballing out of control

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:34 pm

I want an Epiphone Casino right now or even Casino Coupe like really bad

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 2:11 am

So, since I bought it after all, here is a minor update.

When I bought it, the natural was already not showing on the website, and it was replaced by the Cherry. I called and asked - and they found two (maybe GC inventory? They are the same company after all), and said it wasn't a problem. They'd sell me the natural - however, since there were only two left, there was a chance that I wouldn't get one if their inventory didn't match (ie, if they oversold by selling the same inventory through multiple outlets GC/MF/Music123/WW&BW + their respective ebay stores). Then I'd get a refund.

This happened to me once many years ago, when I bought one of the Squier Telecasters with a Jazzy neck pickup.

Anyway, long story short.... I got the tracking number today! It's mine!!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:36 am

mkt3000 wrote: Squier Telecasters with a Jazzy neck pickup.

STILL WANT THIS GUITAR.

IT HAS JMJM NECK ON IT

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

(did you ever get it?)

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:48 pm

robroe wrote:
mkt3000 wrote: Squier Telecasters with a Jazzy neck pickup.

STILL WANT THIS GUITAR.

IT HAS JMJM NECK ON IT

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

(did you ever get it?)

I did not, but I search for them pretty regularly