Bob Marley's SG ?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:11 pm

Never saw Bob with an SG before. Was it his or did he borrow it? These photos are from the Summer of '73 maybe this was after his Les Paul Special fell of the stand and had to be repaired.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:22 pm

never seen it before either....looks like a Standard...

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:42 pm

SGJarrod wrote:never seen it before either....looks like a Standard...

Ur next purchase?

Don't get me started.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:23 am

His LP special is easily one of my favourite 'celebrity guitars'. It's quite odd to see pictures of him with an SG.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:41 am

James wrote:It's quite odd to see pictures of him with an SG.

indeed. the top-most picture looks 'shopped, almost.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:18 am

SGJarrod wrote:
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Exactly what I was thinking! haha!

Also, yes, I believe that is a 70's standard.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:30 am

They played mostly all current gear in their time and they sounded great. Bob also had a post-CBS strat, Peter had an LP Deluxe and an Ovation electric, a Breadwinner I think.

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:11 am

The Photos of Bob with the SG were taken at Paul's Mall Boston

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SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:45 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
James wrote:It's quite odd to see pictures of him with an SG.
indeed. the top-most picture looks 'shopped, almost.

the top picture looks shopped. his arm is all blocky. I didn't see anything around the guitar that seemed obvious, though I didn't look that close.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:34 am

Those photos were all taken at Pauls Mall (he played there for a week).Opening act was Proctor and Bergman from Firesign Theater.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:40 am

I'm not denying that. And I'm not denying that fact that he played an SG.

All I'm saying is that it looks like someone took some stuff out of the background to make it a better picture but it looks like they didn't go a very good job.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:59 am

Look at this photo that was also taken in 1973 at Pauls Mall. The strat looks HUGE!

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:26 am

westtexasred wrote:Look at this photo that was also taken in 1973 at Pauls Mall. The strat looks HUGE!

I was thinking the SG looked huge! Must have been a tiny guy

cur · Post by **cur** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:27 pm

It is blocky, but could be the result of digitizing a small image with high contrast at the arm.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:10 pm

GreenKnee wrote: I was thinking the SG looked huge! Must have been a tiny guy

+1!

ps: i was looking for info on wikipedia, but didn't find his size. BUT it sez he was buried with his red les paul. wow.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:15 pm

When they exhumed his body a couple of years ago, they had real trouble opening the casket...

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SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:16 am

westtexasred wrote:
SGJarrod wrote:never seen it before either....looks like a Standard...

Ur next purchase?
Don't get me started.

If I could only own one guitar it would be a Gibson SG Standard.... just sayin

2nd is Jazzmaster