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Shortscale SG Melody Maker
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:22 pm
by DanHeron
came across this on UK eBay. A 1969
Gibson SG Melody Maker. It's a shortscale! It has a 18.75" scale neck, which were available until 1970 (according to wikipedia).
I have never seen one before, I didn't even know they existed. I like it. It's currently at £460, 22 hours left. only 2 bids... who knows, could get a bargain.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:39 pm
by othomas2
Love the SG Jrs... I'd really like one !!
Odd scale though...
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:43 pm
by dots
18.75" would be too small, methinks. i can barely rock a 22" without feeling claustrophobic.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:57 pm
by sp3k
wow! that's small! is it ment for children or something? i'm not jocking, i'm just a noob when it comes to this sort of things...
It does look really nice though, but need a pearl green guard (:
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:07 pm
by endsjustifymeans
sp3k wrote: but need a pearl green guard (:
FUCKING YES IT DOES!
What an odd gibson...
Tiny tiny scale. single coil. Weird tremolo system.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:21 pm
by Reece
wut. that must be TINY.
my travel electric is a hair short of 20" and even that's a bit hard to play.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:58 pm
by DanHeron
Ah, it seems wikipedia is wrong. They have it down as a 18.56" neck, which would be tiny. After more google searching I found it was a 22.75" scale. Much more managable.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:42 am
by Mo Law-ka
gruhn has a few junior les paul juniors.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:52 am
by cur
I have a stagg strat that is a 3/4 scale (18.75"). I got if for my children, but I play it. I like to mess around with it on the couch when watching tv with family. I does not take up much space. It sounds nice too (of course I have modded it up). I like it for learning new chords. When I get my fingers trained on the small scale, it makes it easier on the full scale.
That being said, you would look like Tiny Tim playing it in public.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:48 am
by Mages
Mo Rocca wrote:gruhn has a few junior les paul juniors.
such a weird guitar design. it's double cutaway presumably to give you better fret access but the neck joins at the 15th fret which just takes all the fret access away again.
Re: Shortscale SG Melody Maker
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:34 am
by holyCATS1415
DanHeron wrote:
these have to be one of my favorite gibsons
close second to these
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:08 am
by Will
Speaking of SS Gibson's:
This is probably my dream Gibson electric: ES-140T. It's 22.75" scale and pretty darn rare.
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:29 pm
by sonicmansuperb
That looks like a Guitar Hero controller
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:45 pm
by Chorlton
This is a curiosity, nothing more.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:42 am
by Dice
22.75" is doable. My lil' MusicMaster is 22.5, and it is very comfortable for playing while lounging around. Not a gigging guitar, though - unless you never play in the upper register.