Gibson SG 1978 - Walnut
For sale is a newly refurbished 1978 Gibson SG Standard
Functionally perfect
99% original. I don't think these are the original strap buttons, but they are old. I would guess they were installed when the guitar was new. Everything else is stock.
It shows it's age, but way better than most 70s guitars I've seen. Typically these are really banged up along the bottom edge. This is only kinda banged up. Check out the back of the neck. These are usually worn through to bare wood, this still looks nice.
I recently rescued this guitar from crapdom. I do my fair share of guitar work and found this a mess - a restoration project, but mostly just a cleaning and a setup.
1. Gave it a good cleaning. Mostly dust and usual fretboard grime
2. Cleaned up the nut, it was binding...smooth as silk now
3. Checked the fret level, it was good
4. Polished the frets. They have some indentations I chose not to file out. They are light, and I didn't want to remove any material from a vintage guitar, so I just made them shiny.
5. Adjusted the truss rod to Gibson spec neck relief
6. Adjusted the pickup heights to spec
7. Adjusted bridge height to spec
8. Adjusted intonation (this was way off, it hurt my ears to play above the 12th fret)
9. Secured loose volume knob and output jack
10. New strings! I have GHS Boomer 9s on it, but if you prefer 10s I could do that for you. So now it plays and sounds worthy of someone that appreciates beautiful vintage guitars.
This comes in a plastic no-brand hardshell case with a broken buckle. Like one of those donut tires, it's just meant to get you home. I expect the next owner to go find a vintage case for it.
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| Listed | 10 days ago |
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| Condition | Good (Used) Good condition items function properly but may exhibit some wear and tear.Learn more |
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