gibson 335

Advantages: Sound only
Disadvantages: Not very versatile, manicatura particular, mechanical

I recommend to your friends? No

Full opinion

I have owned for about a year a Gibson SG ... What can I say about this guitar?
E 'una Gibson, and then talk about a product of the highest level both as regards materials, both with regard to electronics.
The sound of the SG is one of the most unique and historic in the history of the guitar, even a beginner guitar player knows when to recognize an SG sounds. E 'inutile comment on the sound, because these are personal things, the sound can be done or pleasure schifo. If you want to buy a guitar, it is obvious that to try to see the sound before.

I want to talk about the features that I found using it, features that may be useful to those who must buy.
The first thing that jumps to your ear is a very low sound versatility, what is the feature that made this guitar famous, it can become a major limitation.
A lot of people buy the SG thinking that they can "process" without any problems and get the sound you want, but it is not. Although processed this guitar can be recognized.
Another thing is: the sound reacts badly to techniques that were not designed to be used on these guitars and manicatura is often limited to certain types of "Guitar".
We enter a little 'more specifically.
On the SG aggressively distorted "saturated", which is un'amore, but saturated with imprint "seventy" and it means dream link peaking in alternate steps, or a sweep peaking, also is very limited even on the pull off at high speed and slightly dirty on any type of hammer on. An example of excellent SG used the limit of its possibilities is represented by Angus Young (ACDC), this man has pulled out of the SG and everything possible has exploited to the fullest. Angus phrases are explicitly based on the "ferocity" of the hammer on and he does not look for subtleties in the sound, but only possanza and aggressiveness. An example of the sound groove of the SG may be the sound of C. Santana the first time, convincing and aggressive, but inaccurate. Clean sound is much like jazz manicatura even if the sound must be carefully managed.
Overall, there is a guitar that well, apart from the mechanics that have always been the weak point of the Gibson, but is very limited as the field of use.

If you are ipertecnici guitar and you want the SG, with a few thousand euros in equipment and much exercise you can also obtain something suitable ... but the reasoning that I have done was as follows "I do first to make a guitar better suited."