Gibson sg raw power5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Headstock angle is regulation 17 degrees. A maple fingerboard – radiused to 12″ and carrying 22 frets – sits on top. ![]() The Raw Power’s neck is a three-ply sandwich of maple with a chunky ’50s neck profile. It’s nice to see some stretching outside the traditional finishes over at the Big-G. They look quite nice and more than a little non-Gibson. All in satin nitrocellulose, you can treat yourself to gold, yellow, white, platinum, blue/platinum, ebony, olive-green, or aquamarine. Alternatively, you can have one of the, rather fetching, coloured finishes. If you’re maple-crazy, you can opt for this clear finish to show off your wood. That’s a first.Īs you can see, the body, neck and fingerboard are all maple. Oh sure, the guys at Gibson have dallied with maple tops and whatnot, but an SG made entirely of maple (granted, this SG does have a maple top but it’s stuck on a maple body). Maple’s worth as a tone wood isn’t in doubt and nobody can dispute the handsomeness of a nicely figured example but, this is the first all-maple SG. Gibson announced these a few weeks back and, no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – that really is a maple SG. Ps- try not to tear a guitar apart when you dont have any firsthand experience with it, or any Gibson for that matter.The SG Special Raw Power… Hmmm, something’s not quite right here. Im really thinking about installing a vibramate and popping a bigsby on this beast, but Im not 100% convinced that it'd be worth it for me. This SG may be the most versatile axe in my collection, and I am still loving it. I work at a Gibson dealer that carries the full line of electrics and acoustics (including custom shop pieces), so i have seen and played just about every current model Gibby in production. Im glad there is a lot of interest in this model, and i hope that the "traditionalists" will let go of their preconceptions and try something new. I play thru a 65 Twin Reverb Reissue and multiple boutique-ish pedals for overdrive/distortion etc. I love the P90s but I feel that one guitar with them is plenty for me! Ive been dying to have some 57's which sound awesome, very well balanced and capable of capturing all kinds of tones. In reference to the suggestion of spending a few more dollars to get the SG Classic- It did tempt me but one of my LPs has P90s. Hey guys I will be sure to post pics as soon as I get them taken.Im waiting for a nice day outside to do a decent photoshoot with all of my guitars. The maple BODY throws me off.if it had a mahogany body and a maple NECK then would be just fine as your still getting most of ur tone out of the mahogany.my sg has a maple neck/mahogany body and ive played maybe a dozen or so SGs with mahogany/mahogany and i dont hear the difference.but with the maple body its going to sound more like a fat strat than an sg personally I am pissed off that this model wasnt available 6 months ago as I would have looked at it very seriously. many people have called for Gibson to reconsider the mahogany neck on the SG as mahogany isn't really suitable and they break too easily. Well not all gibsons are or have always been. So the only reall issue is that it isnt mahogany. ![]() The Raw power comes with (I think) 57s which are very much a traditional Gibson pickup. P90s on a classic is a great combo I grant you but some people dont want P90s. Well' date=' I would have liked to see a maple neck on a mahogany body but this is a "real" Gibson and from the sound of it a far better made guitar than the faded specials.
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