My new SG-X

[Ace]

My new SG-X. I won it off Batman in a cage fight last night. Can't decide to tune it to E and learn the VR songs, tune it to Eb and learn the GnR songs, or tune it to C and let it be the fire breathing metal monster I know it wants to be. Also I want to change out the Gibson 500T pickup it came with. I have a few lying around I'd like to try, but all my soldering stuff is in my workboxes, one is in Baltimore, the other is locked up in the boss' storage.

[guitardudeluke]

that would look awsum with a gold floyd and matching hardware

[Newc]

Big yellow Batman logo between the pickup and neck, crossing the body so the bat wings match the body tips.

As for the pickup, Duncan Custom or C5.

[nor]

Isn't that an SG1? I have one as well - 24 fret SG! I use mine for dropD..
Sweet Axe!

[Hellbat]

or tune it to C and let it be the fire breathing metal monster I know it wants to be.

^^ This and make it Sabbath songs. Second the recommendation on the Custom although I have no experience with it in mahogany.

[pro-fusion]

A Duncan Custom would probably sound great in that thing. That may have been called the SG-X for awhile, though I may be confusing it would a certain late '80s variant with the split diamond inlays and 25.5" scale that has to be one of most neck-heavy guitars ever.

[Ace]

I think you are right about it being an SG-1, it has a Roman numeral "I" on the truss rod cover. Looking it up the SG-X has that weird shaped pickguard, mine has none.

[Ace]

http://www.everythingsg.com/index.php/x.html

"The SG X began as the SG All American 1. It was introduced as the All American 1 in 1995 and was renamed the SG-X in 1998, but the specs did not change, only the name."

This makes sense, according to the serial number on mine it is a '96.

[lerxstcat]

Awesome guitar! Congrats!

[84sups]

Thats screaming for an Iommi pickup in it but thats just me.

[zeegler]

Nice SG-1. I've looked at a few of those myself. There was a really cool wine-burst one going cheap on Ebay, but it had a huge scratch across the front of the body.

I'd go with a Duncan Custom myself. In fact I am putting one in my own SG Standard as soon as I get a new pickguard.

Mine is here: http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/128...on-SG-Standard

I'm going to get a black 3 ply pickguard, replace the bridge pickup with a cream/black SH-5 Custom, and take the cover off the stock neck pickup. I know the cream/black pickup might look a little odd, so I may eventually get an all-black one to put in there.

[axmann]

84sups, +1