Sweet! I got my SG as a birthday gift from my wife last year. We saw it in a pawn shop, she made a note that I liked it and bought it a few days later. Kept it in her closet unbeknownst to me for 2 months. It had a Dimarzio Super Distortion P90 in it until this week. The Barden is far better in my opinion..
Here's the '65. It's the only non-PRS I have -- I'd never post a picture of a non-PRS here except an old one like this, made 20 years before PRS got going. I'm kinda loyal to PRS that way...
It's all original, except I added the Tune-o-Matic in 1970 or '71 because the original Gibson Vibrola wouldn't stay in tune. Still has its original P-90s, and the case is original too. The guitar was never babied, and the neck has been absolutely straight since its last adjustment...in 1972.
The thing spent winter weekdays in the back of an equipment van in Michigan winters, traveled with me all over, and was played on lots of commercial soundtracks until I discovered PRS guitars in 1991. Looks not too bad for a 51 year old guitar!
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