S.G Facelift Yay or Nay?

Bellycaster

Before

https://i.imgur.com/5ApIbFr.jpg

After

https://i.imgur.com/PI4tNc4.jpg

Since I've now payed off the 0% Finance, I can now justify spending a bit of money on it. I wasn't putting new strings on before I knew it wouldn't be repossessed.

Took it for a fettle (as I do with any New Guitar) by the renowned Jon Shuker, he put the Poker Chip and new Knobs on while he was at it.

I think it looks better, I'll still live with the White Binding for now

bodhi

Reflectors always look cool.

Bellycaster

bodhi said:

Reflectors always look cool.

But does it look more "Authentic?" 

  

Simon_M

I took the poker chip off my SG! Mines black though. I like the burst on yours.

roberty

Yep took me a few moments to spot 100% agree

Sassafras

That's one of the shiniest SGs I've ever seen! 

Bellycaster

Sassafras said:

That's one of the shiniest SGs I've ever seen! 

I polish it daily....................the Guitar that is 

tony99

at first glimpse I thought 'he's only taken the sticker off the pick-guard'

but yeah, good facelift

Bellycaster

tony99 said:

at first glimpse I thought 'he's only taken the sticker off the pick-guard'

but yeah, good facelift

And I did notice the increase in sustain without the Sticker on! 

Tenebrous

Looks great. Nice aesthetic upgrades!

stickyfiddle

White switch tip please

p90fool

The binding is supposed to be white - in this era of pre-aged everything we've forgotten that. 

It's way better than the Barbie's hearing aid colour on my Les Paul. 

RandallFlagg

p90fool said:

The binding is supposed to be white - in this era of pre-aged everything we've forgotten that. 

It's way better than the Barbie's hearing aid colour on my Les Paul. 

Yes the binding should be white, it's the lacquer that ages on the original 60s guitars that makes the binding look yellow. Gibson have finally got this right on the latest Custom Shop guitars. Instead of pinky/cream binding they are fitting white binding but spraying with tinted lacquer to give the immediate aged look.

andyp

I swapped the standard knobs on my Faded for Reflectors and it somehow made a huge difference. I like your mods, subtle but effective.

Bellycaster

I do prefer the Hearing Aid colour binding though, I must be a Pervert

TimmyO

like it 

stonevibe

I like the reflectors, looks classic with them and less 'plain Jane' of the standard bell knobs.

Nice looking SG.

normula1

Yes to the poker chip, no to the knobs.... then again I swapped the speed knobs on my SG for bell knobs.

ICBM

Yay, very much. It looks like a proper Gibson now - it looked like an Epiphone before. (Not that there's actually anything wrong with Epiphones.)

The binding is meant to be white and the switch tip is meant to be black - none of this cream nonsense, that belongs on a Les Paul Standard or a 335.