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At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
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But I don't think the reason Gibson did this has anything to do with a timeless aesthetic, quite the opposite. The EDS-1275 of 1958 had a symmetrical double cut, as did the 335, Barney Kessel, etc. In 1960 Gibson weren't looking for classical, timeless beauty - the failed Les Paul had plenty of that, and it wasn't selling. Guitarists didn't just want better upper fret access, they wanted something as exciting and different as a Stratocaster (easy to forget today, just how exciting and different that looked in the 50s). People buying electric guitars in 1960 were mostly young, forward looking, they didn't want something that looked as if it belonged in the past, but something that seemed to have come from the future. I think that's why Gibson did much more than give the SG subtly asymmetric horns, they also transformed the body curves into a far less traditional shape, clearly seen when you put an SG next to a LP. I don't have one of those, but this shot shows it too:
I suspect it's what they did with the rest of the body that actually puts some people off the look of the SG. But I love it.
Yes they did but Gibson could and should have got it right before going into production. I am referring, of course, to the famed neck heaviness of the SG...
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