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A replica of The Fool guitar exhibited at Hard Rock Cafe San Antonio. The Fool (also occasionally referred to as Sunny) is a 1964 Gibson SG guitar, painted for Eric Clapton by the Dutch design collective The Fool, from which the guitar takes its name. One of the world's best-known guitars, it epitomizes the psychedelic era. [1]
Penco made Martin- and Gibson-style acoustic guitars. Reverse engineered and built to spec, some of the closest replicas of the Martin D-28, D-35, D-41, D-45, and D-45 12 models in existence today were made by Penco, as well as bolt-neck copies of Gibson's Les Paul and SG guitars and basses, Rickenbacker 4001 basses, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars, Fender Jazz bass guitars, 12 ...
The low-end SG-100 and the P-90 equipped SG-200 appeared during this time, as well as the luxurious SG Pro and SG Deluxe guitars. Vibrato ( tremolo arm ) tailpieces were also introduced as options. In 1972 the design went back to the original style pickguard and rear-mounted controls but with the neck then set further into the body, joining ...
The example pictured on the right is not one of the cheaper models but in 1998 and 1999 the SG Special Limited Edition which was a higher-end version with all gold hardware and ebony fingerboard; at the time it retailed at $1,500 to $2,200. Gibson's subsidiary Epiphone have their own version of the SG Special. It has a mahogany body, maple neck ...
By the early 1970s, Matsumoku had begun using CNC (computer numerical controlled) mills, routers, and lathes, one of the first guitar makers to do so. This created a significant economy of scale, allowing the company to rely upon factory automation rather than skilled labor for rough shaping of components and basic assembly tasks.
Yamaha began using the "SG" (solid guitar) prefix for their solid bodied guitars when they introduced their first solid-body model in 1966 and continued using the SG prefix up until 1981. [1] There were three SG eras - the first era SGs, lasting from 1966 to 1971, saw guitars with double cut-away bodies with similar features to the Fender ...
In 1963, the solid-body EDS-1275 was designed, resembling the SG model; this version of the doubleneck was available until 1968. [5] The guitar was available in jet black, cherry, sunburst, and white. [4] In 1974, Gibson started making the guitar again, in a number of additional colors, with production lasting until 1998.
The tuning system used on the Gibson Robot Guitar is based on the aftermarket Powertune system, which was developed by the Tronical Company of Germany. [2] The Gibson system uses the standard Tune-o-matic style bridge typical on their guitars, but modifications were made to have individual piezo saddles that transmit each string's pitch to the microprocessor. [7]