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> I can’t see the picture, but does the SG have two pickups or three? In any case, I want it.

Hmm, the pic not displaying? That’s distressing... does it present an empty rectangle, nothing at all, broken-pic icon? Works for me so I’d like to know so I can fix it. Thanks.

The 1962 SG has two custom-design Bartolini humbuckers, specified for high output, growl, and sustain. The SG body/neck assembly itself has a funny history. Around 1987 I visited a local music store that took consignment sales, and there was this horrible looking SG in an original Gibson hard shell case on the counter. Beat to crap, hardware shot, and painted garish red which had chipped and faded. It had arrived that morning, for “best offer” sale. The music store guys didn’t know what to do with it, was it worth fixing up?

I picked it up and sighted along the neck — looked true. Frets were in decent shape. Everything else was trash. “How much you want for this ugly thing?” “I dunno, 150 bucks with the case?” “Sure”.

Turned it over to my luthier friend who does the fancy custom work on my instruments, said, “Make this into something”. He looked up the serial number (hence 1962), stripped the paint, put all new hardware, ordered the custom pickups, and a Washburn whammy/bridge that was smooth as silk, even stayed in tune. Et voila, I had a marvelous axe that was more responsive than anything I’d ever played.

The mahogany is a little soft, so it’s a blues guitar, not a rock slammer. But it can scream and wail, growl and spit, as well as purr.

Sorry, not for sale. But I understand the appeal. :-)

The SG body/neck assembly itself has a funny history. Around 1987 I visited a local music store that took consignment sales, and there was this horrible looking SG in an original Gibson hard shell case on the counter. Beat to crap, hardware shot, and painted garish red which had chipped and faded. It had arrived that morning, for “best offer” sale. The music store guys didn’t know what to do with it, was it worth fixing up?
I picked it up and sighted along the neck — looked true. Frets were in decent shape. Everything else was trash. “How much you want for this ugly thing?” “I dunno, 150 bucks with the case?” “Sure”. Turned it over to my luthier friend who does the fancy custom work on my instruments, said, “Make this into something”. He looked up the serial number (hence 1962), stripped the paint, put all new hardware, ordered the custom pickups, and a Washburn whammy/bridge that was smooth as silk, even stayed in tune. Et voila, I had a marvelous axe that was more responsive than anything I’d ever played.

I was too young and uninformed when I decided not to buy a double-neck SG years ago. I had no intention of playing it. It had seen much better days but it was all original and the hardware on the 6 string side would have dropped perfectly into a beat up SG like you describe. Coulda woulda shoulda...