There's a nice fight to the guitar too, and with adequate volume and tone controls this has 'gig me' written all over it.Īlways affordable, these student guitars occasionally pop up in the hands of a rising or established star - be it Joan Jett's use of the later pointed-shape Melody Maker or Carl Barat's championing of the style we have here.ĭespite its faults the Melody Maker is an endearing, good sounding guitar that might not capture the sizzle of a good Junior, but with its bright, ringing tonality it sits well with modern rhythm pop/punk/indie styles and seems well aimed. It's not as hot or vicious as the Junior, but it can still handle a lot of styles from ringing sixties clean spank to filthy riffage. And with a strong fundamental and solid mid-range, there's still plenty of edge. SoundsĬompared to a Les Paul Junior the Melody Maker feels less substantial but kicks out a similarly fulsome tone from the single, quite hot pickup. The tuners are standard Gibsons except for the student guitar must-have: cream plastic buttons.Īll the controls are mounted on the square-edged single ply black scratchplate with its unique engraved Melody Maker name where the neck pickup should be.Īnd unlike the covered single-coil design of the original, the pickup on this one looks very much like the single slug-coil of an uncovered humbucker (complete with tape wrapping) with two magnets underneath connecting, P-90-like, to those magnetic slugs. There are minor dings around the body and light lacquer checks around the tuners.
#2009 gibson sg project pro#
This guitar has an autumn burst finish over an AAA-grade flame top, with mahogany body and neck, rosewood fretboard, and two Burstbucker Pro humbuckers. Hardware is very basic too, that wrap-over bridge only provides approximate intonation, so it's not a guitar you'd want to play high position, closely voiced chords on. This classy SG is from a limited run of guitars with top carves, built by Gibson in 2009.
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At least the deep coloured rosewood 'board is unbound so the frets sit the full width, the ends could do with more rounding but it's an okay job.įinish material isn't specified (although we'd doubt very much it's cellulose) but it's very thin, the grain is easily visible (as is the off centre joint of the two-piece body) and is already dinged - it's a finish that will age quickly.
The neck joint is rudimentary and left very square, the body edges only slightly radiused, and the sides are left quite square, as if someone ran out of sanding time.
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