Gibson are recommending a retail of US $1,664, Keep your eyes and ears peeled. I’m looking forward to hearing one of these in the mapley flesh. The clean sound samples on Gibson’s site are pretty tasty – clearing some of that slight muddiness that can sometimes beset Gibson’s babies. However, coupled to the inherent warmth of the ’57 Classic pickups, this pairing seems quite promising. All-maple guitars in the past have sometimes been a little too ‘in your face’. Todays SG Raw Power offers the best of both, with dot inlays over most of the fingerboard and a single trapezoid inlay at the 12th fret. One of the issues with maple as a tone-wood, is a tendency towards brightness (a big part of why your Les Paul has a maple top is to brighten and focus the tone).
#SG RAW POWER MOD#
I will point out that Raw Power is the formal name given to this SG model by Gibson. Gibson SG Raw Power Mod Free Shipping From Japan 1,519.99 Free shipping Sponsored Gibson Limited Run SG Bass Reissue Free Shipping From Japan 1,600.00 Free shipping Gibson SG Raw Power Mod Music 935.80 985.05 Free shipping Gibson SG Standard Bass Free Shipping From Japan 1,010. A tune-o-matic bridge and stop-tailpiece (both chrome-plated Zamak) complete the SG picture. The truss rod cover for the SG Raw Power. Controls are standard fare – a couple of volumes and tones with a three-way toggle. These use Alnico II magnets and are made to the same specs as the original PAFs. As you’d expect, it’s glued in.Ī couple of ’57 Classic pickups provide the noise. Headstock angle is regulation 17 degrees.
A maple fingerboard – radiused to 12″ and carrying 22 frets – sits on top. The Raw Power’s neck is a three-ply sandwich of maple with a chunky ’50s neck profile. It’s nice to see some stretching outside the traditional finishes over at the Big-G. They look quite nice and more than a little non-Gibson. This one is super clean and dare we say very close to mint.
#SG RAW POWER SERIES#
All in satin nitrocellulose, you can treat yourself to gold, yellow, white, platinum, blue/platinum, ebony, olive-green, or aquamarine. The Raw Power series is a great take on Gibsons classic lineup.
Attached Image ive played the sg raw powers i like the feel of the neck they also seem somewhat heavier than a. Alternatively, you can have one of the, rather fetching, coloured finishes. All maple sgs and lps with maple necks too. If you’re maple-crazy, you can opt for this clear finish to show off your wood.
That’s a first.Īs you can see, the body, neck and fingerboard are all maple. Oh sure, the guys at Gibson have dallied with maple tops and whatnot, but an SG made entirely of maple (granted, this SG does have a maple top but it’s stuck on a maple body). Maple’s worth as a tone wood isn’t in doubt and nobody can dispute the handsomeness of a nicely figured example but, this is the first all-maple SG. Gibson announced these a few weeks back and, no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – that really is a maple SG. The SG Special Raw Power… Hmmm, something’s not quite right here.
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