Religious experience

[MrRhoads]

Hello guys.

Today i found a guitar shop i haven´t seen before here in Stockholm, Sweden.
The had a 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG
It was brown and the bridge looked like a bigbsy.
This was the first year the produced the Gibson SG but it was named Les Paul.

I can tell you that the aging of the wood really ads to the acoustic volume
The store manager was to eager to let me try it so i promised him i´d be real carefull.

How it plays?
The 1 minute i tried it was great but i was really stunned by the experience.
It was very wide between the E and e string so it felt more wide than a modern SG or Les Paul.
I didn´t try it in a amp either but what does it matter when i got to feel her

 

[SGMM]

1961 SG/Les Paul should have a "sideways" Gibson trem not a Bigsby!!

Was the neck FAT??

 

[MrRhoads]

it only looked like a bigsby it seemed foldable i didn´t try it.
the neck was thin/slim, like a 60´s neck profile but wide

 

[MrRhoads]

it looks like this guitar except it was more worn down and brown
http://www.rumbleseatmusic.com/images/full size 1033w/61GibsonSGLesPaul.jpg

 

[SGMM]

That's the sideways trem!!


Surprised the neck was thin....have played two & both were FAT!!