Epiphone SG Standard vs Les Paul Standard 60's - Review & Comparison
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Fulfilling a promise made during our SG Custom review a few weeks back we bought a white SG Standard to compare with an ebony Les Paul Standard 60's also sneaked in recently. Today we review them both and do a 'SG vs Les Paul' side by side comparison to boot!!
If you don't like any of the talking or the playing bits in this video we've made it easy for you to skip along to the next chapter in case something more interesting is happening...
0:00 intro & coming up
1:13 what's happening today
6:10 construction, hardware, and parts
8:12 has the SG got a longer neck
11:09 what do they weigh
12:10 the strings come off
12:47 tailpiece and bridge comparison
13:43 the nuts and under the truss rod covers
14:43 inside the pickup cavities
19:49 measuring pickup outputs
20:33 inside control cavities
21:14 sg neck dive test
22:50 pickup sound tests
25:35 lets play something pt1
26:06 neck profiles and measurements
26:30 lets play something pt2
29:42 so what are the differences?
34:00 my final thoughts
35:48 I hope that was something
36:15 play out jam
Signal Chain Info:
Drive Pedals (when on): Klon KTR / RAT
Amp: Blackstar HT1H Metal / Marshall VT112
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
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