If you’re a Doors fan like me, then you’re always interested when something new comes along – even if it is just some manufacturer’s excuse to repackage and re-release an old product.
Robby Krieger isn’t the flamboyant SG player that Angus Young is, but he was one third of the instrumentalists in one of the most innovative bands in rock history.
Gibson’s aim with this release was to recreate the SGs of the 1960’s that Krieger used to play in the Doors.
It has a mahogany body with high-gloss heritage cherry finish, a pair of Alnico II ’57 Classics pickups, rhythm pickup phase switching capability, and Robby Krieger’s own musically themed artwork on back plate as pictured below.
I have to admit that not all of the feedback I’ve read is positive on this guitar, but to some extent it’s a matter of taste.
It may not have all the features of the Gibson Custom Robby Krieger Aged & Signed SG Limited Edition, but at about half the price with an MSRP of $2,839 I personally think it represents reasonable value.
One thing that is confusing me however, is what is this the 50th Anniversary of? In 1961 the Doors were still 4 years away from being formed, and Robby was only 15 years old – if anyone knows what the 50 years is all about, then please let me know.
A full run down of features and specifications is available on the Gibson website at www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/50th-Anniversary-Robby-Krieger-SG.aspx
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Robby’s SG was actually a 1961 Les Paul. In 1960 Gibson decided to radically redesign the Les Paul, and they SG is the result, which they released in 1961. They did this without Les’ consent & he told them to take his name off of it. It took them until 1964 to get around to it, so any original SG from 1961, 1962, or 1963 is really a Les Paul. As of 1964 they called it the SG (for Solid Guitar) and continued to make it ever since.
In 1968 Gibson brought back the original Les Paul body style, and it has been manufactured since then as well.
On all of the early ’60’s reissues Gibson has used the SG name, because Les really did not like the body style, & made Gibson agree to never use his name in association with it. Hence the confusion, and also the explanation of “50th anniversary” with this particular model.
Thanks for that – it makes sense now