Article: Gibson Custom Shop inspired By Elliot Easton SG.(GEAR: Field Test)(Product/service evaluation)

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IN A WORLD WHERE GUITARS ARE BEING CHURNED OUT BY THE MILLIONS, THERE are only a handful of truly iconic 6-strings. Somewhere near the top of that hallowed heap of lust-inducing axes is the Gibson SG. This devil-horned slab of mahogany is a tried-and-true tone machine that has proven its mettle in the hands of players as diverse as stomping schoolboy Angus Young, joyous gospel shouter Sister Rosetta Tharpe, treble connoisseur John Cippolina, "and tone perv Frank Zappa.

"By the late '60s, the guitar of choice for suburban rockers like me was the SG Standard or Special," says former Cars and current New Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, ...

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