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Dramatic_Hammer
It has arrived.
In 1978, when I was six years old my dad came home with a copy of AC/DC's If You Want Blood (You've Got It).
Ever since then I've wanted a cherry red Gibson SG Standard. Now I have one:
I had never heard of Gibson or SG and I had no idea what guitar Angus was plunging through his chest on the cover, but that image, and the incredible sound coming from the stereo speakers made me want to learn the guitar, and to own one like that. It was 10 years later before my parents relented and let me have an electric guitar. I practised constantly and got pretty good.
For my 21st birthday my dad bought me an Epiphone G310, which is the cheap bolt-on SG copy. It looked lovely but it sounded absolutely shite, like it was made of cardboard and the strings made of wool. Such a disappointment.
Fast forward to Monday. I had a little bit of money left after Bobbinbird's life insurance paid off the mortgage so when DV247 sent me an email alerting me to the massive savings on Gibsons at the moment I took the plunge and bought one. It's bloody amazing. You can play so damn fast on it. Better even that my Les Paul. The sound is everything it should be, plus the 2015 model has coil taps on both humbuckers accessed by push-pull volume switches. And it tunes itself at the press of a button, which is just fucking magic.
I shall be rocking out for the rest of the day.