Quantum Strummer
Senior Member
Note that I have no connection to this particular guitar. But I do own an SG-250. It's a fantastic playing & sounding instrument! Gibson made 527 of 'em total, all in 1972 (the Reverb listing is wrong on the date), and shipped all but three that same year. The 250's siblings, the SG-100 & 200, were made in greater numbers and mostly in 1971.
https://reverb.com/item/2133250-rar...ups-pro-setup-hardshell-case-1971-white-refin
The listing also quotes from Tony Bacon's recent SG book. I've learned a fair bit about various guitar brands and models from his books, particularly in the period prior to the WWW really taking off, but his comments on the playability & sound of the 100/200/250 series guitars are, shall we say in the interest of politeness, condescending and seemingly uninformed by actual experience. The guitars are really just updated Melody Makers. It saddens me to see such stuff get published and then quoted as authoritative. OTOH it probably helps keep prices down!
So if you can deal with "high action over the body" (which clumsily refers to the neck plane relative to the body plane and has nothing whatsoever to do with the guitar's action, which is low & easy) and the "thin & tinny" pickups (utter BS, unless you consider Tele & Strat pups "thinner & tinnier" still), give these guitars a spin should you happen to get the chance. You may be pleasantly surprised by some of what Gibson actually made during the Norlin Dark Ages.
-Dave-
https://reverb.com/item/2133250-rar...ups-pro-setup-hardshell-case-1971-white-refin
The listing also quotes from Tony Bacon's recent SG book. I've learned a fair bit about various guitar brands and models from his books, particularly in the period prior to the WWW really taking off, but his comments on the playability & sound of the 100/200/250 series guitars are, shall we say in the interest of politeness, condescending and seemingly uninformed by actual experience. The guitars are really just updated Melody Makers. It saddens me to see such stuff get published and then quoted as authoritative. OTOH it probably helps keep prices down!
So if you can deal with "high action over the body" (which clumsily refers to the neck plane relative to the body plane and has nothing whatsoever to do with the guitar's action, which is low & easy) and the "thin & tinny" pickups (utter BS, unless you consider Tele & Strat pups "thinner & tinnier" still), give these guitars a spin should you happen to get the chance. You may be pleasantly surprised by some of what Gibson actually made during the Norlin Dark Ages.
-Dave-