NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:53 pm
As I'm known to do on occasion, I developed a fixation on a certain guitar recently - the G&L SC-1. For a solid week while I was visiting Portland, OR on business recently, I read every thread and watched every video I could find of one of these rare guitars in action. Information is out there about these, but few it seems have really been able to experience one first hand.
Why I found these guitars so appealing, I'm not quite sure. Even as someone who hangs out primarily on the neck pickup of whatever guitar he's playing, this Esquire-esque guitar had a cool simplicity that I found really appealing.
On the day I was due to fly back home to NYC and with a few hours to kill, I decided to visit a music store in the area and get some playing in (which I hadn't been able to do for a week). I walked into Old Town Music and wouldn't ya know it - right there, hanging on the wall to greet me, was a black SC-1.
Well, I wasn't planning on buying a guitar while I was in PDX, but after spending a solld hour putting it through its paces, I was kind of addicted to it. The price wasn't low, but it was reasonable, and so I made the complete snap decision to buy it and somehow fly home with it that day.
The salesman knocked a few bucks off for me since I didn't want the case (it wasn't the original) and threw in one of those wedge-shaped Gibson gig bags instead (which I quite like). It made the trip back home in one piece - it does seem quite indestructible anyway - and here she is!
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Why I found these guitars so appealing, I'm not quite sure. Even as someone who hangs out primarily on the neck pickup of whatever guitar he's playing, this Esquire-esque guitar had a cool simplicity that I found really appealing.
On the day I was due to fly back home to NYC and with a few hours to kill, I decided to visit a music store in the area and get some playing in (which I hadn't been able to do for a week). I walked into Old Town Music and wouldn't ya know it - right there, hanging on the wall to greet me, was a black SC-1.
Well, I wasn't planning on buying a guitar while I was in PDX, but after spending a solld hour putting it through its paces, I was kind of addicted to it. The price wasn't low, but it was reasonable, and so I made the complete snap decision to buy it and somehow fly home with it that day.
The salesman knocked a few bucks off for me since I didn't want the case (it wasn't the original) and threw in one of those wedge-shaped Gibson gig bags instead (which I quite like). It made the trip back home in one piece - it does seem quite indestructible anyway - and here she is!
[image]http://static1.squarespace.com/static/519823f9e4b00c954c5e6677/t/566f29ff0ab377563c2d6513/1450125830889/?format=1000w[/image]
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:35 pm
cool guitar! sounds like it was your destiny.
Joe Strummer would have liked that one, perhaps with a few stickers.
enjoy!
Joe Strummer would have liked that one, perhaps with a few stickers.
enjoy!
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:38 pm
Very nice classic and looks like it is built like a tank...good find.
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:20 pm
bad azz !! ..... that thing looks brand new
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:59 pm
Pocket graffiti:
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:49 pm
Congrats jbnah
She is a true beauty.
Talk about closet classic, wonder there was hiding all these years?
She is a true beauty.
Talk about closet classic, wonder there was hiding all these years?
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:51 pm
Gorgeous! It looks so good in black! Enjoy!
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:08 pm
Ooooh!! Yums!! What a great find. Have fun playing that little punk machine.
- Jos
- Jos
Re: NGD & First Post: 1983 SC-1 "Black Beauty"
Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:33 pm
Oh my! Wow, what a wonderful find. That black is killer.
Dan
Dan