Gibson SG Standard
Angus Young
- Brand / model
- Gibson SG Standard
- Year
- c. 1967–71 (en debate)
- Guitarist
- Angus Young
- Band
- AC/DC
The guitar of rock's most electric schoolboy. Angus Young has had an SG strapped on for over fifty years, and once you hold the miniature you get why: slim, light, and with those horns that scream rock and roll.
The story
If I say "AC/DC", you probably picture the same thing I do: Angus Young in a school uniform, tearing across the stage with a Gibson SG. That guitar is as much a part of the character as the cap and the satchel.
Angus bought his first SG second-hand, around 1970, when he was still a kid in Australia. What year was the guitar itself? That's up for debate. According to Guitar.com, Angus has put it at 1967, but others who have studied it closely think it's a 1970 or 1971. I'll give you both, because there's no settled answer.
So why an SG? Angus's answer is wonderfully practical: it was light. In a 1984 Guitar World interview he put it simply: "I liked the SGs because they were light." In a 1991 interview he said he'd tried a Les Paul as a youngster and the weight nearly dislocated his hip, while with an SG, as a short guy, he could get his hand around the neck.
In 1973 he formed AC/DC with his brother Malcolm, and the SG has been with him ever since. That first guitar stopped touring years ago, but according to Guitar.com he kept using it in the studio, including on Power Up (2020).
On stage
Here's Angus doing what he does best with his SG. Watch how he carries it while running, jumping and rolling on the floor: with a heavy guitar that would be impossible.
I'm gathering freely licensed photos and videos of this guitar on stage. They'll be here very soon!
Where to get it
The miniature
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