Epiphone SG Standard vs Les Paul Standard 60's - Side by Side - Review & Comparison

Fulfilling a promise made during our SG Custom review a few weeks back we bought a white SG Standard to compare with an ebony Les Paul Standard 60's also sneaked in recently. Today we review them both and do a 'SG vs Les Paul' side by side comparison to boot!!

If you don't like any of the talking or the playing bits in this video we've made it easy for you to skip along to the next chapter in case something more interesting is happening...

0:00 intro & coming up
1:13 what's happening today
6:10 construction, hardware, and parts
8:12 has the SG got a longer neck
11:09 what do they weigh
12:10 the strings come off
12:47 tailpiece and bridge comparison
13:43 the nuts and under the truss rod covers
14:43 inside the pickup cavities
19:49 measuring pickup outputs
20:33 inside control cavities
21:14 sg neck dive test
22:50 pickup sound tests
25:35 lets play something pt1
26:06 neck profiles and measurements
26:30 lets play something pt2
29:42 so what are the differences?
34:00 my final thoughts
35:48 I hope that was something
36:15 play out jam

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[LuisSalgadoG]

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[chrisforever]

"If you don't like any of the talking or the playing bits in this video...."
Mmmhh.... who really wants to miss one second of this?

[telestratblues]

Love the Epiphone reviews. Not all of us have deep pockets.. I have a 2023 Epiphone SG Standard and love it.

[Robert_Bubba_Baker]

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[ApeLikeCreature]

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[jefftucker]

Man I needed a new vid from you today to cheer me up, you are a ray of sunshine in a mad mad world! I will always be a Les Paul fan boy but you are seriously making me want an SG!!! fantastic comparison vid. keep up the good work mate!

[Libra]

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[yazz]

Whenever an old man talking and a youngster listens in awe.way to go sir.may God bless u.

[markdakel]

Excellent video
Epiphone has outstanding guitars and you always give honest, straightforward reviews
of the Instruments, I love your playing style, You highlight the versatility of the budget friendly Epiphone brand.
Well done sir

[MJScrivens]

The SG is Gibson’s best selling model of all time, and one of (if not THE, actually) only models to be constantly in production since it was introduced. Even the Les Paul as we know it was discontinued for almost a decade. But the SG has always been with us since 1961. I’ve always been an SG guy rather than a Les Paul guy, first falling in love with the shape when I saw a knock off version in my local music shop about 20 years ago. It was made by Westfield, who, as I remember, basically just made knock offs Gibson models and sold them pretty cheap. I didn’t even have the association with an artist when I first became smitten with the shape, that came later. As did my infatuation with the mid range bark of an SG, something that a Les Paul just doesn’t quite have. There’s a distinctive snarl inside an SG, and it always keeps me coming back for more. My core PRS guitars may be my main guitars these days, but I always end up coming back to my SG.

[caverna]

Man... I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago, and I've seen many of your videos.
I'm a guitar lover, and an SG fan too. I´m 52 and, as I don´t have kids, my guitars are my family and keep me alive during these sad age we are crossing.
Keep doing your videos, I´ll be here waiting for them.
Cheers from Spain!

[JohnRitson]

Found your channel by accident, and I am a subscriber as I like the straight to the point, no nonsense approach to the reviews.

[bikezonly]

Awesome content as usual. Seriously, this channel deserves much higher views!

[Nightmerica]

Your videos are, like, guitar zen. They’re so cozy and welcoming.

I think that one of the things I really love about your Epi reviews is that you judge them so much on their own merits as quality, good playing, good sounding instruments.

[mattpeckham]

Excellent video! I was exclusively a long time Les Paul player and I have gradually over the years switched to SG's ( mostly ) Still love both, but as you pointed out in the video, the Paul is definitely a darker sounding guitar and SG's are brighter sounding. SG's are also just physically easier to handle and more comfortable.

[murrayguitarpickups]

9:30 I believe the pickups are in a different position relative to the bridge, I think the SGs are closer to the bridge, could explain the extra edge

[davo_]

Sir, I’ve had a shoulder recon so no more sports for me. Decided to dip my toes into guitar. To be honest I was about to give up before I even got started because of all the technical bollocks and terminology used in majority of videos. I stumbled upon your vid and bang …. You answered every question I needed answering. I’m starting my new path with a Epiphone 2021 SG Standard I just picked up ex demo. The weight is ideal and sounds iconic. Ta very much

[che]

Your vid along w my pint of Guinness and the devils lettuce gets me thru another workweek of pure drudgery. Thank you for being the light at the end of the tunnel. On a happier note after watching your 50s gold top LP i bought a 60s std like your new black one here but i got exclusive Sweetwater finish in smokehouse burst.

[rossco-dps]

What a lovely pair of Epiphones. I'm starting to feel I need an SG!
I really appreciate the work you put into creating your videos. Really top quality lighting, multiple camera angles, editing and of course playing. Really tearing it up at the outro on the SG there. Cheers.

[mickertyable]

I love these epiphone videos. You are bang on the money that the current range are excellent. Would be really interesting to see how squiers compare to fenders these days.

Awesome stuff.