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Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi
Black Sabbath

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I remember the first time I heard Black Sabbath. My older brother got their album Master of Reality from a kid who lived next door, and we'd been passing it around like it was crack. We were playing it with the lights down and a candle burning, when my dad burst into the room. He was like, "What is this shit?" Then he broke the record right in front of us. But the music had just struck me like lightning. I truly enter the Iommi-sphere every time I put a guitar on. Tony is a metal pioneer, but there's a real finesse to his playing; it's not all that fast. His phrasing has such a classic vibe, and I draw a lot of inspiration from Tony's trilling.
I injured myself at a Black Sabbath reunion concert in 1999. During "Snowblind," we were all holding each other, and then we fell over and I hit a chair and broke my ribs. I was like, "Fuck, it hurts so bad, but I don't want to leave. I have to keep watching Tony play!"  By Brent Hinds of Mastodon


This is the original SG that was used on the majority of the original line-up albums and tours. It has been identified by Gibson as a 1965 SG Special. It has a Gibson P90 pick up in the bridge position that was fitted into a metal case by John Birch. The neck pick up is a John Birch custom P90 type single coil. The finger board is finished with clear polyurethane.
Instantly identified by the cartoon monkey sticker, this guitar became the main instrument when the bridge pick up on Tony’s white Stratocaster failed after the band recorded ‘Wicked World’ on the ‘Black Sabbath’ album. It was not, however, without its problems. Due to the thin neck profile at the heel, there were always tuning stability problems and the single coil pick ups were always susceptible to picking up interference.
The guitar was donated by Tony to the Hard Rock Café organisation (as seen in their documentary ‘Hard Rock Treasures’). At the time of writing it is on display at the Times Square location in New York City.




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Tony Iommi's 1965 Gibson SG Special aka Red Monkey
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    • About Steven
    • What is vintage guitar
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  • Evolution of Rock
    • The Music, Event, Artist, Guitar
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  • The Artist & The Guitar
    • Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
    • Elvis Presley
    • Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
    • Duane Alllman (The Allman Brothers)
    • Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
    • Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY)
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    • Robby Krieger (The Doors)
    • Carlos Santana (Santana)
    • Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
    • Johnny Winter
    • Steven Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY)
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      • 1961 Gibson ES-355 (Mono)
      • 1961 Gibson SG Special
      • 1963 Gibson ES-335 TDC
      • 1968 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop
      • 1968 Gibson ES-335 TD Iced Tea Burst
      • 1969 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop
      • 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom
      • 1969 Gibson ES-330 TD Sunburst
      • 1969 Gibson SG Standard
      • 1970 Gibson ES-335 TDC
      • 1971 Gibson SG Special
      • 1972 Gibson Les Paul Standard
      • 1973 Gibson SG Standard
      • 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom
      • 2007 Gibson ES-335 Dot VS
      • 2009 Gibson Les Paul Standard
    • My Gretsch Collection >
      • 1956 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet
      • 1958 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet
      • 1958 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1961 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins
      • 1962 Gretsch 6120
      • 1964 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman
    • My Rickenbacker Collection >
      • 1960 Rickenbacker 365 Capri Fireglo
      • 1964 Rickenbacker Rose Morris 1998 (345)
      • 1967 Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo
    • My Epiphone Collection >
      • 1966 Epiphone Crestwood
      • 1970s' Epiphone ET-270
    • My Other Collection >
      • 1960s' Kay Pro Thinline model 1993
      • 1960s' Framus Strato
      • 1996 Squier Jagmaster
      • 2002 Ibanez Pat Metheny PM-120 BK
    • My Acoustic Collection >
      • 1950 Gibson L-50
      • 1960/61 Hofner Congress
      • Early '60s Hofner 455 Senator
      • 1994 Taylor 510E
      • 1996 Taylor 814-CE
      • 1996 Taylor 855-DLX
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