Originally Posted by: dvenetian... to his contract with Gibson when he forced them to remove his name from a guitar they designed that he disliked without his knowledge. That new design had to be renamed and is what we know as the "SG" AKA Solid Guitar (I think Les made a big mistake with that one, since the SG became another one of Gibson's best sellers)....

The SG was, and remains, a very, very bad design, from a mechanical point of view. The neck/body joint has been a significant weak point in all of the various versions of this model. Lester was quite right in insisting that his name be removed from this part of the Gibson lineup. His advice was ignored - his design concepts were overruled - and his name was gratuitously applied to a sub-standard product that he had no part in bringing into production. Of course he was outraged. The SG has been a big seller, but that does nothing to counter the fact that it's a POS. Anyone who listens to the radio can tell you that popularity has [u]nothing[/u] to do with quality! :p