“For me, it seemed better with Firebirds”: The tuning change that lead to Warren Haynes retiring his Gibson SG

Gibson Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard 60s Cherry.

Warren Haynes’s love of a Les Paul might have been recognized with last year’s P-90-laden signature model, but before that, he was once a fierce advocate for another Gibson guitar – the SG.

The guitarist’s three-pickup SG featured on the cover of Guitar World in July 1994 as he posed alongside his Allman Brothers Band co-guitarist, Dickey Betts. But the axe was retired for good when Haynes' needs changed.