“The SG sound is very unique – it forces you to play to what you’re hearing”: Warren Haynes on the mid-’90s SG behind his early Gov’t Mule tone

Warren Haynes takes a solo on a Les Paul in 1995.

This month on Cover Stars, we are turning the clock back to July 1994, a hot summer in which Guitar World was paying tribute to the late Kurt Cobain, interviewing the high-flying Zakk Wylde, and featuring the Allman Brothers on the cover.

Dickey Betts was there, with his PRS. Warren Haynes was there, too, with a Gibson SG. But wait, an SG? Where did his Les Paul go? Here he explains the story behind the SG, why he had it, why it got retired.