Keith Richards briefly used this Gibson SG Custom in 1973. According to Andy Babiuk, author of Rolling Stones Gear, Richards played it during the Exile on Main Street tour, at the L.A. Forum benefit concert for survivors of the Nicaragua earthquake, and on the subsequent Pacific tour. Babiuk specifically notes that Richards used the guitar on “Midnight Rambler,” playing it in standard tuning with a capo on the seventh fret.
The guitar is now housed in the Hard Rock Cafe’s Vault in Orlando, having been acquired from Marshall Chess, who worked with the Rolling Stones organization from 1970 to 1977.
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