The Tony Iommi ‘Monkey’ Gibson SG Special - full history of the guitar that defined heavy metal

Watch and learn about Tony Iommi’s ‘Monkey’ Gibson SG Special which he used in the early 1970s. The ‘Monkey’ SG is a very influential guitar that has flown under the radar a bit compared to the usual Les Pauls and Stratocasters of other big bands. But make no mistake, this is a guitar which created a monstrous tone and defined a music genre all of its own. This video takes us through Tony’s influences and history of modifying guitar to suit his needs, and details the intricate changes that were made to allow Tony to show his craft and introduce the world to a kind of music that was creative, frightening, beautiful but most of all, never heard before. List of corrections: the John Birch custom SG is listed as a Jaydee (19:20). And the person listed as Mike Clement is likely Don Bernstein of Hard Rock Cafe (19:50)