/diy/ - Do It Yourself

SX makes fine beginner guitars.

>>156391

shut up.

The SG is 24.75 which is standard Gibson scale, There's some inbetweens (PRS) at 25, and Fender at 25.5. Those are the most common scales.

56-13 should be more than enough to pull some relief in that neck, even in C. I play 68-14 in B, and they're nice and tight.

The shorter scale length kind of puts you at a disadvantage, since there's going to be less tension overall, in this situation. That being said, SG's are one of the most often down tuned guitars. So many people use them for doom/sludge/stoner rock. I use a Guild S100 in C standard, no buzz...

Everything is a balance. You don't just adjust one thing to make a perfect player. Neck/bridge/nut etc all has to be within a happy median in order to get a good player. If the nut is too low, and the neck is too straight, shim the nut. Use something super thin, business card, piece of a soda bottle cut to fit. There's always a chance the frets aren't level. If that's the case, there's many tutorials on how to do it. I've done it a bunch, it's no biggie. Just a little scary at first.

This tele is in B standard.