Gibson SG Special "Monkey" vs Yamaha CV820WB
The Gibson SG Special "Monkey" and the Yamaha CV820WB are both electric guitars. The Gibson SG Special "Monkey" leans warm and transparent. The Yamaha CV820WB leans gritty and high gain.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
Gibson SG Special "Monkey"
Gibson · electric guitar
Yamaha CV820WB
Yamaha · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.Gibson Tony Iommi Signature Monkey SG Special, based on Iommis heavily modified 1964 original, featuring chrome-covered P-90 pickups, mahogany body and neck with rounded profile, adjustable wraparound bridge, and hand-wired Orange Drop capacitors. The Monkey delivers heavy riff tone with pronounced output and resonant warmth characteristic of Iommis Black Sabbath sound.
The Yamaha CV820WB is Wes Borland's signature semi-hollow electric, designed with Yamaha in 2005 as a model unlike anything they had built before. It features a semi-hollow body and custom split-field high-output humbuckers made exclusively for Borland, blending the airy resonance and bite of a semi-hollow with enough output to handle heavy nu-metal gain. The result is a distinctive, slightly raw voice with woody resonance, strong attack and a willingness to feed back expressively at volume. Tailored to Borland's percussive, texture-driven Limp Bizkit style, it suits alternative metal, nu-metal and experimental rock rather than conventional clean or vintage roles.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Nu Metal
- Rock
- Experimental
- Alternative Rock
- warm
- transparent
- sustaining
- aggressive
- gritty
- high gain
- bright