The original "lyre" vibrola was removed by a previous owner and it didn't come with the guitar when I bought it in 2007. One could assume that when it was taken off it was either sold, thrown away, or it is still sitting in some guy's basement/garage/attic all these years later. Who knows?
That's cool about your old '70 SG. I am sorry to hear it was stolen though. That's such a shame. Your old SG sort of sounds a bit like the 1965 SG Standard I used to have. It was the most toneful and resonant guitar I have ever owned or played, let alone even
heard. It was an
absolute tone monster. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to sell it though and it still haunts me to this day.
The only recording I have found that even comes close to the sound of it is the video below (starting around the 1:16 mark). Like audio equipment, tone is subjective, but this is pretty much what it sounded like when I used to play it through my buddy's 1970 Marshall JMP 50 watt head:
It was a 1968 Standard with Cherry finish just like your picture(hence the memory trigger), I bought it used with the head stock cracked in 1970..
My HS Sophomore Wood Shop teacher came up with the suggestion of mixing slightly watered down carpenter glue and fine powdered hard wood dust mixture injected with a hypodermic medium sized needle into the split while the split was slightly spread, and then clamped to dry for 2 days..
No more tuning drift afterwards..
My guitar playing friend who sold it to me, that was in the same Wood shop class that I was in, regretted selling it to me so cheap after he saw the repair with only a hair line crack and played it afterwards, but a deal was a deal.
And through my friend`s 1969/70 small box original Mullard tubed 50 watt Marshall through his slant 4X12 tall type Marshall cab, the tone was fat and very rich sounding("sonic woody"!!) without taking your head off.
Luckily my '68 SG survived without any breaks or cracks around the headstock though. It's still physically in pretty good shape other than the stripped finish and the worn frets. I love it the way it is though. I actually prefer the look of it over a cherry SG of the same era with the "batwing" large pickguard. But that's just me.
And no worries about the pics. You're welcome.
