Gibson Custom Color Series 1961 SG Standard
Born Under a Bad Sign
Back in 1961, the folks at Gibson decided it was time to refresh and re-imagine the Les Paul, and boy did they ever hack and slash! In order to freshen things up, they did away with the maple top and the sunburst finish. Instead of Les's design, they presented Mr. Paul with a sleek, contoured horned devil made out of lightweight mahogany. 'Ol Les was NOT pleased and asked them to kindly take his name off the truss rod cover. This left the Gibson marketing team in a bit of a lurch, so they scrambled to find a name for their new ax and landed on "Solid Guitar."
After its inauspicious birth, the SG did indeed prove itself to be a Solid Guitar in every sense of the word (who knows, maybe the SG works so well for rock and roll because it was born under a bad sign--it Read More...
Specifications:
Brand | Gibson |
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Model | Custom Color Series 1961 SG Standard |
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Finish Color | Silver Mist |
Finish Type | Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
Weight | 7.55 lbs. |
Body Wood | Mahogany |
Neck Wood | Mahogany |
Neck Shape | Slim Taper |
Neck Dimensions | .800 1st - .900 12th |
Fingerboard | Indian Rosewood w/Single-ply Cream Binding |
Inlays | Acrylic Trapezoids |
Scale Length | 24.75" |
Nut Material | GraphTech |
Width at Nut | 1.694" |
Frets | 22 Medium Jumbo |
Pickups | 2 '60s Burstbuckers |
Controls | 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-Way Selector Switch; Hand-Wired with Orange Drop Capacitors |
Hardware | Nickel |
Bridge | ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic |
Tailpiece | Aluminum Stopbar |
Tuners | Vintage Deluxe w/Keystone buttons |
Case | Gibson Brown Hardshell |
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