The SG, Gibsons best-selling guitar of all time, has had its horns deep in a wide variety of musicians since its introduction in 1961, when evolved it out of the famed Les Paul. The Gibson USA SG Standard 61 2019 commemorates that famed redesign, offering authentic, period-correct styling and features like a Slim Taper mahogany neck with 60s-style joint, bound rosewood fingerboard, solid mahogany body with deep scarfing, 5-ply full-face pickguard, nickel-plated hardware set, and 61R and 61T humbucking pickups to round out this retro ripper. This guitar is left-handed.
About Gibson USA:Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the worlds premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
Nashville: the home of country music, and the home of Gibson USA. Producing all Gibson solid-bodies, Gibsons Nashville facility is the place where great love affairs, and guitars like the Les Paul and the SG, are born.
Body Material: Mahogany
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Profile: Slim Taper
Scale Length: 24.75"
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number of Frets: 22
Frets: Low - Cryogenically Treated
Nut Material: Tektoid
Nut Width: 1.695"
End of Board Width: 2.26"
Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoids
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stopbar
Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe w/Keystone buttons
Pickguard: Black 5-ply
Control Knobs: Black Top Hats with Silver Reflector
Switch Tip: Cream
Switchwasher: Black
Neck Pickup: Burstbucker 61R
Bridge Pickup: Burstbucker 61T
Controls: 2 Volumes, 2 Tones & Toggle Switch
Case: Hard Shell Case
Other: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit, Strap, and Pickup Selector Poker Chip
