The Copperhead SG was introduced in 2003 as a Custom Shop limited run of 25 units, designed as a companion piece to the "Copperhead" pickup truck built by Stacy David of the TV show "TRUCKS!".
Features[]
- Avg. weight: 6.5 lbs.
Body:
- Solid Honduran Mahogany body
- Snakeskin carving on front
- Historic deep beveling
- Angled heel
- Tapered horn tips
- One-piece construction
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- 1960 Slim Taper C profile (.830"/.960")
- Set-in construction
- Joins body at 22nd fret
- 3 degree pitch
- Ebony fretboard
- Acrylic pearloid "Copperhead" inlays
- 12" radius
- Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- 17o pitch
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- 24 5/8" scale
- Nylon nut
- 1 11/16" nut width
Binding:
- Single-ply, neck
- Thinner vintage-style
- Amber tinted
- Fret-edge binding
- Tortoise cellulose dot markers
Electronics:
- Two '57 Classic humbuckers
- AlNiCo II magnets
- ~7.9k Ohms DCR
- Nickel plated covers
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 500k audio taper pots
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
- 12:1 ratio
- Manufactured by Ping
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- Chrome plated
- Chrome plated tenon cover
- "572 c.i." engraving
- Black Bell knobs
- Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Aluminum stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- PPG Copperhead Pearl (color-shifting)