Custom Orders

Customers have been able to order custom-tailored models throughout Gibson's history, even before their actual Custom Shop existed. This is a list of all known custom ordered SG models.

1964 SG Standard w/ Bigsby Edit

1966 SG Standard Pelham Blue Edit

1976 SG Standard/Custom Edit

• May 1976: $595 ($2,639 in 2018)

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 3-pc laminated Honduran Mahogany
• Set-in construction
  • 3 degree angle
  • Titebond glue

• Joins body at 20th fret
• Ebony fretboard
  • Block inlays
  • 12" radius
• Volute
• Large Open Book headstock w/ fiber veneer
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl split diamond
• "Made in U.S.A." stamp
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• 1 9/16" nut width

Binding:

• Neck, single-ply
• Headstock, multi-ply

Electronics:

• Two Bill Lawrence "Super Humbuckers"
  • Indox 7 ceramic magnets
  • ~5.4K (neck), 7.5K (bridge) Ohms DCR
  • Epoxy-mounted
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome Hardware
• Grover Keystone tuning machines
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply b/w with "S-G" engraving
• Black Speed knobs w/ pointers
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finish:

• Cherry