SG Standard '60s Coil Tap

The SG Standard '60s Coil Tap was a Guitar Center exclusive model produced from late 2009 - 2012. The design was changed in late 2010, with some overlap between the two styles. There was no production limit for this run.

2009 - 2010[]

$1,299 Street

Body:

Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
1961 Slim Taper D profile (.800"/.895")
Set-in construction
- 3 degree angle
- Titebond glue
- Joins body at 19th fret

Ebony fretboard
- Trapezoid inlays
- 12" radius
Narrow Open Book headstock
- Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
- "Made in U.S.A." stamp
- 17^o pitch
22 frets
24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
Corian nut
- Cut by Plek machine
1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

Neck, single-ply
Thicker style
Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

Two Burstbucker 1 & 3 Humbuckers
- AlNiCo II magnets
- 6.5k (neck) & 7.5k (bridge) Ohms D.C. resistance
3-way switch
2 Vol, 2 Tone
- Push/Pull coil split
- CTS 300k volume, linear
- CTS 500k tone, audio
- "Quick-Connect" circuit board

Hardware:

Chrome Hardware
Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- Manufactured by Ping
TonePros "Kluson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 15:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Single-ply (Silverburst)
Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w with "SG" hot-stamp
Black Reflector knobs
Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

Classic White
Silverburst

2010 - 2012[]

Note: Incorrectly listed by Guitar Center as having 490/498 humbuckers and Rounded '50s neck.

$1,299 Street