Frank Zappa Signature Roxy SG

The Frank Zappa Signature "Roxy" SG was a limited run released in 2013. It was the first Gibson USA SG to use a real holly veneer since 1969. Production was limited to 400 units. Comes with Zappa's last guitar solo recording on CD, "Trance-Fusion" included.

Features

• $2,249 Street
• $1,599 Street (Dent & Scratch)

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
  • Grade A Mahogany
  • '61 Reissue beveling
• Angled heel
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
  • Satin sheen
  • No grain filler (open pores)

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Natural finish
  • Satin sheen
  • No grain filler (open pores)
• Set-in construction
  • 3 degree angle
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
  • Joins body at 22nd fret
  • '61 Reissue style heel
• 1961 Slim Taper D profile (.775 / .910")
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Pearloid acrylic dot inlays
  • 12" radius
  • Grade A Rosewood

    

• Narrow Open Book headstock
  • Holly wood veneer
    • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 jumbo frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• Corian nut
  • Cut by Plek machine

    

• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Neck, single-ply
• Cream color
• Thicker style
• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two Super '57 humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • ~7.9k (neck) & ~8.5k (bridge) Ohms D.C. resistance
  • Uncovered
• 3-way pickup switch
• 1 mini-toggle phase switch
• 1 mini-toggle coil split
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome Hardware
• Grover Rotomatic tuning machines

  

  • 16:1 ratio
  • Metal Schaller-style buttons
  • Manufactured by Ping
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
  • SG Special style integrated tenon
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply b/w
• Black Witch Hat knobs
• Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Maestro tremolo w/ flat bar handle

Finishes:

• Heritage Cherry