Heavy Aged SG Standard

The Heavy Aged SG Standard was a limited run Custom Shop model produced intermittently.

2014 Edit

• $5,848 Street

Body:

• Solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Historic deep beveling
• Tapered horn tips
• One-piece construction
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Medium profile
• Set-in construction
  • Hot hide glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Cellulose trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Leveled by Plek machine
• 24 ⁵/₈" scale
• Nylon nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Single-ply, neck
• Thinner style
• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two Custombucker humbuckers
  • AlNiCo III magnets
  • ~8k Ohms DCR
  • Nickel plated covers
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • CTS 500k pots

Hardware:

• Nickel hardware
• Kluson Deluxe Keystone tuning machines
  • 12:1 ratio
  • Single line, single ring
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
  • Wide bevel angle
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply, wide bevel angle
  • "Les Paul" engraving
• Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• T.V. Yellow

2017 Edit

• $5,499-5,999 Street
• $3,799 Street (2019 clearance)

Body:

• Solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Historic deep beveling
• Tapered horn tips
• One-piece construction
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Medium profile
• Set-in construction
  • Hot hide glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Cellulose trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Leveled by Plek machine
• 24 ⁵/₈" scale
• Nylon nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Single-ply, neck
• Thinner style
• Fret-edge binding
• Rolled binding
• Painted over sides

Electronics:

• Two Custombucker humbuckers
  • AlNiCo III magnets
  • ~8k Ohms DCR
  • Nickel plated covers
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • CTS 500k pots

Hardware:

• Nickel hardware
• Kluson Deluxe Keystone tuning machines
  • 12:1 ratio
  • Single line, single ring
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
  • Wide bevel angle
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply, wide bevel angle
  • Blank
• Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Antique Pelham Blue

2018 Edit

• $4,999 Street

Body:

• Solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Historic deep beveling
• Tapered horn tips
• One-piece construction
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Medium profile
• Set-in construction
  • Hot hide glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Cellulose trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Medium Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Leveled by Plek machine
• 24 ⁵/₈" scale
• Nylon nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Single-ply, neck

• Thinner style
• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two uncovered Custombucker humbuckers
  • AlNiCo III magnets
  • ~8k Ohms DCR
  • Nickel plated covers included
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • CTS 500k pots

Hardware:

• Nickel hardware
• Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
  • Wide bevel angle
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply, wide bevel angle
  • "Les Paul" engraving
• Black Reflector knobs w/ pointers
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Sage