The Heavy Aged SG Standard was a limited run Custom Shop model produced intermittently before the Murphy Lab was formed to offer standardized aging levels as an option on certain models. Interestingly, the 2014 and 2017 models did not use an amber-tinted clearcoat like most Historic SG Standards use to simulate an aged look on the binding and inlays.
2014[]
- $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
- 1960 Slim Taper C profile (.830"/.960")
- Set-in construction
- Hot hide glue
- Unsheathed truss rod
- Joins body at 22nd fret
- 3 degree pitch
- 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
- 17o 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
- Switchcraft 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 500k vintage audio taper pots
- Mallory 150 "Bumblebee" caps
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Gotoh SD90 Kluson-reissue tuning machines
- 1:15 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- 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[]
Limited run of 25 units.
- $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
- 1960 Slim Taper C profile (.830"/.960")
- Set-in construction
- Hot hide glue
- Unsheathed truss rod
- Joins body at 22nd fret
- 3 degree pitch
- 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
- 17o 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
- Switchcraft 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 500k vintage audio taper pots
- Mallory 150 "Bumblebee" caps
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Gotoh SD90 Kluson-reissue tuning machines
- 1:15 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- 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 or Bell knobs w/ pointers
- ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Aluminum stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- Antique Pelham Blue
2018[]
- $4,999 Street
Body:
- Solid Honduran Mahogany body
- Historic deep beveling
- Tapered horn tips
- One-piece construction
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
- Amber-tinted clearcoat
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- 1960 Slim Taper C profile (.830"/.960")
- Set-in construction
- Hot hide glue
- Unsheathed truss rod
- Joins body at 22nd fret
- 3 degree pitch
- 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
- 17o 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
- Switchcraft 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 500k vintage audio taper pots
- Mallory 150 "Bumblebee" caps
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
- 1:14 ratio
- Manufactured by Ping
- 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