The Historic SG Standard Maple Top was a 2018 Custom Shop limited run of 50 units. Unlike most Historic SG Standards, this model does not use an amber tinted clearcoat to give the inlays and binding a slightly aged look.
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- $4,199 MSRP
- $3,499 Street
Body:
- Solid 1-pc Honduran Mahogany body
- Two-piece Maple top
- Historic deep beveling
- Tapered horn tips
- 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
Electronics:
- 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
- Faux Tortoise "Angel Wing" pickguard
- Wide bevel angle
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w
- Black Bell knobs w/ pointers
- ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Aluminum stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- Dark Cherry