The Robby Krieger Signature SG was introduced in 2009 as a Custom Shop model. This was mostly inspired by Krieger's personal favorite SG Standard (while the neck shape is a hybrid of that and a friend's '61 Standard). Gibson refers to Krieger's original as a 1967 model, but the features suggest it is in fact a late 1968 or early 1969. This would mark the first reissue of a Batwing-era SG by the Custom Shop, although there are notable differences from a real '67 SG, like the nut width, saddle material and pickup magnets. However, this model and the Judas Priest Signature SG are so far the only batwing "reissues" to use the correct heel design and control cover shape.
Examples can be found with pickups dating back to 2007, so the release may have been delayed for some time after the production was completed.
In 2011, a 50th Anniversary standard production model was introduced, based largely on the '61 Reissue. It was produced into early 2012.
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2009 Custom Shop[]
VOS
Limited run of only 100 VOS and 50 Aged & Signed units.
- $3,399 Street (VOS)
- $5,799 Street (Aged & Signed)
Body:
- Solid Honduran Mahogany body
- One-piece construction
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- Custom profile (.780"/.910")
- Set-in construction
- Joins body at 19th fret
- Indian Rosewood fretboard
- Acrylic 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
- 24 5/8" scale
- Nylon nut
- Cut by Plek machine
- 1 11/16" nut width
Binding:
- Single-ply, neck
- Thinner vintage-style
- Frets over binding
Electronics:
- '57 Classic Humbuckers
Aged
- AlNiCo II magnets
- ~7.9k Ohms DCR
- Nickel plated covers
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- Push/Pull phase reverse (Bridge Tone)
- CTS 500k audio taper pots
- Mallory 150 "Bumblebee" caps
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Kluson Deluxe tuning machines
- 12:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- Double line, single ring
- Strap locks
Aged
- 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Wide bevel angle
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply, wide bevel angle
- 1 Reflector & 3 Witch Hat knobs w/ pointers
- ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge w/ Maestro vibrola
Finishes:
- Aged Dark Heritage Cherry
2011 50th Anniversary[]
- $1,849 Street
Body:
- Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
- '61 Reissue style beveling
- Tapered horns
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- Set-in construction
- '61 Reissue style heel
- 5 degree angle
- Franklin Titebond 50 glue
- Joins body at 22nd fret
- Slim Taper profile (.800/.895")
- Indian Rosewood fretboard
- Acrylic trapezoid inlays
- 12" radius
- Large Open Book headstock
- Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- Classic font style
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
- "Made in U.S.A." stamp
- 17o pitch
- 22 frets
- Leveled by Plek machine
- 24 9/16" scale
- Corian nut
- 1 11/16" nut width
Binding:
- Neck, single-ply
- Thinner style
- Fret-edge binding
Electronics:
- Two '57 Classic Humbuckers
- AlNiCo II magnets
- ~7.9k Ohms D.C. resistance
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- Push/Pull phase reverse (Neck Tone)
- CTS 300k linear volume
- CTS 500k audio tone
Hardware:
- Chrome Hardware
- Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- Manufactured by Ping
- 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
- Music-themed artistic backplate
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w
- Black Reflector knobs
- Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge w/ Maestro vibrola
Finishes:
- Heritage Cherry