SG-3

SG-3

The SG-3 was a limited run model produced in 2007. Only 400 units were produced in total. Early examples used a unique serial number format that is ink-stamped with a single letter (C for Cherry and E for Ebony) followed by three digits signifying the sequential production number after a space. They also lack "Made in the U.S.A." stamping. Later production models (built in late 2007 and sold through 2008) use the standard serial format. It is unclear whether these later models surpassed the original 400 unit limit or not.

Some other models released as part of the Guitar of the Week series that same year would often be referred to as SG-3s as well. Those are listed below.

Related:

• SGS3
• SG Standard 3
• SG Special 3
• SG Special Faded 3-Pickup

Features

• $1,499 Street (2007)
• $1,649 Street (2008)

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Set-in construction
  • 3 degree angle
  • Titebond glue
  • Joins body at 19th fret

• Rounded '50s profile
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Narrow Open Book headstock
  • Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp (later production)
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

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

Electronics:

• Three '57 Classic / Classic Plus humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • ~7.9k (neck/middle) & 8.5K (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
• 6-way rotary switch
• 1 Vol, 1 Tone

Hardware:

• Gold hardware
• Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • Green Keystone buttons
  • Manufactured by Ping
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply black/white
  • Gold "SG" printing
• Black/Gold Reflector knobs
• Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Heritage Cherry 
• Ebony