SG Futura

Brilliant Red Fade

The SG Futura was a model released only for the 2014 model year.

Related:

• 2014 SG Special

Features

• $1,029-$1,143 Street
• $789 Street (Blemished)

Body:

• Beveled, solid Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
  • "Vintage Gloss" satin sheen

Neck:

• 1-pc Maple
• 1961 Slim Taper D profile (.800" / .875")
• Set-in construction
  • 5 degree angle
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
  • Joins body at 19th fret

• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Acrylic dot inlays
  • 120th Anniversary banner inlay at 12th fret
  • 12" radius
• Narrow Open Book headstock
  • Silver Gibson logo silkscreen

    

    Plum Insane Fade

  • Silver Crown silkscreen
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 24 frets
  • Cryogenically tempered
  • Leveled by Plek machine
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• TekToid self-lubricating nut

  

  Pacific Blue Fade

  • Slots cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Electronics:

• P-90H Sidewinder (neck) & Burstbucker 3 (bridge)
  • AlNiCo V (neck) & AlNiCo II (bridge) magnets
  • ~15.5k (neck) & ~8k (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
  • Chrome covers

    

    Inverness Green Fade

• 3-way switch
• 15 db boost mini-toggle
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • 2 Push/Pull coil taps
  • CTS 500k audio taper pots
  • "Quick-Connect" circuit board

Hardware:

• Chrome Hardware

  

  Bullion Gold Fade

• Min-ETune automatic tuning system
  • 40:1 ratio
  • Yellow Keystone buttons
• Single-ply black "Angel Wing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Single-ply black
  • White "ETune^TM" hot stamp
• Black "notched" Speed knobs

  

  Chamagne Fade

• Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge & stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Brilliant Red Fade (Translucent)
• Plum Insane Fade
• Pacific Blue Fade (Translucent)
• Inverness Green Fade
• Bullion Gold Fade
• Champagne Fade