SG Special '60s Tribute

The SG Special '60s Tribute was introduced in 2011 and produced into 2012. While it is not a reissue of any specific 1960s SG Special, it is generally inspired by the 1961-1965 Special.

Features Edit

• $1,239 MSRP
• $799 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Slim taper profile
• Set-in construction
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Acrylic dot inlays
  • 12" radius
• Narrow Open Book headstock
• Silkscreened Gibson logo
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁵/₈" scale
• Corian nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Electronics:

• Two "Soapbar" P-90s
  • AlNiCo V magnets
  • ~7-8K Ohms DCR
  • Black plastic covers
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome hardware
• Grover Kluson-style tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • "Green key" buttons
• Single-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply b/w
• Black Bell knobs
• Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Worn Natural 
• Worn White 
• Worn Cherry 
• Worn Ebony