SG Special 3

Gibson SG 3

The SG Special 3 was part of Gibson's 2007 "Guitar of the Week" series, with Week 21 being the Fireburst finish and Week 30 being Ebony. It was a limited production run with only 400 of each finish produced.

Related:

• SG Special Faded 3-Pickup
• SG Standard 3

Features

• $849 - $949 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Swamp Ash body (Fireburst)
• Beveled, solid Mahogany body (Ebony)
• Nitrocellulose lacquer

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
• '50s Rounded profile (.850" / .980")
• Set-in construction
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
  • Joins body at 19th fret

• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • Acrylic dot inlays
  • 12" radius
• Open Book headstock
  • Silkscreened Gibson logo
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 medium frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• 1 11/16" nut width

Electronics:

• Three single-coil blade pickups
  • Ceramic magnets
  • 2.8k Ohms DCR
• 6-way rotary switch
• 1 Vol, 1 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome hardware
• Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • Green Keystone buttons
  • Manufactured by Ping
• 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Single-ply black
• Black Reflector knobs
• Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Ebony
• Fireburst