SG Special Faded 3-Pickup

The SG Special Faded 3-Pickup was introduced in 2007 and discontinued in 2008.

Features Edit

• $699 - $769 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Mahogany body
• Satin nitrocellulose lacquer over stain
  • No grain filler (open pores)

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
• '50s Rounded profile
• Set-in construction
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret

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

Electronics:

• Three uncovered 490R/490R/490T Humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • 7.8k Ohms D.C. resistance
• 6-way rotary switch
• 1 Vol, 1 Tone

Hardware:

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

Finishes:

• Worn Ebony
• Worn White