SG Special New Century

The SG Special New Century was a variant of the SG Special produced from 2006-2008.

Features Edit

• $999 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
• Slim Taper profile
• Set-in construction
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Madagascar Heather Ebony fretboard
  • Mirror dot inlays
• 12" fretboard radius
• Open Book headstock
• Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
• "Made in U.S.A." stamp
• 17^o headstock pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• 1 11/16" nut width

Electronics:

• Two uncovered 490R/498T Humbuckers
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome Hardware
• Grover Kidney Bean tuning machines
• Gibson Deluxe tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • "Green Key" buttons
• Full-body mirror pickguard
• Bell shaped mirror truss rod cover
• Black Reflector knobs
• Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Ebony