
The SG Special Platinum is a variant of the SG Special introduced in 2003 and produced until 2005.
Features[]
- $1,059 Street (2005)
Body:
- Beveled, solid Mahogany body
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
- '50s Rounded profile (.820" / .960")
- Set-in construction
- Franklin Titebond 50 glue
- Joins body at 19th fret
- Ebony fretboard
- Open Book headstock
- Silkscreened Gibson logo
- "Made in U.S.A." stamp
- 17o pitch
- 22 frets
- 24 9/16" scale
- 1 11/16" nut width
Electronics:
- Two uncovered 490R/490T humbuckers
- AlNiCo II magnets
- ~7.5k Ohms D.C. resistance
- Gray bobbins
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Ebony
Hardware:
- Brushed Chrome hardware
- Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- Manufactured by Ping
- Single-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Brushed steel finish
- Single-ply Bell shaped truss rod cover
- Brushed steel finish
- "Platinum" engraving (Platinum finish)
- Silver Bell knobs
- Brushed steel style control cavity cover
- Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:
- Platinum
- Ebony
- Sunset Orange
Case:
- Special Platinum case