SG Special Platinum

The SG Special Platinum is a variant of the SG Special introduced in 2003 and produced until 2005.

Features Edit

• $1,059 Street (2005)

Body:

• Beveled, solid Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
• '50s Rounded profile
• Set-in construction
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Ebony fretboard
  • No inlays
  • 12" radius
• Open Book headstock
• Silkscreened 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/490T Humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • ~7.25k Ohms D.C. resistance
  • Silver bobbins
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

Hardware:

• Brushed Chrome hardware
• Grover tuning machines
• Single-ply silver "Batwing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Double-ply b/w (1992-2001)
  • Single-ply black (2002-2013)
• Silver Bell knobs
• Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Platinum 

Case:

• Special Platinum case