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2003 platinum

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
    • No inlays (Platinum finish)
    • Acrylic pearloid dot inlays (Ebony, Sunset Orange)
    • 12" radius
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      Sunset Orange

  • 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
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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
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Finishes:

  • Platinum 
  • Ebony
  • Sunset Orange

Case:

  • Special Platinum case