SG Standard Celebrity

The SG Standard Celebrity was part of the 1991 Celebrity Series, a guitar-of-the-month type series. There were only four months represented, and this was the guitar for August. Only 200 units were produced, and all came with a certificate of authenticity. Circumstantial evidence suggests some may have been shipped with black plastics, but this is unconfirmed.

Features

• $1,144 MSRP
• $899 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Set-in construction
  • 3 degree angle
  • Titebond glue
  • Joins body at 18nd fret
• Rounded '50s profile (.820"/.960")
• Ebony fretboard
  • Trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Narrow Open Book headstock
  • Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
  • Silk-screened Celebrity Series logo

    

  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Neck, single-ply
• Thicker style
• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two 490R/498T Humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II (neck) & V (bridge) magnets
  • ~7.25k (neck) & 8.5k (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • CTS 300k volume, linear
  • CTS 500k tone, audio

Hardware:

• Gold Hardware
• Schaller "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • Green Keystone buttons
• 4-ply white/black "Batwing" pickguard
  • "Celebrity" hot-stamp over tenon
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 3-ply w/b/w with "SG" hot-stamp
• White Bell knobs
• ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Ebony