SG Standard Dark

The SG Standard Dark was introduced in November 2021, shortly after the similarly equipped SG Tribute Raven was released as a Halloween exclusive for GC/MF/WW&BW.

Related:

• SG Tribute Raven

Features

• 2021: $1,599 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
  • '61 Reissue beveling
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Set-in construction
  • 4.25 degree angle
  • Titebond glue
  • Joins body at 19th fret

• '50s Rounded profile (.850" / .980")
• Richlite fretboard
  • Dark grey acrylic Trapezoid inlays
  • 12" radius
• Narrow Open Book headstock
  • Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
  • Dark grey Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 medium-jumbo frets
  • Leveled by Plek machine
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• Graph Tech nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

  

Binding:

• Neck, single-ply
• Black color
• Fret-edge binding
• Thicker style
• Rolled edges

Electronics:

• Two '57 Classic / Super '57 humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • ~7.9k (neck) & 8.5k (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone

  

  • 500k non-linear
  • "Quick-Connect" circuit board

Hardware:

• Black Hardware
• Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
  • Manufactured by Ping
• Single-ply "Batwing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Single-ply black
• Black Bell knobs
• Switch ring not mounted
• Poly-carbonate control cover
  • Prevents electrostatic discharge
• Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Cherry