(Not to be confused with the 1979 SG Exclusive or "exclusive runs" for dealers in general)
The SG Standard Exclusive was a limited run model produced exclusively for retailer Sam Ash in 2011 and had a limited production of 400 units. It returned in 2019, again as a limited run, now for AMS & Zzounds.
2011[]
- $1,319 Street
Body:
- Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
- Grade A Mahogany (Translucent finishes)
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- Set-in construction
- 5 degree angle
- Titebond glue
- Joins body at 19th fret
- Rounded '50s profile
- Baked Maple fretboard
- Acrylic trapezoid inlays
- 12" radius
- Narrow Open Book headstock
- Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
- "Made in U.S.A." stamp
- 17o pitch
- 22 frets
- 24 9/16" scale
- Corian nut
- Cut by Plek machine
- 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
- 7.4k (neck) & 9k (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 300k volume, linear
- CTS 500k tone, audio
- "Quick-Connect" circuit board
Hardware:
- Chrome Hardware (Pelham Blue)
- Gold Hardware (Bullion Gold)
- TonePros "Kluson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 15:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w with "SG" hot-stamp
- Black Reflector knobs (Pelham Blue)
- Gold Speed knobs (Bullion Gold)
- Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Zamak stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- Pelham Blue
- Bullion Gold
2019[]
This model uses the beveling and control placement from the '61 Reissue.
- $1,499 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
- Rounded profile
- Indian Rosewood fretboard
- Acrylic Trapezoid inlays
- Increased fretboard thickness
- 12" radius
- Narrow Open Book headstock
- Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown
- "Made in U.S.A." stamp
- 17o pitch
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- Levelled by Plek machine
- 24 9/16" scale
- Graph Tech nut
- Cut by Plek machine
- 1 11/16" nut width
Binding:
- Neck, single-ply
- Fret-edge binding
- Thicker style
Electronics:
- Two 490R / 490T humbuckers
- AlNiCo II magnets
- 7.4k (neck) & 8.1k (bridge) Ohms D.C.R.
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- 500k non-linear
- "Quick-Connect" circuit board
Hardware:
- Chrome Hardware
- Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard (early-mid year)
- 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard (mid-late year)
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w with "SG" hot-stamp
- Black Reflector knobs (Batwing)
- Black Bell knobs (Angel Wing)
- Poly-carbonate control cover
- Prevents electrostatic discharge
- Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- Pelham Blue