SG Standard Exclusive

(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
  • 17^o 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
  • 17^o 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