SG Standard Gold Series

The SG Standard Gold Series was a limited run 2017 model. The Wine Red finish was offered as an Amazon exclusive.

Features Edit

• $1,819 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
• Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
• Set-in construction
  • 4.25 degree angle
  • Titebond glue

• Joins body at 22nd fret
• Slim Taper profile
• Indian Rosewood fretboard
  • 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 headstock pitch
• 22 frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• TekToid self-lubricating nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

• Neck, single-ply

• Thicker style
• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two '57 Classic Humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • 7.5k Ohms D.C. resistance
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 2 Tone
  • 500k non-linear
  • "Quick-Connect" circuit board

Hardware:

• Gold Hardware
• Locking Grover Rotomatic tuning machines
  • 14:1 ratio
• 5-ply "Angel Wing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • 2-ply b/w with "SG" engraving
• Black & Gold Reflector knobs
• Switch ring delete
• Poly-carbonate control cover
  • Prevents electrostatic discharge
• Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge
• Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

• Alpine White 
• Wine Red