The SG Standard Premier was a limited run of 100 units, only sold directly from Gibson's Nashville "Showcase" retail center in 2009 during their "Mega Outlet Sale". All have the word "USED" stamped into the back of the headstock and were sold with no warranty.
Features[]
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Body:
- Beveled, solid Maple body
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
- Opaque body, translucent neck
Neck:
- 3-pc laminated Flamed Maple
- Set-in construction
- 4.25 degree angle
- Titebond glue
- Joins body at 19th fret
- Rounded '50s profile (.830" / .970")
- Indian Rosewood fretboard
- Trapezoid inlays
- 12" radius
- Narrow Open Book headstock
- Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer
- Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
- Classic font style
- 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 Burstbucker Pro humbuckers
- AlNiCo V magnets (un-polished)
- 7.65k (neck) & 8.2k (bridge) Ohms DCR
- 3-way switch
- 2 Vol, 2 Tone
- CTS 300k volume, linear
- CTS 500k tone, audio
Hardware:
- Chrome Hardware
- Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- Manufactured by Ping
- 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Switch ring delete
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- 2-ply b/w with "SG" hot-stamp
- Black Reflector knobs
- Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Zamak stopbar tailpiece
Finish:
- Daytona Blue