DISC Gibson SG Special, 70s Tribute, Satin Cherry

Full Description

The Gibson SG Special '70s Tribute has been designed to capture the look, feel and tone of the Gibson guitars of the 70s decade. It offers all the quality and performance of the guitar since its introduction in 1983, but provides crucial updates that ally it to many legendary Gibson guitars of the 1970s. It boasts a thin-to-thick neck carve, where its profile begins slim at the lower frets and becomes increasingly chunky up the neck. This '70s Tribute also comes in a nice Satin Cherry finish.

Quality SG Construction

Like the most revered vintage SGs, this SG Special has a solid mahogany body; a tonewood that provides amazing depth, balance and extreme light weight for optimum playing comfort. The guitar is carved to the traditional asymmetrical double-cutaway shape and you can get incredible upper-fret access with the SG. Like many great Gibsons of the '70s, the neck is made from maple and carved to a profile unique to the era, which measures .800" deep at the 1st fret and increases to .963" at the 12th, with a volute behind the nut to both strengthen the headstock joint and enhance neck resonance. This 70's tribute has a chocolate-brown baked maple fingerboard with small block inlays and a PLEK-cut Corian™ nut with a width of 1-11/16".

Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers & Tune-O-Matic Bridge

This SG Special is equipped with Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers, which improve upon the best attributes of the former Mini Humbuckers seen in the Les Paul Deluxe in the '70s, and the different Firebird Mini Humbuckers of the early '60s. The humbuckers have an efficient design that uses dual steel blades and an Alnico magnet to create a vintage voice that still retains plenty of chime. They are calibrated for balanced output between the neck and bridge positions, yielding everything from singing bluesy neck tones to crunchy and wailing leads, and have solid chrome covers. They are routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch wiring set up. The Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece provide optimum sustain and precise intonation. The guitar has a set of vintage-style TonePros™ tuners with pearloid keys.

Gigbag Included

This guitar comes with a Gibson gigbag and owner's manual.

Features/Specifications:

Body & Bridge

• Body Species: Mahogany
• Colour: Satin Cherry
• Bridge Type: Tune-o-matic
• Bridge Plating: Chrome

Neck

• Species: Maple
• Profile: Unique '70s, Thin-To-Thick with Volute
• Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
• Joint: Mortise & Tenon

Fingerboard

• Species: Baked Maple
• Frets: 22
• Radius: 12"
• Scale Length: 24.75"

Pickups

• Neck Position: Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbucker (Alnico II Deluxe)
• Bridge Position: Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbucker (Alnico II Deluxe)

Electronics

• Pots: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
• Toggle Switch: Three-way Switchcraft with Black Plastic Tip (Cream Tip on Ebony and Vintage Sunburst)

Accessories

• Strings: 010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings (Already on Guitar)
• Bag: Gibson Gigbag