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Great '61 SG Reissue - virtually plays itself !!!
Wonderful classic tone.
My first solidbody was a SG Special in '67 - this one is on the money.
From Gibson Guitars
In 1960, Gibson initiated a thorough and major redesign of the iconic Les Paul Standards of the late 1950s. It was a bold move at the height of Gibson’s original Golden Era, and it paid off. The result was the 1961 Gibson SG Les Paul (later renamed the SG Standard), now painstakingly recreated as the SG ’61 Reissue. The debut of the SG announced a new, radical design for Gibson and the world. Short for “solid guitar,” the SG featured a much thinner body, distinctive twin cutaways, pointed horns, and beveled edges. The ’61 Reissue sports the original’s period-correct smaller pickguard, and nickel-plated hardware, along with a pair of Gibson’s ’57 Classic humbuckers, with Alnico II magnets and balanced coils to deliver unmistakable vintage tone. A traditional, 22-fret mahogany neck with Gibson’s classic ’60s slim taper profile and Indian rosewood fingerboard rounds out this faithful recreation of a legendary instrument. Available only in Heritage Cherry.
- Model
- '61 SG Reissue
- Serial
- 29860441
- Year
- 2006
- Weight
- 7.15 lbs
- Body Material
- Mahogany
Top Material
- Body Finish
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Color
- Heritage Cherry
- Neck Material
- Mahogany
- Neck Shape
- 60s Slim-Taper
- Scale Length
- 24 3/4"
- Fingerboard Material
- Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12"
- Fingerboard Inlay
- Acrylic Trapezoids
- Number of Frets
- 22
Nut Width
- Bridge/Tailpiece
- Tune-O-Matic Bridge
- Tuners
- Vintage Keystone
- Number of Pickups
- 2
- Neck Pickup
- 57 Classic PAF
- Bridge Pickup
- 57 Classic PAF
- Controls
- 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-way Pickup Selector
- Case
- Hardshell
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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