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A beautiful example of a Gibson '61 SG Reissue. Serial N°
01321647, manufactured at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA, May 12th, 2001.
Production Number: 347
Specs
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany - 1960 slim-taper
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Hardware: Nickel (original)
Bridge: Tune-o-Matic
Neck Pickup: '57 Classic humbuckers
Bridge Pickup: '57 Classic humbuckers
Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch.
This guitar also has the Earvana nut, a replacement that is
not invasive on the neck of the guitar, but allows for perfect intonation of the
strings, particularly when incorporated in a Plek setup. These ass-ons make for
an amazing value on this guitar. Oh, and Tone Pros locking bridges have been
added, also at measureable expense, the original bridges are included in the
original case. The pots have also been changes to CTS 500K replacements, a
popular upgrade to this guitar.
A Little SG History
In 1961, the Les Paul was redesigned with a thinner body and 2 sharp cutaway
horns making the upper frets more accessible while lowering production costs.
The new guitar was popular, but Les Paul the guitarist did not like it and asked
to have his name removed. Gibson renamed the model the "SG" which was short for
"solid guitar". Though Les Paul's name was officially removed from the model in
1961, the plastic Les Paul nameplates (positioned between the rhythm pickup and
fingerboard) were in abundance in the Gibson factory and SG models having these
nameplates were built and sold by Gibson up to end of 1963. SGs have been the
choice of world-class artists such as Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi,
and Angus Young.
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