The SG Standard 3 was a Guitar of the Week model (week 10) for 2007. Only 400 units were produced in total. One unique feature, besides the pickups, is that the headstock is only angled at 14 degrees, not the typical 17 degrees.
Features[]
- $899 - $949 Street
Body:
- Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish
Neck:
- 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
- Set-in construction
- 3 degree angle
- Titebond glue
- Joins body at 19th fret
- Rounded '50s profile
- Indian Rosewood fretboard
- Trapezoid inlays
- 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
- 14o pitch
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- 24 9/16" scale
- 1 11/16" nut width
Binding:
- Neck, single-ply
- Thicker style
- Fret-edge binding
Electronics:
- Three "Blade" style single coil pickups
- Ceramic magnets
- 6-way rotary switch
- 1 Vol, 1 Tone
Hardware:
- Chrome Hardware
- Grover "Gibson Deluxe" tuning machines
- 14:1 ratio
- Green Keystone buttons
- Manufactured by Ping
- 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard
- Bell shaped truss rod cover
- Single-ply black with "SG" hot-stamp
- Black Reflector knobs
- Zamak Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
Finishes:
- Natural Satin