SG Special HH

The SG Special HH (sometimes referred to as the SG Special Humbucker) was released in 2012 as a Guitar Center exclusive for President's Day. Most were actually produced in 2011 though, because President's Day is in February.

Features

• $899 MSRP
• ~$539 Street

Body:

• Beveled, solid Mahogany body
• Satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • No grain filler (open pores)

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Mahogany
• '50s Rounded profile
• Set-in construction
  • Franklin Titebond 50 glue
  • Joins body at 19th fret

• Baked Maple fretboard
  • Acrylic dot inlays
  • 12" radius
• Open Book headstock
  • Silkscreened Gibson logo
  • "Made in U.S.A." stamp
  • 17^o pitch
• 22 medium frets
• 24 ⁹/₁₆" scale
• Corian nut
  • Cut by Plek machine
• 1 11/16" nut width

  

Electronics:

• Two uncovered 490R/490T humbuckers
  • AlNiCo II magnets
  • 7.8k Ohms D.C. resistance
• 3-way switch
• 2 Vol, 1 Tone

Hardware:

• Chrome hardware
• TonePros "Kluson Deluxe" tuning machines
  • 15:1 ratio
  • Green Keystone buttons
• Single-ply "Batwing" pickguard
• Bell shaped truss rod cover
  • Single-ply black
• Black Bell knobs
• Angled wraparound bridge/tailpiece

Finishes:

• Dark Cherry
• Dark Walnut