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The Historic SG Standard Maple Top was a 2018 Custom Shop limited run. Only 50 units were produced.

Features

18 mpl top 3
  • $4,199 MSRP
  • $3,499 Street

Body:

  • Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body
    • One-piece construction
  • Two-piece Maple top
  • Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

  • 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany
  • Slim C profile
  • Set-in construction
    • Hot hide glue
  • Joins body at 22nd fret
  • Indian Rosewood fretboard
    • Cellulose trapezoid inlays
    • 12" radius
  • Open Book headstock w/ Holly veneer
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo
  • Inlaid Mother of Pearl Crown
  • 17headstock pitch
  • 22 frets
    • Leveled by Plek machine
  • 24 5/8" scale
  • Nylon nut
    • Cut by Plek machine
  • 1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

  • Single-ply, neck
18 mpl top 2

Electronics:

  • Custombucker Humbuckers
    • AlNiCo III magnets
    • ~8k Ohms DCR
    • Nickel plated covers
  • 3-way switch
  • 2 Vol, 2 Tone
    • CTS 500k pots

Hardware:

  • Nickel hardware
  • Kluson Deluxe tuning machines
    • 12:1 ratio
    • "Green Key" buttons
  • Faux Tortoise "Angel Wing" pickguard
    • Wide bevel angle
  • Bell shaped truss rod cover
    • 2-ply b/w
  • Black Bell knobs w/ pointers
  • ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
  • Aluminum stopbar tailpiece

Finishes:

  • Dark Cherry
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