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The Gibson SG Special Faded is built at Gibson's esteemed Nashville, Tennessee plant by experienced guitarmakers. At first glance you might think this SG Special walked right out of the 1960s and onto the stage! But what's more important is the feel of the SG Special. With hand-worn satin finishes and a classic Gibson body style, Faded Series guitars have that comfortable, familiar feeling of a favorite guitar, right out of the case.
A lightweight body made from resonant solid-mahogany, with contoured edge and deep asymmetrical cutaways, distinguishes the SG Special Faded as a rock legend, while making it extremely comfortable to play.
The Gibson SG Special Faded carries two of Gibson's most popular humbucking pickups, a 490T in the bridge position and a 490R in the neck, left uncovered to reflect the model's "bare bones" look. Both are updated renditions of Gibson's famous PAF humbuckers of the late '50s and early '60s, modified for improved versatility, and routed through the classic Gibson four-knob and three-way switch control section.
The Gibson SG Special Faded is crafted in classic Gibson style with a glued-in neck made from solid quarter-sawn mahogany and topped with an unbound rosewood fingerboard, minimally adorned with simple dot inlays. It has an angled headstock for superior resonance, and its rounded '50s profile and 1-11/16" wide molded nut help to make it supremely playable.
The Gibson SG Special Faded is available in your choice of two great satin pre-faded nitrocellulose finishes: Worn Cherry and Worn Brown. Each guitar comes protected in a padded Gibson gigbag, and is covered by Gibson's Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Below is Gibson SG Special Faded Guitar Features:
- Manufactured in Nashville, Tennessee
- Mahogany body and neck
- Worn cherry and Worn Brown finish
- 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays
- Scale length 24 3/4"; total length: 18.062" SG,
- Width at 12th Fret: 2.062"
- Neck Joint Location: 19th Fret
- 17 degree peghead pitch
- Thickness at 1st fret: .818"
- Thickness at 12th fret: .963"
- Heel Length: .625"
- Nut Width: 1.687"
- Chrome plated hardware
- Stopbar tailpiece and Tune-o-matic bridge
- Black 'Tophat" knobs
- “Green Keys” tuners
- 490R Alnico Humbucker neck pickup
- 490T Alnico Humbucker bridge pickup
- Gig Bag included
It's a very spare instrument: no extra doodads to hold the controls (back-routed) or to add flash to what is a nicely shaped guitar. The Gibson SG Special Faded is a great value, has the respected form factor and name of Gibson, and this is a great value for an American-made guitar and is well worth having in your collection...
