Gibson Faded SG Special Electric Guitar Worn Brown

Mahogany body. Mahogany neck. Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. 24-3/4" scale. 1-11/16" nut width. Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece. Chrome hardware. 490R and 490T alnico magnet humbuckers. Controls: 2 volume, one tone, 3-way switch.

Gibson Faded SG Special Electric Guitar Worn Brown

Nothing can match the well-played look and feel of a favorite Gibson SG from the 1960s or '70s - except today's Gibson SG Special Faded electric guitar. The "Worn" finish make these guitars feel like old friends, while humbucking pickups bring the SG Special to a level of performance the originals never had.

Gibson Faded SG Special Electric Guitar Worn Brown

The Gibson Faded SG Special is an electric guitar that maintains the tradition of looks, functionality, and value for which the SG guitar is known. Under its attractive faded finish, the Faded Special SG is still the traditional SG, with mahogany body and neck, Tune-O-Matic/stopbar bridge, and alnico 490 pickups. The guitar's faded finish gives it the look of an electric that started its rockin' days in the '60s. A Little SG History In 1961, the Les Paul was redesigned with a thinner body and 2 sharp cutaway horns that 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.