Gibson

In 1960, Gibson initiated a thorough and major redesign of the iconic Les Paul Standards of the late 1950s. It was a bold move at the height of Gibsons original Golden Era, and it paid off. The result was the 1961 Gibson SG Les Paul (later renamed the SG Standard), now painstakingly recreated as the SG 61 Reissue. The debut of the SG announced a new, radical design for Gibson and the world. Short for solid guitar, the SG featured a much thinner body, distinctive twin cutaways, pointed horns, and beveled edges.