Gibson SG Special with Dirty Fingers - Alpine White
Just like all great SGs of the past five decades, the SG Special has a body crafted from solid mahogany in the asymmetrical double-horned deep double-cutaway design. A light and supremely resonant wood, mahogany gives this guitar outstanding tonal richness and depth, with plenty of clarity and sustain. Coupled with the SGs characteristic beveled edgea big part of this model's distinctive stylingthe mahoganys light weight also enhancing playing comfort. A solid mahogany neck is carved in a rounded 60s profile that measures .818 at the 1st fret and .963 at the 12th. It is glued into the body with Gibsons acclaimed deep set-neck joint, and topped with an unbound fingerboard made from dark Obeche, with 22 medium-jumbo frets and a Corian nut cut on the PLEK for optimum precision. The SG Special is further distinguished by its simpler gold silkscreened headstock logo, the businesslike dot inlays on the fingerboard, and the large black pickguard that is characteristic of post-1967 SGs.
In the hardware and electronics departments, the SG Special is locked and loaded in legendary style. A pairing of Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece offer the solidity and sustain partnered with precision intonation adjustment that have made this equipment the industry standard since Gibson president Ted McCarty conceived them in the mid 50s. At the headstock end, a set of vintage-style Tone Pros tuners with white plastic buttons offer efficient performance while following through on the 60s styling. And to ram all this tonal goodness home, the SG Special carries a pair of classic high-output Dirty Fingers humbuckers. One of Gibsons two hottest pickups, the Dirty Fingers, was a popular hard-rockin upgrade back in the 80s, and returned to the fold initially as the choice of Blink-182 guitars Tom DeLonge for his first Signature model guitar. Noted for its huge, bold sound and incredible power, this ceramic-magnet pickup nevertheless offers surprising clarity for a design of its type, and provides a fast track to big-rock distortion tones for wailing leads and crunching, thumping rhythm work. Unlike most Gibson humbuckers, the Dirty Fingers features adjustable steel pole pieces on both coils, rather than just on one, for perfect string balance.
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| SG Special with Dirty Fingers - Alpine White | 354906 |
