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Gibson Custom Shop SG Standard: A True Sonic Titan
So, why do so many inspiring sounds come out of Gibson Custom Shop SGs so consistently? The answer is rather simple: the wizards and warlocks at the Gibson Custom Shop find the best raw materials they can and assemble them with incredible skill, care, and precision. They start with a resonant slab of mahogany, which automatically gives the guitar a woody, warm, midrange-forward voice while also enhancing responsiveness. Then, they attach a mahogany neck to the body using hide glue.
Making instruments with hide glue is an old-world manufacturing process that requires incredible skill and patience, but it pays incredible dividends for the instrument’s voice. Because it’s a protein-based adhesive, it promotes the greatest possible amount of energy transfer between pieces of wood. That gives the guitar excellent resonance and sustain. After slapping on a sweet-sounding rosewood fretboard with more hide glue, the skeleton is complete.
To complete the package, our friends drop in a couple Custombuckers, which sound magnificent. Gibson based them off some of old PAFs, and they did a bang-up job of recreating that fabled vintage magic. The highs sing, the mids are punchy, and the lows are warm and woody, and overall they are quite dynamic and expressive.
The SG is a simple guitar built to perfection by some of the most skilled craftsmen in the world, and that’s why they sound good enough to make a grown man get emotional in the middle of a loud, frenetic guitar store.
Model: Wildwood Spec SG Standard
Finish Color: Natural
Finish Type: VOS
Limited Series: 7.12 lbs.
Body Wood: Mahogany
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Neck Joint: Hot Hide Glue
Neck Dimensions: .880 1st - 1.000 12th
Fingerboard: Rosewood Attached with Hot Hide Glue
Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoid
Scale Length: 24.75"
Width at Nut: 1 11/16"
Frets: 22
Binding: Single-Ply on Fingerboard
Pickups: Gibson Custom Buckers Wound to Wildwood Spec
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-Way Selector Switch
Hardware: Nickel
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Stopbar
