Gibson SG Special Solid Body Electric Guitar (1965)
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Gibson SG Special Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1965), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, cherry lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case.
This gleaming cherry SG Special is a bit of a "transition" model as it was built in mid/late-1965, the last year of Gibson's classic electric era. The C-profile neck is the slimmer 1 5/8" style used from this time until the end of the '60s, but all the other features (old-style neck joint, small pickguard, small control cavity) are still '64 and earlier spec. This guitar mounts two very hot P-90 pickups, older-style "capped" plastic knobs, and the all-chrome hardware that was new in 1965. For connoisseurs, this was the last great year for the SG series; by 1966, the design was heavily modified to speed up production. This one has an untouched wiring rig with pots dated the 29th week of 1965.
The SG Special was and remains a very popular guitar, with good reason -- anyone who has seen live footage of The Who in the late '60s knows what these ultra light and responsive SG Specials are capable of! One of the classic rock guitars of that or any era; more versatile than many think, with a "special" sound unto themselves!
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) deep. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This guitar is cosmetically fairly clean, but exhibits some of the old repairs typical to SGs. There is a small "smile" crack to the back of the neck/headstock juncture, leaning to the treble side. The repaired area is fairly small as these go -- the headstock was never close to separating -- and the area is neatly finished over/polished out but still visible. The neck/body joint also shows some typical touch-up, but no wood cracking; SGs of this era have often had loose neck joints re-glued in this manner.
All work is completely solid and the guitar plays well, with no ongoing issues. The rest of the instrument shows only some minor typical finish wear, most notably some dings in the back of the neck, and good frets, and is all original except for the screw securing the trem arm. An excellent gigging 1960s SG special at a less-than-collector-grade price; still a great-looking and sounding guitar. Includes a slightly later rectangular HSC. Very Good + Condition.
This gleaming cherry SG Special is a bit of a "transition" model as it was built in mid/late-1965, the last year of Gibson's classic electric era. The C-profile neck is the slimmer 1 5/8" style used from this time until the end of the '60s, but all the other features (old-style neck joint, small pickguard, small control cavity) are still '64 and earlier spec. This guitar mounts two very hot P-90 pickups, older-style "capped" plastic knobs, and the all-chrome hardware that was new in 1965. For connoisseurs, this was the last great year for the SG series; by 1966, the design was heavily modified to speed up production. This one has an untouched wiring rig with pots dated the 29th week of 1965.
The SG Special was and remains a very popular guitar, with good reason -- anyone who has seen live footage of The Who in the late '60s knows what these ultra light and responsive SG Specials are capable of! One of the classic rock guitars of that or any era; more versatile than many think, with a "special" sound unto themselves!
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) deep. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This guitar is cosmetically fairly clean, but exhibits some of the old repairs typical to SGs. There is a small "smile" crack to the back of the neck/headstock juncture, leaning to the treble side. The repaired area is fairly small as these go -- the headstock was never close to separating -- and the area is neatly finished over/polished out but still visible. The neck/body joint also shows some typical touch-up, but no wood cracking; SGs of this era have often had loose neck joints re-glued in this manner.
All work is completely solid and the guitar plays well, with no ongoing issues. The rest of the instrument shows only some minor typical finish wear, most notably some dings in the back of the neck, and good frets, and is all original except for the screw securing the trem arm. An excellent gigging 1960s SG special at a less-than-collector-grade price; still a great-looking and sounding guitar. Includes a slightly later rectangular HSC. Very Good + Condition.