Epic Rock Tones from this Vintage 1964/1965 Gibson SG Special

Live demo recorded at PREMIER GUITARS in Sydney

The SG Special evolved out of the Les Paul Special in the early ’60s when Gibson introduced the SG as its primary solid body shape. The Special was conceived as a more affordable parred-down take on SG Standard and this designation still exists today.

Features –

Double cutaway mahogany body (same size as SG Standard)

Mahogany neck

22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay

Stop tailpiece

Blackface peghead with pearl logo inlay

Three-per-side tuners with plastic buttons

Nickel hardware

Layered black pickguard

Two single coil pickups

Two volume & two tone controls

Three-position switch

The SG Special was available in ebony, natural and white but cherry was the most popular colour. In 1965 vibrato became standard. The Special became an iconic Gibson model to some degree courtesy of Pete Townshend who used to destroy them on stage with great regularity at Who concerts throughout the 60s.

This lovely example is from late 1964 / early 1965, but it has all the ’64 features including the lovely C neck profile and 1 5/8” nut width which changed later in 1965 when the Vibrola bridge became standard.

Pot codes are 1376448 = Dec 1964 Serial # 26xxxx

So just to be clear, this is a 1964 spec instrument wearing a very early ’65 serial number.

This SG was plugged into a Lazy J J20 amp with a Paul Cochrane Timmy for overdrive.

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