Late last night Gibson posted specs for this week’s Guitar Of The Week, but I was too damned wrapped up in HBO’s Big Love to post… anyway, here it is: GOTW #26––the ‘61 SG Reissue done up in Classic White.
As far as I can tell the only thing setting this instrument apart from Gibson’s production model SG ‘61 is the custom white finish, though I could be missing something, or Gibson could have published the product page half-cocked again.
Features unique to the ‘61 reissue include the model’s period-correct smaller pickguard, MOP Holly headstock inlay and nickel-plated hardware. Other than that, the guitar appears to be fairly standard fare.
The ‘61 SG Reissue sports a mahogany body with a mahogany top, mahogany neck with Gibson’s ’60s slim-taper neck profile (24 3/4“ scale length,) rosewood fretboard with 22 frets and acrylic trapezoid inlays, single-ply fretboard binding, nickel plated stopbar tailpiece, tune-o-matic bridge, black ”top hat“ knobs with silver inserts, and nickel ”green key“ tuners.
Electronics include a pair of Gibson’s ‘57 Classic humbucker pickups, dual volume controls, dual tone controls, and 3-way pickup switching.
Like the other GOTW instruments, the ‘61 SG in Classic White will be offered in a run of just 400 instruments.
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July 17th, 2007 at 11:06 am
I just noticed that the ‘61 SG reissue features “acrylic trapezoid inlays”. What happened to mother-of-pearl or abolone on a guitar in this price range? I’m sure this guitar will sell for over $1,000, right? This seems like it really cheapens the guitar. Come on, Gibson!
July 17th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Hehe… yeah, kind of weak.
October 10th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Got my week 26 white SG yesterday. You’re right when you say it’s really nothing more than a ‘61 reissue in white but to be fair, ’61s in white are hard to come by and they look great. The colour is pretty nice. Not super white, but a bit creamier/yellowy looking. I’m not a fan of the headstock shape. The dips seem a bit exaggerated where they end up at the point on the outer corners. The kluson tuners are nice, but I really wish they’d gone with the classier ferrule things like on the old guitars instead of the big washer/nut combo. Fit and finish seems pretty good and it plays well.
Other than that, it’s just an SG with Classic ’57s (which, IMO are the nicest Gibson pickups…). It’s nice enough that I may even sell my custom shop ‘61. No point in hanging on to that expensive thing when this guitar does the same thing for a lot less.