Gibson this morning pulled the veils off its latest Guitar Of The Week offering––a smooth new SG Special armed with a pair of active EMG humbuckers.
I like the stripped down look… the guitar is part of Gibson’s low-cost SG Special line, so while it shouldn’t dent your pocketbook too much, being a Limited Edition GOTW model it still manages to offer some nice bells and whistles to set it apart.
The big story here is of course those dual active pickups––an EMG 85 at the neck, EMG 81 at the bridge––but the guitar boasts a few other unique features as well, including an Ebony fretboard (with “sophisticated white” binding,) Satin Ebony finish, and black chrome-plated hardware.
Other specs include a traditional mahogany body, mahogany neck with SG profile (24 3/4“ scale length,) fretboard with 22 frets and trapezoid inlays, tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, black ”top hat“ knobs, Grover Kidney tuning machines, dual volume and tone controls, and three-way pickup switching.
As always, just 400 of these guitars will be built, after which time they will be completely removed from production.
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #20 :: Les Paul Studio Satin Ebony
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- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ’61 SG Reissue Classic White
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #36 :: Explorer New Century In Satin Ebony
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #35 :: ’61 SG In Satin Antique Walnut
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #34 :: Les Paul Standard 50′s Neck
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #10 :: SG Standard With 3 Single Coil Pickups
- Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #14 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
August 29th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Yuk! EMGs on a Gibson. There should be a law about that sort of thing.
August 29th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Yup. EMGs suck all character out of a guitar’s tone.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I’m actually happy they don’t offer this one as a lefty.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Hehehe… Concensus Says!
Week 32 sucks ;)
January 17th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I own one of these guitars and I love it i dont know what the others are talking about, it might be better with some duncan pickups instead of the EMGs but otherwise i love it and the only complaint i have it that mine wasnt kept in proper conditions for about 2 years because of the store i bought it from so there was some dryness/cracking in the finish along the fretbored and neck binding but still this guitar is a good buy
July 15th, 2010 at 2:31 am
i believe emgs have their place but that place sure as hell is not in an sg. gibson should just stick with the basics in my opinion and leave the innovating to the import guitars like ibanez,and esp ect.