An Exceptional and Totally Original 1964 SG Special

This 13-inch-wide SG Special weighs just 6.60 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, bound rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot markers. Inlaid pearl "Gibson" headstock logo. Closed-back Kluson Deluxe single-line strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons. Two very hot P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.13k and 7.81k. Five-layer (black/white/black/white/black) plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch. Black plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. The pots are stamped "137 6411" (CTS March 1964). Nickel-plated hardware. Minimal belt buckle scarring on the back, a few very small and insignificant edge chips. Minimal fading and a few tiny marks or indentations on the top, back of neck a little faded. Still an exceptional and totally original untouched example of this now very sought after guitar. Housed in a slightly later Gibson deluxe black "faultless" hardshell case with red plush lining (9.00).

The Les Paul Special was introduced as the TV Special in 1955 as an intermediate model between the regular Les Paul guitar and the lower-priced Junior and TV Junior instruments. The Special underwent two successive body redesigns in 1958 and 1961, while the Les Paul affiliation was discontinued in late 1962. The model was then renamed the SG Special without any apparent changes in the specifications other than the removal of Les Paul markings. In 1964, during the height of the British Invasion, one thousand, seven hundred and four SG Specials were shipped from the factory. The total production run between 1961 and 1965 (in this form) was six thousand, nine, hundred and sixty-five guitars.