Gibson SG Standard Reissue Electric Guitar

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been listed as a Les Paul since 1955. In early 1961, however, the Les Paul models would undergo a radical change in design in an effort to improve their popularity, and Gibsons standing as a quality builder of electric solid body guitars. Fortunately, the redesigns would make a significant impact on Gibsons market share, albeit slowly at first. On average, about 2,120 SGs shipped per year from 1961 to 1970, with the numbers continuing to increase well into the 1970s. This trend eventually made the SG Gibsons most popular model a distinction that still holds true today. From 1961 to 1963, the model was still known as the redesigned Les Paul Standard, although its namesake did not fully approve of the models new look. This would eventually lead to the removal of Les Pauls name in 1963, in favor of a new name, the SG Standard.BodyShort for solid guitar, Gibsons SG Standards featured a much thinner body made from solid mahogany, with pointed horns, beveled edges, no body binding and distinctive twin cutaways that offered easier access to the guitars higher frets, along with exceptional resonance, superior tone and greater sustain. The new models were also fitted with one of four vibrato tailpieces that were used in the early 1960s. The vibrato tailpiece that adorns todays SG Standard model from Gibson Custom is the Maestro version with lyre engraved cover plate that became a standard appointment in 1963. The SG Standard model was also fitted with a new wing shaped, 5
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