GIBSON SG STANDARD (1972-1987 MFG.) Description
- double sharp cutaway SG-style mahogany body, set mahogany neck, 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with small pearl block inlays, black headstock overlay with pearl logo and crown inlays, three-per-side tuners, large square tune-o-matic bridge (1972-75) or oval tune-o-matic bridge (1975-1987), stop tailpiece or Bigsby vibrato (1976-1987), layered black three-point pickguard, two covered humbucker pickups (no space between end of fingerboard and neck pickup, 1972, 1975-1987) or two black plastic mini humbucker pickups (1973-1975), four knobs (two v, two tone), three-way pickup switch, nickel hardware, available in Cherry (most common), Ebony (rare), Natural (1972-1975), Satin Walnut, Tobacco Sunburst (1976-1987), Walnut, or White (1976-1982) finish, mfg. 1972-1987, approx. 17,400 mfg. through 1979.
Approx. 260 SG Standards were mfg. with Bigsby vibratos. A left-hand model in Walnut finish was available from 1973-79.