DISC Gibson SG Faded 2018 Left Handed, Worn Bourbon

Full Description

The Iconic SG Style

The 2018 SG Faded has been carefully crafted by Gibson to look and feel like an old friend the first time you pick it up. The lightweight mahogany body produces a classic warm tone, while the iconic twin horn cutaway shape provides unimpeded access to the upper frets. With its stunning worn bourbon finish and nickel-plated hardware delivering a weathered appearance, the guitar itself feels as if it has been shaped directly by the player's own hands. As an artful blend of history and modernity, the Gibson guitar blends the traditional SG design, which began more than five decades ago, with 21st century innovations for sonic versatility and incredible playability.

Slim Taper Maple Neck

The Gibson SG not only offers a comfortable body, but features a slim tapered neck profile to deliver an incredibly comfortable performance. The maple neck provides the ultimate comfort with its slim profile, and allows for fast and comfortable soloing. As well as providing fluid hand flexibility, the maple wood delivers an incredibly bright characteristic, enhancing the high end with extra sizzle while keeping the lows firm and the mids saturated in luscious depth. The addition of a rosewood fingerboard helps ‘fur up’ the maple's harsh edges, adding extra sparkle to the high end and opening up the midrange.

490R & 490T Humbuckers

Incorporating a set of 490R and 490T humbucking pickups designed to recreate the tone of the classic Gibson PAF pickups, the SG Faded produces a rich, vintage tone suitable for a wide variety of music. Both pickups deliver a moderately high output, enhancing the natural sustain and resonance of the lightweight body. Independent tone and volume controls provide players with excellent tone shaping, along with the toggle switch for tonal options.

Aluminium Tune-O-Matic Bridge

The 2018 SG Electric Guitar features an aluminium Tune-O-Matic bridge, which is an extremely popular fixed bridge type due to its stability, reliability, comfortable playing position, and impressive sustain. Adjusting the string action and intonation is extremely simple with a tune-o-matic bridge, as you simply adjust its height with the mounting rods to alter the action, and screw the bridge saddles in or out to achieve perfect intonation.

TekToid Nut

The addition of a TekToid graphite nut offers increased harmonics in the middle and upper frequency range, perfect for creating a rich and detailed tone. TekToid graphite is the best high-tech cure for eliminating undesirable friction within the nut, which can cause tuning problems. It is the ideal choice for a guitar nut, as it has excellent conductive qualities which overall benefit a guitar’s tone and sustain.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Style: SG Faded
• Body: Mahogany
• Bridge: Aluminium Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
• Construction: Set-In
• Finish: Worn Bourbon

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: Slim Taper
• Scale Length: 24.75''
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Frets: 22 Medium, Cryogenically Treated
• Inlays: Acrylic Dots
• Nut: Tektoid
• Nut Width: 1.695''

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: 490T Humbucker
• Neck Pickup: 490R Humbucker
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, Toggle Switch
• Tuners: Vintage Style Keystones
• Control Knobs: Black Top Hats
• Hardware: Nickel
• Case Included: Softshell