The Gibson SG Standard Reissue with Maestro VOS Electric Guitar, Faded Cherry feature 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 guitar’s higher frets, along with exceptional resonance, superior tone and greater sustain.
The Gibson SG Standard Reissue with Maestro VOS is also fitted with one of four vibrato tailpieces that were used in the early 1960s. The vibrato tailpiece that adorns today’s 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-ply black pickguard, and its new 22-fret mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and slim-taper profile was quickly recognized as one of the fastest guitar necks in the world.
Other standard appointments include its figured acrylic trapezoid inlays, single-ply crème binding along the fingerboard and a 1960s slim-taper neck profile. Its legendary tone comes from two of Gibson’s finest pickups – a Burstbucker 1 in the neck position, and a Burstbucker 2 in the bridge. Together these pickups deliver all the power and bell-like humbucker tone of the original SG Standards of the early 1960s.
VOS stands for “Vintage Original Spec”. The finishing process on VOS models has been customised to reflect the way Gibson finished Les Paul guitars back in the '50s. They receive a thinner nitro-cellulose lacquer finish which is applied, sanded, and buffed by hand; in other words, more care is put into the finishing process. This extra care is intended to make VOS guitars look like gently aged and well-cared-for vintage guitars. It also helps the guitars 'breathe' better and therefore to resonate and sustain more freely, making them much better instruments.
Gibson SG Standard Reissue with Maestro VOS Features Include:
- Solid mahogany body
- Distinctive twin cutaways - pointed horns
- Beveled edges
- No body binding
- Maestro vibrato tailpieces that was used in the early 1960s
- Wing-shaped, 5-ply black pickguard
- 22-fret
- Mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Slim-taper profile
- Figured acrylic trapezoid inlays
- Single-ply crème binding
- Burstbucker 1/2 pickups
- Faded Cherry Nitrocellulose Finish
Gibson SG Standard Reissue With Maestro VOS, Faded Cherry (code 63263)
6 String Electric Guitar, Mahogany Body, 1960's Slim Taper Neck, Burstbucker Pickups, Chrome Maestro Tailpiece, Nickel Hardware, Faded Cherry
£2,001.00 (inc vat)