Featuring a classic Mahogany body in a Vintage Cherry finish and powered by ProBucker™ humbuckers with CTS electronics. The SG Standard ’61 is spec’d with a pair of Burstbucker ‘61s, a fast & comfortable SlimTaper neck with a fully bound, Plek’d rosewood fretboard with trapezoidal inlays. Features a mahogany body and neck, rosewood fretboard, and Burstbucker '61R/'61T humbuckers. Nevertheless, somewhere along the way Gibson seems to have lost that loving feeling for the original design, as evidenced by numerous subsequent changes. This Gibson is in mint condition and was barely played at all. The SG's lightweight mahogany body delivers great sustain and no pain, even if you play all night. The Gibson SG '61 Reissue Features a '60s Slim-Taper Neck Profile No guitar neck profiles are more distinguishable than the neck profiles employed on the Gibson models of today. (Previously called SG Standard '61) Derek Trucks with '61 SG Standard Reissue So the SG was not unique in wandering except that in its case there actually was an official, named "Standard" model right from the start. The Epiphone SG Standard ’61 from the new Inspired by Gibson Collection recreates the rare 1961 Gibson SG, from its first year of production. We have just set this SG up with 10 gauge strings, low action and a straight neck. Also available with a Sideways Vibrola, and a Stop Bar Tailpiece The '60s neck profile--found on the SG '61 Reissue--is the more modern, slim-tapered neck most commonly associated with the Les Paul and SG models of the early 1960s. Gibson's Nashville-made 2019 SG Standard '61 takes you back to the first model year of the legendary solidbody electric guitar — small pickguard, vintage cherry finish, and all.