Gibson USASG StandardEbony, c.1973
opens at $799 with NO RESERVEEbony Finish, Grover tuners…Almost no fret wear as shown by the image of the first three frets below-We are not a Gibson dealer, no affiliationWe include a Gibson Protector SG Hard Shell Casewhich we acquired with the guitar, as shown in our listing photos… the case fits the guitar like a glove.The guitar shows very minor signs of player wear but is in Very Good to Excellent condition as defined by Gruhn & Vintage Guitar rating scalesClick on any image and view large detailed photos in thePICASA web album providedScroll additional images by using the arrows above those album picturesThe guitar has a chrome truss rod cover, above, so we include a Gibson stock cover shown below. Also note that the tuners have been changed to Grover chrome some time ago, evidenced by the wear shown on them…Gibson Nashville dates the guitar 1973 but the vintage could be as early as 1971 or as late as 1975 because the vintage guide and Gruhn indicate record keeping has a degree of variance.The pickups appear to be the original humbuckers and the tuners are replacement grover tuners as indicated…… from Music Instrument ReviewsBasically the gibson SG standard guitars stayed the same except for some minor feature changes. In 1966 gibson started manufacturing the SG standard with larger pickguards surrounding the pickups.In 1973 they had black plastic covers covering the humbucking pickups, in 1975 Gibson added a tun o matic bridge [sic]… during the late 70s bigsby vibratos and stop tailpieces along with more color variations were added such as walnut, tobacco and white .During the eighties metal covered humbuckers were installed and they went from small pickguards to large to small again in the early 90s , more colors were added and basically until today the bulk of the guitar stayed the same .For more information, go here-â?¢http://vintage-guitars.blogspot.com/2006/04/gibson-sg-special.htmlâ?¢ http://www.gibson.com/Files/downloads/bluebook/GibsonSERIALNUMBERS.pdfâ?¢http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/SGScientist/Please click on any photo above to viewmore than 20 high resolution imagesof this guitar in our PICASA Web AlbumPayPal only, confirmed address, prompt contact required-USD$40 shipping and handling, Continental USASurcharge for other States & TerritoriesOVERSEAS BUYERS, your interest is welcome-Please contact seller for additional terms and conditionsprior to bids through ASK A QUESTION
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