2012 Gibson Derek Trucks Signature SG Heritage Cherry

Offered for sale:

Used 2012 Gibson Derek Trucks Signature SG serial number 104520418.

This guitar is in excellent condition showing very limited playing time.

“Gibson USA presents the Derek Trucks Signature SG. Built from the finest tonewoods, and loaded with two of Gibson’s most authentic PAF-style humbucking pickups, this SG is rendered in the style of the slightly modified 1961 models that Derek Trucks plays, and built to his preferred specs for a superb, fast playing feel.

The Derek Trucks Signature SG is crafted by Gibson USA in the image of the groundbreaking 1961 SG, with its radical asymmetrical dual-horned body style with characteristic beveled body edges. Body and neck are made from Grade-A mahogany and finished in high-gloss Heritage Cherry. The neck is carved to the slim “true D” profile of the early ’60s, which measures .800” deep at the 1st fret and .895” at the 12th. A rosewood fingerboard carries 22 medium-jumbo frets, with a 12-inch radius for smooth, easy bending. The hardware complement is where this instrument first departs from original 1961 SGs, and the Derek Trucks Signature SG carries the decorative Lyre vibrato cover with the vibrato mechanism itself removed—a Trucks mod—and a stopbar tailpiece in its place. Also at the artist’s request, the guitar employs the early style “no wire” ABR-1 Tune-o-matic tailpiece, and is issued without a pickguard. The headstock carries pearloid button vintage-style tuners as well as a PLEK-cut Corian nut for superb resonance and sustain, and is adorned with a mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and holly inlay.

To give this instrument all the deep, in-the-bone tone of the originals, Gibson USA loads the Derek Trucks Signature SG with a pair of the most accurate PAF-styled humbuckers available today. The ‘57 Classics in the neck and bridge position are made with genuine Alnico II magnets, and wound with 42-AWG enamel-coated wire just like the originals, but are wax potted to combat microphonic squeal for high-volume playing. This pair offers throaty warm neck tones with plenty of clarity, and sweet, singing lead tones from the bridge position, with rounder, funkier tones in between. At Derek Trucks’s request, the ‘57 Classics are routed through 500k potentiometers for both volume and tone for each pickup. In short, the Derek Trucks Signature SG is a scorching tone machine by any standards, and a fitting tribute to one of the most powerful players working today.”

Original hard-shell case included.

“We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship.”

“If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”

GUITAR SPECS:

Body:

Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany Grade A

Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish

Neck:

1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany

Set-in construction

5-degree angle

Franklin Titebond 50 glue

Joins body at 22nd fret

'61 style heel

1961 Slim Taper D profile (.800/.895")

Indian Rosewood fretboard

Acrylic trapezoid inlays

12" radius

Large Open Book headstock

Resin impregnated fiberboard veneer

Inlaid Mother of Pearl Gibson logo

Classic font style

Inlaid Mother of Pearl crown

"Made in U.S.A." stamp

17o pitch

22 frets

Leveled by Plek machine

24 9/16" scale

Corian nut

Cut by Plek machine

1 11/16" nut width

Binding:

Neck, single-ply

Thinner style

Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

Two '57 Classic Humbuckers

AlNiCo II magnets

~7.9k Ohms D.C. resistance

3-way switch

2 Vol, 2 Tone

500k pots

Hardware:

Nickel Hardware

TonePros "Kluson Deluxe" tuning machines

15:1 ratio

Yellow Keystone buttons

Bell shaped truss rod cover

2-ply b/w

Black Reflector knobs

Zamak ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge

Zamak stopbar tailpiece

Maestro frame & cover

Weight 7 lbs.

Finish:

Heritage Cherry

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