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Gibson SG Special Faded Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag)

The Gibson SG Special Faded offers the raw Gibson experience. With a stripped-down finishing process and classic neck profile, the SG Special Faded shreds. 707 People rated this product: Rate and Review This Product
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Manufacturer's Description for Gibson SG Special Faded Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag)

You've paid your dues. You've built up your calluses. You've memorized your chords, and picked a few favorites. You've worked on your scales. You took a few guitar lessons, and spent many times as long teaching yourself the guitar parts to your favorite songs. Maybe you've even started playing in a band, and played a couple gigs around town. In almost every way, your sound is developing admirably. However, your old guitar isn't playing any better - maybe you're getting frustrated with it losing its tuning, or annoying buzz on a couple frets. It's time to step up to a professional guitar. It's time to step up to the Gibson SG Special Faded.

Gibson SG Special Faded - Legendary Rock Sound

The SG is quite simply one of the most highly regarded guitars in rock history. Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Duane Allman, Robby Krieger, Eric Clapton - from metal to the blues (and everything in between), the SG has been a companion to some of the music world's brightest lights. The SG Special Faded carries on in that tradition, offering a beefy tone courtesy of a solid mahogany body and Gibson's 490 pickup set. This setup - matched with the Faded Special's beloved 50's neck - offers an awesome playing experience that only Gibson can offer.

The Gibson SG Special Faded: Bringing Gibson Quality To Wider Audiences

The SG Special includes the features that Gibson fans know and love about the company, but at a much lower price. What gives? Well, Gibson has boiled the SG down to its essential elements - keeping vital features like a hand-sanded 50's neck and solid mahogany body, while trimming other options to keep the cost as low as possible. The most notable of these options is the SG Special's Faded finish process, which offers a hand-applied stain in lieu of the SG Standard's paint coat. This scaled-back finishing process cuts down on one of the most time-consuming - and expensive - pieces of constructing a real Gibson SG, while offering an authentic rock and roll aesthetic.

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Here at zZounds, we know a Gibson guitar is a great guitar, but it's an investment that can be difficult to make for many customers - even one priced as well as the Gibson SG Special Faded. Fret not, though! zZounds offers the Play As You Pay payment plan on this item, to divide your payments into four equal pieces. We'll ship your new SG to you after the first payment, so you can get rocking like the pros faster. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Gibson products.
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Shipping Weight: 12 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 18 x 7 in
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Shipping Weight: 12 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 44 x 18 x 7 in
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4.5 out of 5 (707 ratings) Rate and Review This Product
zZounds has verified that this customer bought this product from us. This review has been selected by our experts as particularly helpful. "If you've wanted an SG, get this...NOW."
Sound: How do two humbuckers sound? Like a Gibson. This guitar sounds as good as any other Gibson I have played or heard. I do notice the pickups being any "hotter" because of the lack of covers. I play Fusion - loud jazz. This guitar is more versatile than my ES 345 TD, varitone and all. I play though a Fender amp and a Marshall. They both compliment the humbuckers beautifully. Feature: Tuners are the green keys and I love them. Both LPs and my ES have them. The only disadvantage to the faded finish is that you can plainly see the one piece that runs from the neck down to the strap button instead of being blended into the two side pieces. Frets are large, well finished, but very large. Ease of Use: The neck is amazingly fast - I don't think I want another nitrocellulose neck again. And I find myself constantly going past the last fret - access is that easy. Rolloff on the tone controls is fairly linear. Weight distribution is fine - the neck is not too heavy for the body. Learning curve? Sure - playing the guitar is nothing BUT a huge learning curve ;) Very easy to get started on this guitar. Quality: Depends on how picky you are. The action was very high out of the box. The bridge pickup was set just as high. After lowering both the guitar was set. No need for anyone to setup the instrument. Intonation was perfect as was fretting. Finish? It is smoothed and pore filled mahogany. I worry less about this guitar than any of my others. It is robustly made - made for playing. This will last as long if not longer than any of my others including the oldest being the 1969 ES 345. Value: I paid $579 shipping included. Value? A Gibson for under $600 and it's not a crappy import? I am loathe to give anything a "10" but this guitar is very close. Manufacturer Support: No opinion yet. The Wow Factor: Ever since Woodstock when I saw the Dead, the Who and Santana all sporting SGs, I knew I had to have one. Overall: I have nothing but high praise for this guitar. I thought I would be disappointed with the "finish." I am not. I heard "stories" about frets not being dressed properly or strap buttons being less than average, or tuners not holding pitch. None of that was true.
Style of Music: Jazz
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Sound: Sounds like a Gibson should--fat, with more treble edge than a Les Paul. Surprisingly resonant. Really exceptional for this price point. Picups are just right for me. Turn down for cleaner styles, turn up for rock. Takes pedals well. Feature: Just basic Gibson. Familiar layout that does what you want it to do. Nothing fancy from the factory but customizing is easy and fun if you have the dough. Ease of Use: Again, what could be easier than two pickups, a three way switch, volume and tones for each pickup? Quality: I bought mine used but not used much. I've had a lot of expereince with Gibson products through the years and I think they still make good guitars. I had to set it up but I do that with all guitars. Kluson deluxes are now Sperzel locking tuners. Value: In today's dollars this is an outstanding value. I like the worn satin finish. I have brown. Manufacturer Support: I've never had to deal directly with the company but I imagine they would stand behind an obvious defect. The Wow Factor: Looks are in the eye of the beholder. The SG is a classic shape, copied by many. It enables high register playing and is lightweight unlike a Paul. Overall: It's a keeper.
Style of Music: Rock, country, jazz
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