2018 SG Special - Satin Cherry

Exclusive to the 2018 model year, this SG Special has a spanky pair of mini humbuckers and a quick satin finish to make all of your licks pop!  Rounding out the late 60's, early 70's vibe with the cherry finish and rectangular fingerboard inlay, this would be a great addition to any players line up.  Weighing in at 5.7 pounds,  you'll forget you're even wearing it until you trip over the instrument cable.  

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For the 2018 SG Special, Gibson has changed things up a bit with the inclusion of Mini Humbuckers. Full-size humbucker adherents may look askance at the Mini, but these pickups have a sound of their own and should not, in any sense, be considered "budget buckers." For many discerning guitarists, Mini Humbuckers serve up the perfect sonic sweet spot — offering the noise-free performance of their big brethren, along with a bit of the brightness and spank of single-coils that helps you slice through the track. Due to their smaller size, Minis sense a shorter length of string vibration that mainly contains higher harmonics. Thus you can expect somewhat brighter and more focused tone than full-size 'buckers tend to deliver. In the neck position, where many full-size humbucking pickups can become muddy, Minis are ideal for chimey rhythm parts. At the bridge, the Mini performs brilliantly for lead work, delivering smooth attack and great sustain. And they can get quite bratty when pushed hard into a high-gain tube amp.