Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1972 to 1977
GIBSON produced the SG III between 1972 and 1977. It identical to the SG II except it had cherry red sunburst finish. Less than 1000 were made in total. It had two new design Gibson mini humbucking pickups and two sliding selector switches. Controls were a single volume and single tone with black top-hat style knobs. The mahogany body was 13.125" wide, 16" long, 1.31" deep. The laminated neck had 24.75" scale length and 22 frets.
In 2007 Gibson issued another SG III guitar, but different from the 1970s model. It had a bigger white pickguard housing three single coil pickups. A single volume, tone control and 6-way rotary pickup selector were mounted on the body.
Specifications (21)
Controls
Tone controls | 1 tone control |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Pickup selector controls | 2 selector switches |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Gibson mini humbucker(s) |
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
Finish colors | red finish |
Finish effects | sunburst finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Body
Body material | mahogany body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Body style | SG-style body |
Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Hardware
Hardware color | chrome hardware |
Tailpiece | stop tailpiece |
Neck
Neck material | laminated neck, mahogany neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Prices (4)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
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1972 | $250 | excellent | ||
2017 | $200.00 | good | ||
2018 | $100 | good | ||
2017 | £700 | worn |