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The traditional wiring complement of an independent volume and tone control per pickup plus a three-way toggle selector switch allows a broad range of sonic variations. These scorching humbuckers include powerful ceramic magnets and over-wound coils for a sizzling, sustainful sound that nevertheless remains clear and articulate. The SG ’70s Tribute takes its firepower from a pair of Gibson’s mighty Dirty Fingers™ humbucking pickups, a legendary component of ’70s rock and among the two hottest pickups that Gibson has ever designed. The headstock is silkscreened with gold Gibson and holly logos. A PLEK-cut nut made from black Corian™ subtly complements the black witch-hat knobs with silver inserts and black pickup rings. In keeping with the stripped-down ethos of this powerful performer, both body and ’board remain unbound, and there’s no pickguard to obscure the finish. It is topped with a genuine rosewood fingerboard that carries 24 medium-jumbo frets to maximize the upper afforded by the SG’s body style, and traditional trapezoid inlays. 930” at the 12th, with period-correct volute to strengthen the back-angled headstock. A solid mahogany neck is glued into the body in Gibson’s time-tested tradition, and carved to a characteristic medium ’70s profile that measures. A solid mahogany body is crafted in the distinctive, thin asymmetrical dual-cutaway style, with iconic pointed “horns” and beveled edges to enhance playing comfort. The SG ’70s Tribute looks great in a choice of colors, all in Vintage Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer.īuilt in the image of the world-beating SG Standards of the 1970s, the SG ’70s Tribute starts with a foundation of solid mahogany, a tonewood with a long tradition at Gibson. This Les Paul ’70s Tribute comes upgraded with Min-ETune™ automated “robot” tuners. Gibson’s most acclaimed hardware set ensures smooth playability and offers precise tuning and intonation. Like many SGs of the era of heavy rock, the SG ’70s Tribute carries a pair of high-output humbucking pickups for unparalleled overdrive tones along with the characteristic ’70s neck profile with volute. The SG ’70s Tribute captures the look, feel, and tone of a heavy sounding evolution of this legendary double-cutaway solidbody, the SG of the 1970s. A tribute to the SG that put the hard into the roll with automated tuners.
