Detail 01
Orange Drop capacitors and audio taper potentiometers
They maintain consistent tone behavior as the volume controls are adjusted.

Independent shopping perspective
Gibson’s SG Standard ’61 combines a solid mahogany SG body with a SlimTaper mahogany neck and bound, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard. Its double-cutaway shape and deep body bevels support chord work and lead movement across the neck. The 61R and 61T humbuckers cover clean blues through fuzzed-out rock, while the Tune-o-matic bridge, aluminum stopbar tailpiece, and Keystone tuners complete the hardware layout. It is finished in Translucent Teal gloss nitrocellulose.


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Detail 01
They maintain consistent tone behavior as the volume controls are adjusted.
Detail 02
This bridge-and-tailpiece pairing is designed to support intonation and sustain.
Product questions
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
It has a 61R humbucker in the neck position and a 61T humbucker at the bridge.
A hardshell case is specified.
It is specified with Gibson Brite Wires in .010–.046 gauge.
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