Epiphone SG Custom Electric Guitar – Ebony

The Dual-horned Dynamo Soars Again

A true rock icon, the Epiphone SG Custom promises to take you back to the formative years of the legendary solidbody electric guitar in all its glory: powerful humbuckers, Block inlays, gold hardware, and all. The SG Customs fast, comfortable SlimTaper neck and bound ebony fingerboard provide an effortless playing experience; meanwhile, its lightweight, sleekly contoured mahogany body supplies rich harmonics and resounding sustain that’s perfect for all-night gigs and long-haul studio sessions. What’s more, this iteration of the SG Custom comes equipped with a scorching set of ProBucker Custom pickups, giving you a flexible yet focused range of tone-crafting tools that has City Music’s guitarists eager to let rip on the main stage.

Premium pickup power — reloaded

In continuing their penchant for out-of-time audiovisual aesthetics, Epiphone opted to outfit this SG Custom with a dyad of dynamic pickups: the ProBucker Custom humbuckers. Rather than Alnico-type magnets, Epiphone’s ProBucker Customs utilize ceramic magnets, giving you significantly more runway for high-octane crunch without compromising the sensitivity needed for clear definition on low- to no-gain playing. With temperature tolerance rivaling the heat of even some active pickups, ProBucker Customs deliver a fiery and ferocious sonic suite that will have virtually every shade of the rock palette singing and soaring with vivid and vibrant character.

SlimTaper neck: speed, precision, and comfort

This Epiphone SG Custom has a SlimTaper mahogany neck, but early Les Pauls — the ones from before the SG was ever born — had huge necks. By 1960, this began to change, as the neck underwent several modifications until it became what’s known as the slim-taper design. The SG took it one step farther, making the neck among the fastest ever designed. Remember, Frank Zappa played one, and he had some wicked chops! If you like the combination of a fast mahogany neck and the shimmering, sustaining depth of its ebony fretboard, you’ll love the Epiphone SG Custom.

Something old, something new

By 1961, it’s hard to believe that Gibson decided to discontinue the original Les Paul guitar. Whether sales declined or Gibson felt the urge to try something new, the company’s motivation is unclear. However, the first SGs were actually called Les Pauls, but Les himself wasn’t in favor of that for a variety of reasons. So, in a bold move, this solid guitar was renamed SG, which stood for “solid guitar.” A few years later, Gibson started making the original Les Pauls again, but the SG proved so popular that the company kept making them.

Your piece of rock history

With its iconic sculpted double-horned body, the SG Custom is quite a cool-looking instrument. It capably delivers the classic humbucker sound for people who don’t particularly want or need a Les Paul. Of course, the SG is a much lighter-weight instrument, yet it doesn’t cut corners — you still get quality mahogany construction and a pair of hot humbuckers that deliver all the warm, fat tone you could ever want. With the Epiphone SG Custom from City Music, you’re not plugging just any instrument — you’re wielding a piece of rock history!

Epiphone SG Custom Features:

• Sleekly sculpted mahogany body is lightweight and teeming with harmonic depth
• Mahogany neck features the iconic, comfortable SlimTaper neck profile
• Bound ebony fingerboard conjures near-endless sustain, with power and panache in every register
• Dual ProBucker Custom pickups supply a wealth of ceramic magnet-fueled tones, perfect for high-gain tone crafting
• Volume and Tone controls include CTS pots with a 3-way pickup toggle, ensuring accurate sound shaping
• Classic double-horned profile and 24.75-in. scale provide unfettered access to all 22 frets sprawling its 12-in. scale
• Large split-diamond headstock inlay and Kalamazoo headstock shape add historic, eye-catching aesthetics
• Graph Tech nut, Grover Rotomatics tuners, and stopbar-equipped TOM bridge for rock-solid tuning and buzz-free sonics