2000 Gibson SG Standard

[ca7922303]

Different angle under Pickguard. Gibson USA stamped on both pickups but hard to see in a photo.

[ca7922303]

How do the PU cavities in the body look?

Pickup cavities.

[ca7922303]

SG Goddess Wraparound Bridge Ebony Fretboard humbuckers 2006-2007 only years made. Fairly rare it would seem. Plays better than a 2004 SG standard. Other two(2) online examples I see only have 1-volume, 1-tone, so maybe even more rare?

[ca7922303]

This guitar has been baffling me, so I've been hunting the web. I cannot find any SG with all of the features this one has in the same guitar. It's certainly an odd duck.

1)Full face pickguard (63-70)
2) Serial number (2005+)
3) Humbuckers + wraparound bridge (wraparound bridge guitars had soap bars)
4) Trapezoid inlays, but no Crown
5) Similar to Goddess, but 4 knobs instead of 2 and no "Goddess" on truss rod cover.
6) Etc.

This whole guitar is a contradiction. Maybe it was built from parts? I don't know what it is exactly, but if you find out, please let us know.

It fits what you were saying all but the 4 knobs?

[Helmholtz]

I might try to contact Mike Slubowski at the Les Paul Forum.
He once helped me to identify/date a mystery LP.

[The Dude]

It fits what you were saying all but the 4 knobs?

Goddess is the closest thing I could think of. The differences, in general, between those and this guitar are: 1) No pickup covers, 2) 2 knobs, 3) Goddess label on truss rod cover. Someone could have changed the pickups and the truss rod cover and I suppose drilled for extra knobs. Pure speculation, though.

[Helmholtz]

The pencilled code in the bridge PU cavity might mean SG GD = SG Goddess (though it looks more like S66D to me).

[The Dude]

I thought the same Helmholtz, but wasn't sure either. It could also designate pickup type since there is also a "FB" in the other part of the cavity?