The small, fast bass.

The Gibson SG Reissue Bass brings back Gibson's classic dual-pickup SG bass from the '70s! The reissue bass has the 30-1/2" short scale of the original, as well as its slim, fast neck. Mahogany body and neck. The Gibson SG Reissue Bass features a vintage-style TB neck humbucker pickup and a mini-humbucker at the bridge for wide tonal range. Gibson includes a hardshell case with the reissue SG Standard Bass.

3-Way Adjustable Bridge
Gibson's innovative 3-way adjustable bridge is the standard for simplicity and functionality. It provides you with the ability to adjust and fine-tune the height of the SG Standard Bass' strings in all directions—front, back, and side-to-side. This gives the bridge a floating feature, thus allowing the bass to be equipped with a variety of string gauges and multiple set-up options.

The SG Reissue bass's legendary resonance, tone, and sustain is the result of anchoring the bridge directly into the body at its 3 adjustable points, providing a firm seating for the strings and yielding a strong union between the strings and the body. Readily accessible screws make setting the intonation simple. To this day, Gibson's 3-way adjustable bridge remains an industry standard. It is the epitome of form and function in bass guitar bridge design.

Set-Neck Construction
Like all classic Gibson guitars, the necks on the SG Standard Basses are distinguished by one of the more traditional features that have always set them apart—a glued neck joint. Gluing the neck to the body of the guitar insures a "wood-to-wood" contact, no air space in the neck cavity, and maximum contact between the neck and body, allowing the neck and body to function as a single unit. The result? Better tone, better sustain, and no loose or misaligned necks.

Vintage-Style TB and TB Mini Humbuckers
The pickups on the early Gibson basses of the 1960s remained unchanged for many years, undergoing only minor cosmetic modifications from time to time, but staying true to the originals' sonic characteristics. The pickups in today's SG Standard Bass—the vintage-style TB Plus humbucker and TB mini humbucker—are wax-potted and capture and recreate the classic attributes of those early Gibson basses. The TB plus humbucker in the neck is a traditional hum-cancelling bass pickup with a full frequency, heavy-bottom sound, similar to pickups with a passive EQ. The EB mini humbucker in the bridge is traditionally smaller but packs a sweet punch with exceptional mid-range presence. This combination makes the SG Standard Bass a versatile instrument with a wide range of tonal possibilities.

20-Fret Rosewood Fingerboard
Rosewood has always graced the fingerboards of the world's finest stringed instruments, including many of today's Gibson guitars and basses. The fingerboard on the Gibson SG Standard Bass is constructed from the highest grade rosewood on the planet. The rosewood is personally inspected and qualified by Gibson's team of skilled wood experts before it enters the factories to be fitted onto the neck of the SG Standard Bass. The resilience of this dense and durable wood makes the fingerboards extremely balanced and stable, and gives each note unparalleled clarity and bite.

Gibson SG Standard Electric Bass Guitar Features:

• Body
  
• Style SG
• Species Mahogany
  
  Hardware
  
• Plating Finish Chrome
• Tailpiece Three Point Adjustable Bass Bridge
• Tuners Shamrock Bass
  
  Electronics
  
• Neck Pickup SG Bass
• Bridge Pickup SG Bass
• Pickup Covers Yes
• Controls 2 Volume - 1 Tone
• Control Knobs Black Top hats with Silver Inserts
• Control Pocket Cover Black Molded
• Pickguard SG bass pickguard
  
  Neck
  
• Species Mahogany
• Nut Corian
• Nut Width 1.600" +/- .050"
• Headstock Inlay Mother of Pearl Gibson Logo + Holly
• Truss Rod Gibson Adjustable Truss Rod
• Truss Rod Cover Bell-shaped cover, stamped "SG"
  
  Fingerboard
  
• Fingerboard Species Rosewood
• Inlays Figured Acrylic Trapezoid
• Number of Frets 20
• Scale Length 30.5"

Gibson SG Standard Electric Bass Guitar Includes:

• hardshell case

Order today and play a unique and classic instrument.

Gibson SG Standard Electric Bass Guitar

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EB3 almost

Posted by Diamondave from Van Nuys on Aug 28, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: former professional musician, now tattoo artist

Reviewer's Play Style: Alt/Garage/Punk

I love the feel of this bass, the look, the neck, etc, but mine had a slight intonation problem, I have it at the techs shop now and I'm having it intonated and am gonna try some D' Addario short scale .050's on it, also the "Mudbucker" has a great muddy sound but I think if it were relocated closer to the center it would have a great deep and bright sound at the same time

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Like seeing an old Friend, Vintage!

Posted by UncleJerry from WayDownSouth, MS on Jun 23, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist, Retired-Partimer Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Da-Bluzz, Rock'n Blues, Rock, etc.

Got my SG reissue about a week ago. Nice! Got the ole red head! Back in the early 70's, My best buddy got a new EBO with black nylon strings & was the cats meow! Loved that critter. I've jones'd for one every sense, I have a hoggist collection of basses & mainly Fenders, but this baby is sweet and very well constructed all the way around. The sound is pure fat old school Gibson. Rock-n-Roll Baby, or Mississippi Funk/Blues old school, this will get ya there! the case is very nice also! I felt 18 again when I first laid eyes on it & when I picked er up & plugged in, all I could say is "YES"!!! Gibson did a better job on this critter than they do on their "Custom Shop" guitars! or I was extremely Lucky! I know,I also just got a Custom Shop ES-339! Much more care of details were given here. This is a keeper & a good investment! Highly recommended for any bass players collection! A must have! U won't regret! Gibson actually came through on this one, a sleeper. Get U 1 !!!

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romerbassman

Posted by romerbass from dallas on May 13, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: all, rock, country,funk,punk,jazz

this is a good bass if you play 50's,and 60's and 70's. If you want good bottom end and easy playing this bass rocks. Perfect for blues. But not good if you play all kinds of music. If you want to play funk style this bass will not perform like a jazz fender,music man or warwick. I play in 2 different bands and play every weekend. The SG is not versatile enough for different sounds even if you use pedals. But, I would never sell it just in case I want to play some cream,mountain or old beatles. I own a 5 string carvin,warwick,fender and i play through gk amps.. out of all basses i recommend the war....

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My first bass!

Posted by Scott from St. Louis on Apr 27, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician as a drummer; just learning bass

Reviewer's Play Style: powerpop, punk, garage, surf

I'm 38, and have been playing drums in punk, garage, and surf bands from 17 years. I've always wanted to play bass, and decided to pull the trigger and learn 2 weeks ago. My bass of choice? The SG reissue. I've been lusting over SG basses since I became I musician. I promised myself if I ever learned to play, I'd by an SG. Why? Well, I'm only 5'7", and have short arms - the short scale is a big plus for me. I also have a bad back, and the light weight suits me well. And the sound. I love the SG sound. Ok, the price... I was lucky enough that I could afford it, but only because I mentioned to the guy at the store that I noticed that they had raised the price on the SG since January. Well, he gave me a deal at the old price. Anyway, yeah, if you're tired of playing something that sounds like a Fender P or JM, try the SG.

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cool if its your thing

Posted by danthebold88 from Denver, CO on Apr 10, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: active semi-pro

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock,Blues,Metal

purchased as a 25th Birthday present to myself. Very happy with it. It has a very beefy sound that played with a finger or pick, can only be an SG a.k.a EB bass. Not for everyone, but suits my blues bands needs very well. Very classic 60s-70s sound. Compared to my other basses (1984 P-bass, 2004 P-bass and a custom Warmouth J-style bass) it has the fattest roundest bottom, but I like fat bottoms ;)

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