The Captain's Classy SG
As the guitarist with The Roots, the beloved house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, "Captain" Kirk Douglas has developed a well-earned reputation as a stellar player. His guitar collection includes several Gibson models, but arguably the sexiest is his three-pickup Gibson™ SG™ Custom, which is now commemorated in the new Kirk Douglas signature SG from Gibson USA. Featuring non-locking Keystone tuners, a mahogany neck and body, rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and large block acrylic inlays, a Graph Tech® nut, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and Kirk Douglas signature "Captain" Lyre Tail Vibrola tailpiece, black Top Hat knobs with metal inserts, and three BurstBucker™ humbucking pickups. Like the Captain himself, the pickups and controls on his SG are incredibly versatile. On a basic level, they operate somewhat similarly to a two-pickup SG, but with significant added capabilities. The three-way toggle switch selects the bridge pickup, neck pickup, or both. Each of these pickups has its own volume control, and each is equipped with a push/pull pot that switches the pickup from humbucker to single coil when the switch is pulled out. A single master tone knob, located in the usual lead tone control position, is provided, and where you’d normally expect to find the second tone control, an additional volume control (again, with a push/pull switch for coil splitting) is installed. This controls the middle pickup, and can be used to blend its signal in with the other (one or two) pickups, regardless of how the three-way pickup selector switch is positioned. This means you can run the neck and/or bridge pickups alone or together, the neck and middle, bridge and middle, or all three pickups simultaneously, and at any relative volume amounts desired. And even better - once you have dialed up the exact balance you want, you can adjust the overall output level of the entire guitar with the pickguard-mounted master volume control.
Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material Mahogany
Body Shape SG
Body Styles SG
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count 22
Frets Medium Jumbo
Inlays Acrylic Blocks
Joint Glued in
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Graph Tech®
Nut Width 43.05mm / 1.7in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Bridge Pickup Burstbucker 3
Controls Master Volume, Master Tone, plus individual Volume controls with push/pull coil splitting for each of the three pickups
Middle Pickup Burstbucker 2
Neck Pickup Burstbucker 1
Output Jack 1/4"
Pickup Selector 3-way toggle
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic™
Control Knobs Black Top Hats with Silver inserts on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold inserts on Ebony-finished model
finish Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Pickguard White 5-ply on Inverness Green-finished model; Black 5-ply on Ebony-finished model
Pickup Covers Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Strap Buttons 2 - bottom and behind heel
Switch Tip Cream on Inverness Green-finished model - Black on Ebony-finished model
Switchwasher Black with Gold lettering
Tailpiece Kirk Douglas signature Captain Lyre Tail Vibrola
Tuner Plating Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Tuning Machines Nickel Keystone on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold Keystone on Ebony-finished model
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Hardshell
Model: SGKD20EBGH1
Headstock Gibson logo in Mother of Pearl
Headstock Inlay Custom split diamond in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Gibson Kirk Douglas Signature SG, Ebony
Gibson Kirk Douglas Signature SG, Ebony
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The Captain's Classy SG
As the guitarist with The Roots, the beloved house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, "Captain" Kirk Douglas has developed a well-earned reputation as a stellar player. His guitar collection includes several Gibson models, but arguably the sexiest is his three-pickup Gibson™ SG™ Custom, which is now commemorated in the new Kirk Douglas signature SG from Gibson USA. Featuring non-locking Keystone tuners, a mahogany neck and body, rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and large block acrylic inlays, a Graph Tech® nut, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and Kirk Douglas signature "Captain" Lyre Tail Vibrola tailpiece, black Top Hat knobs with metal inserts, and three BurstBucker™ humbucking pickups. Like the Captain himself, the pickups and controls on his SG are incredibly versatile. On a basic level, they operate somewhat similarly to a two-pickup SG, but with significant added capabilities. The three-way toggle switch selects the bridge pickup, neck pickup, or both. Each of these pickups has its own volume control, and each is equipped with a push/pull pot that switches the pickup from humbucker to single coil when the switch is pulled out. A single master tone knob, located in the usual lead tone control position, is provided, and where you’d normally expect to find the second tone control, an additional volume control (again, with a push/pull switch for coil splitting) is installed. This controls the middle pickup, and can be used to blend its signal in with the other (one or two) pickups, regardless of how the three-way pickup selector switch is positioned. This means you can run the neck and/or bridge pickups alone or together, the neck and middle, bridge and middle, or all three pickups simultaneously, and at any relative volume amounts desired. And even better - once you have dialed up the exact balance you want, you can adjust the overall output level of the entire guitar with the pickguard-mounted master volume control.
Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material Mahogany
Body Shape SG
Body Styles SG
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count 22
Frets Medium Jumbo
Inlays Acrylic Blocks
Joint Glued in
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Graph Tech®
Nut Width 43.05mm / 1.7in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Bridge Pickup Burstbucker 3
Controls Master Volume, Master Tone, plus individual Volume controls with push/pull coil splitting for each of the three pickups
Middle Pickup Burstbucker 2
Neck Pickup Burstbucker 1
Output Jack 1/4"
Pickup Selector 3-way toggle
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic™
Control Knobs Black Top Hats with Silver inserts on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold inserts on Ebony-finished model
finish Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Pickguard White 5-ply on Inverness Green-finished model; Black 5-ply on Ebony-finished model
Pickup Covers Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Strap Buttons 2 - bottom and behind heel
Switch Tip Cream on Inverness Green-finished model - Black on Ebony-finished model
Switchwasher Black with Gold lettering
Tailpiece Kirk Douglas signature Captain Lyre Tail Vibrola
Tuner Plating Nickel on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold on Ebony-finished model
Tuning Machines Nickel Keystone on Inverness Green-finished model - Gold Keystone on Ebony-finished model
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Hardshell
Model: SGKD20EBGH1
Headstock Gibson logo in Mother of Pearl
Headstock Inlay Custom split diamond in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
