Leroux Music 

2114A 14 st NW 

Calgary, AB, Canada

Open Monday - Saturday

403-874-8250

@leroux_music_

2002 Gibson Pete Townshend Signature SG Special

Guitar is excellent save for some strap wear, and light signs of use. Case lock is damaged as pictured (code was forgotten by a previous owner).

Plays fabulously!

A live staple during The Who's true ascendancy to rock god status, Pete Townshend's SG Special is iconic, serving as a sonic and physical foil, ushering Abbie Hoffman off the stage at Woodstock, and setting stages alight all over the world.

Released in 2001, this model followed the runaway success of the Custom Shop model of the previous year using the then current USA Standard body shape as its basis.

Following the same solid Honduran Mahogany construction, this model featured a 50's profile neck unlike the Custom shop model which featured a Slim Taper neck. Elsewhere both models are very similar, both featuring Grover tuners, Alnico V P90 pickups, bound necks, nitro finish and the Pete Townshend decal. 

The 2001 release did not have the PT serial number as this was a production model.

Specifications:

Body:

• Beveled, solid Honduran Mahogany body

• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish

• Satin sheen

Neck:

• 1-pc quartersawn Honduran Mahogany

• '50s Rounded profile (.830" / .965")

• Set-in construction

• Joins body at 19th fret

• Indian Rosewood fretboard

• Acrylic dot inlays

• 12" radius

• Open Book headstock

• Gibson logo decal

• Townshend signature decal

• 170 pitch

• 22 frets

• 24 5/8" scale

• 111/16" nut width

Binding:

• Single-ply, neck

• Cream color

• Thicker style

• Fret-edge binding

Electronics:

• Two "Soapbar" P-90’s

• AlNiCo V magnets

• ~7-8K Ohms DCR

• Black plastic covers

• 3-way switch

• 2 Vol, 2 Tone Hardware:

• Chrome hardware

• Grover Rotomatic tuning machines

• 14:1 ratio

• Manufactured by Ping

• 5-ply "Batwing" pickguard

• Bell shaped truss rod cover

• 2-ply b/W

• Black Reflector knobs

• Compensated wraparound bridge/tailpiece

Finishes:

• Mahogany Red Satin