The Case...

This guitar comes in a budget aftermarket case. It has wear from use, but does the job

The Guitar!

This is a really cool one from my collection offered for a short time.

This is the Gibson Research and Development unit that eventually became the "SG Select." I bought this from a Gibson employee who had a whole treasure trove of unique pieces like these. R+D Samples aren't technically prototypes since they aren't marked as such but they were guitars presented to the higher ups and a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" was issued from there. A few minor tweaks were made to the production SG Selects, but the all maple body and neck stayed!

This has "shop" wear and is not a Gibson 1st quality guitar. It was dinged around on the top and back and has uneven coloring to the headstock. The finish is really cool - kind of a mix of a root beer and Cherry - kind of "cola" like but with more red.

If you want to learn the full tale and see the guitar and its condition/specs in real time, please check out the attached video