1964 Gibson SG 179016

by Brent Borrow
(Highlands, nj )

What would the estimated value of his guitar be. It is a brown color, with old blues soap dish type pickups, two knobs and a toggle, i believe all original. Have some wear, chips, scratches but not bad for a 50 year old guitar. Thanks for your help.

ANSWER

Hi, Brent--

Here is the Blue Book general info:

SG STANDARD (MFG. 1963-1970)
- double sharp cutaway mahogany body, layered black pickguard, one piece mahogany neck, 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl trapezoid inlay, tune-o-matic bridge/side-pull vibrato, blackface peghead with pearl logo inlay, 3-per-side tuners, nickel hardware, 2 covered humbucker pickups, 2 volume/2 tone controls, 3-position switch, available in Cherry finish, approx. 16,700 mfg. 1963-1970.

**As you can see, these guitars apparently had humbuckers, not single coil pickups. Not sure if you meant yours had single coils, but if it does, you might want to check into originality.

Here is the pricing info:

Mint $12,000
Exc.+ $10,000
Exc. $8,500
Avg.+ $7,000
Avg. $6,000
General $5,000

Lynne