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1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632)

Gibson American
 Derek Trucks

Not on view

This guitar was given to Derek Trucks by Gibson in 2000 and autographed by dozens of his musical heroes in the years that followed. Trucks bought his first guitar at the age of nine, formed his first band at the age of eleven, joined the Allman Brothers Band at nineteen, performed as a featured member of Eric Clapton’s 2006–7 world tour, and now serves as bandleader for the Tedeschi Trucks Band, formed in 2010 with his wife, Susan Tedeschi. He is known for his expressive playing that draws on blues, jazz, soul, rock, and classical Indian and Qawwali music from Pakistan. With his mastery of slide guitar, he is able to effortlessly transition between finger-picking and slide playing on instruments like this one.

Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; heritage cherry finish; set neck with pearloid trapezoid inlays and cream binding; truss rod cover with “Les Paul” signature, mother-of-pearl inlaid Gibson logo and crown on headstock; two PAF-style humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; nickel tune-o-matic bridge, pickup covers, and Kluson tuners, black and silver plastic knobs; Vibrola vibrato removed and replaced with stop tailpiece, Vibrola tailpiece still attached, pickguard removed, body autographed

1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl

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Courtesy of Derek Trucks

1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
1961 SG Reissue (serial no. 00400632), Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902), Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl

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