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This may be the rarest #TVTuesday I have ever done - I have never seen one of these IRL before! 1962 #Gibson #SG #TVSpecial, with a 1959 #Fender Super amp. "Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years", by A.R. Duchossoir, page 218, says 457 of these were shipped in 1962 (vs. 1336 regular SG Specials, and 2395 SG Juniors), so they are rarer that a '59 Burst (of which 643 were shipped, per the same book)! You know it's an early #SGSpecial right off the bat because of the angled, non-compensated, wraparound bridge (the flush-mounted lightning bolt came along about 1963). Then your eye drifts up the fretboard to the headstock and...whoa! Is that a crown headstock inlay?? SG Specials had plain headstocks, and a cursory Google Image search of SG TV specials yielded not one single other example with a crown inlay...so this one is even rarer! Photographed (along with several other cool and rare guitars) on the weekend at the big @dlott65 / @chriswstringer8 Annual 2023 Union Sound Guitar Gathering and Noodle-Fest, attended by some of Canada's top players, recording studio owners, and collectors. #unionsound23 #gibsonsg #tvyellow #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarphotography #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitar #vintageamps #fenderamp #vintagefender #tubeamp