“It’s defined me as a player, and I think I’ve defined it in return:” Jake Kiszka’s signature Gibson SG Standard has finally arrived
Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka has partnered with Gibson for a limited-edition production run SG modelled after the now-iconic 1961 Les Paul SG that helped shape his sound.
Handcrafted in Nashville and available only in limited numbers, the Jake Kiszka SG Standard honours the soul and captures the essence of Kiszka’s cherished guitar – nicknamed his “Beloved” – with its iconic double-cutaway design, elegant contours and deep-edge bevelling.
Elsewhere, the guitar features a SlimTaper mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and acrylic trapezoid inlays that offer an “ethereal glow” under stage lights.
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“Exceptional tuning stability” is granted by a Graph Tech nut and Gibson Vintage Deluxe tuners with keystone buttons, while the guitar also sports an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with a Stop tailpiece, positioned underneath a Sideways Vibrola cover, which has been locked for enhanced stability and the functionality of a fixed tailpiece.
The guitar’s tonal palette is delivered by a pair of T-Type humbuckers, promising “roaring dynamics, articulate clarity and high-end bite. Each pickup has its own independent volume and tone controls, with Orange Drop capacitors for a wide expressive range and “exceptional tonal consistency”.
Finally, the Jake Kiszka SG Standard is finished in a classic Faded Vintage Cherry gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, and comes in a black hardshell case with Kiszka’s custom doubloon logo, along with a hand-signed Jake Kiszka backplate, and custom leather strap with his metallic coin pendant.
“The ’61, this particular model, has defined me as a player, and I think I’ve defined it in return,” says Kiszka.
Last year, Jake Kiszka joined Guitar.com to take us through his most cherished guitars, and of course, his “Beloved” Les Paul was front and centre in his showcase.
He told us the story of how he first came across the guitar at a Chicago Music Exchange store, calling the moment he plugged it in a moment of “divine intervention”.
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“It was like lightning split from the sky – it was really unbelievable,” he said. “It was everything that I had been looking for sonically in a guitar my whole life was right here.”
Gibson and Kiszka and hoping to impart upon you the same experience the GVF guitarist had when he held the guitar in his hands for the first time…
The Jake Kiszka SG Standard is available now, priced at £2,149. For more information, head to Gibson.
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