Gibson Custom Shop

The **Gibson Custom, Art & Historic Division** was formally created as a standalone operation in October 1993, after the first Historic Les Paul Reissue was introduced earlier that year. However, as long as Gibson existed, they had been making custom ordered one-offs for customers (more on pre-Custom Shop custom orders **here**). Inside the Nashville factory, a separate division was created, where Gibson's most experienced builders would build unique models in smaller numbers than the regular USA production line. In addition to the Historic Collection (a line of reissues built to a higher standard of historical accuracy), the Custom Shop also sometimes builds versions of USA line guitars with unique features not available in regular production (although this has become less common since the introduction of the Historic Collection). Generally, Historic models will have impressed serial numbers with 6 digits, whereas most other Custom Shop builds use an ink-stamped serial number with a "CS" prefix and a Custom Shop decal (Historics have no decal). One exception to this is SG Customs built from 1993-1994 which still used the USA serial number format.

   In 2000,[1] the Custom Shop redesigned the SG Custom from the ground-up for improved historical accuracy, and added new Historic versions of the Standard and Special as well. Prior to that, the SG Custom was still based on the USA line '61 Reissue, despite being part of the Historic Collection at the time. For that reason, this wiki only refers to the redesigned versions as "Historic", but not the SG Customs built from 1993-1999.

    The division of the Custom Shop that builds one-off custom orders was originally called the Pro Shop, and in 2014 was rebranded as Gibson's Made 2 Measure program.

There is a lot of confusion over what was and was not built by the Custom Shop because of various logos used on the back of headstocks bearing the word "Custom". From as early as 1982, Gibson put a "Custom Shop" decal on the back of the headstock of any limited run or custom order guitar. With these decals, "Custom Shop **Edition**" denotes a limited run, while "Custom Shop **Original**" denotes a custom order. In a similar style to the actual Custom Shop decal (only used on non-Historic models), Gibson also put a "Limited Edition" decal on limited runs from the USA line during the 1990s. Another thing that confuses many is the fact that Gibsons built in the Memphis factory also have a "Gibson Custom Shop" decal, even though the Memphis factory is not really a custom shop, and more akin to the Nashville USA line. Luckily for us, this is kept simple as only one SG model was ever made in Memphis, and that was the EDS-1275 from 2006-2013. These continued using the old style logo after Nashville moved to the new one in 2007.

Certificates of authenticity were not issued until 2000, but 1990s Custom Shop models have a red warranty card, easily distinguished from the blue Gibson USA warranty card.

In 2006/2007, the Custom Shop was renamed as simply **Gibson Custom**.

In 2012, the **Crimson Division** was opened for particularly ornate and artistic models. Crimson Division models include a red COA booklet.

## Custom Shop SG Models

* '63 Corvette Sting Ray
* Alex Lifeson Signature EDS-1275
* Angus Young Signature
* Billy Gibbons Ultimate
* Brian Ray Signatures
* Copperhead
* Custom (1993 - Present)
* Dickey Betts Signature
* Don Felder "Hotel California" Signature EDS-1275
* EDS-1275 (1994, 2004 - 2005, 2014 - Present)
* Elegant
* Elliot Easton Signature
* Flying Eagle
* Gary Rossington Signature
* Historic Custom
	+ 10th Anniversary Historic SG Custom (2003)
	+ Custom Sparkle (2007)
	+ Custom Q (2013 - Present)
	+ Limited Edition Custom (2017)
	+ 2018 Limited Edition Models
	+ NAMM 2019 Models
* Historic Junior
* Historic Special
	+ Historic 1961 Les Paul/SG Special (2000-2013)
	+ Historic 1963 Special (2020-Present)
* Historic Standard
	+ Historic 1961 Les Paul/SG Standard
	+ Historic 1964 Standard (2019-Present)
	+ Historic Standard Stinger Series (2003)
	+ Historic 1962 Standard Reissue (2005–2007)
	+ Historic Standard Sparkle (2006 / 2008)
	+ Historic Standard Korina (2008–2009)
	+ Historic Standard Dark Cherry (2012)
	+ Heavy Aged Historic Standard (2014)
	+ Brian Ray Signature Standard (2015)
	+ Heavy Aged Historic Standard (2017)
	+ Historic Standard Bohemian (2018)
	+ Historic Standard Maple Top (2018)
	+ Heavy Aged Historic Standard (2018)
	+ Historic Standard Sparkle (2018)
	+ Historic Standard SGST (2019)
	+ 61/59 Fat Neck Historic Standard (2019)
	+ Historic Standard Bolivian Rosewood (2020)
* Hot Rod
* Jimi Hendrix Signature
* Jimmy Page Signature EDS-1275
* Judas Priest Signature
* Pete Townshend Signature
* Playboy Hottie
* Robby Krieger Signature
* Tony Iommi Signatures

## Crimson Division SG Models

* Custom Q 2-Pickup (2017)
* Custom Q 3-Pickup (2017)