Nighthawk
When the Nighthawk was first introduced in 1993, it represented a departure from Gibson tradition with it's 25.5" scale length and it's versatile combination of coil-tappable humbucking and single pickups. The design of the Nighthawk is essentially a combination of an SG (lower bout and thinner body) and a Les Paul (upper bout). Like those classic guitars, it features a solid mahogany body and adds a AAA Flame Maple veneer and a glued-in SlimTaper Mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard. The Nighthawk bridge is a string-thru-body design for more sustain. The Nighthawk's unique pickup package that includes a full-size NHT humbucker (bridge), a NSX single-coil (middle) and a NHR mini-humbucker (neck) combined with a 5-way slider and push/pull coil-tapping tone knob, for 9 different switching options.
Seymour Duncan's Slant NHT Nighthawk pickups will come in two legendary voicings: The '59 Model™ and the JB Model™. The '59 is Seymour Duncan's take on the celebrated "Patent Applied For" humbucker, and its wound on the very same Leesona Model 102 winding machine that produced the early P.A.F. humbuckers. The output is vintage, and the tone is clear and crystalline. The hot-rodded JB Model™ is the world's most popular humbucker. Its powerful coil windings give it loads of output, but it retains its punchy upper-midrange detail." |
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Models
Nighthawk Custom Quilt
- 2014 Limited Edition
Body:
- Mahogany body
- AAA Quilted Maple Veneer
Neck:
- Set Mahogany neck with SlimTaper "D" profile
- Rosewood fingerboard with crown inlays
- Clipped Ear headstock with flower pot inlay
- 12" fingerboard radius
- 22 frets
- 25.5" scale length
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 3-ply body & headstock
- 1-ply neck
Electronics:
- Bridge Pickup: Slant NHT Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: NSX Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Mini Humbucker
- 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
- 5-Way selector switch
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
- 14:1 ratio Grover tuners
- Black reflector knobs
Colors:
- Trans Black (TB)
- Trans Purple (TP)
- Trans Blue (TL)
- Trans Red (TR)
Nighthawk Custom Reissue
- 2010-2013
Body:
- Mahogany body
- AAA Flame Maple Veneer
Neck:
- Set Mahogany neck with SlimTaper "D" profile
- Ebony fingerboard with crown inlays (2010 model)
- Rosewood fingerbord with crown inlays (2011-2013)
- Clipped Ear headstock with flower pot inlay
- 12" fingerboard radius
- 22 frets
- 25.5" scale length
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 3-ply body & headstock
- 1-ply neck
Electronics:
- Bridge Pickup: Slant NHT Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: NSX Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Mini Humbucker
- 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
- 5-Way selector switch
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
- 14:1 ratio Grover tuners
- Gold or amber bell knobs or Black speed knobs
Colors:
- Fireburst (FB)
- Honeyburst (HB)
- Trans Amber (TA)
- Trans Black (TB)
Nighthawk Special 3
- 1993-1999
Body:
- Laminated Alder/Mahogany body
Neck:
- Bolt-on mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
- No inlay on headstock
- 22 frets
- 25.5" Scale
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 1-ply body
Electronics:
- Bridge Pickup: Slant OBL Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: OBL Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Mini-humbucker
- 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
- 5-Way selector switch
Hardware:
- Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
- Amber bell knobs
- Deluxe vintage style tuners
Colors:
- Ebony (EB)
- Trans Amber (TA)
- Vintage Sunburst (VS)
Nighthawk Standard 3
- 1993-1999
Body:
- Mahogany body
- Flame Maple Veneer
Neck:
- Bolt-on mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Parallelogram inlays
- Pearloid crown inlay on headstock
- 22 frets
- 25.5" Scale
- 1.68" nut width
Binding:
- 3 or 5-ply body
- 1 -ply neck
Electronics:
- Bridge Pickup: Slant OBL Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: OBL Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Mini-humbucker
- 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
- 5-Way selector switch
Hardware:
- Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
- Amber bell knobs
- Deluxe vintage style tuners
Colors:
- Ebony (EB)
- Trans Amber (TA)
- Vintage Sunburst (VS)
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