EQUIPMENTBlack Gibson Custom Shop S.G.

Black Gibson Custom Shop S.G.

This guitar was built by the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville and finished in July/August 1997. It is to Tony's specification and was the earlier of two prototypes of the Gibson Custom Shop limited edition Iommi Special S.G. Note that the peghead carries the Gibson crown inlay rather than the Iommi signature of the second prototype and the actual production run.

It was presented to Tony by Henry Juskewitcz (the chief of Gibson) at the Gibson / Volvo Guitar Exposition in Stockholm, Sweden in September 1997.