“It’s a workhorse guitar. Say a producer in Nashville needs an SG, and they pick that thing up; this will do anything they want”: Sadler Vaden’s new signature SG is a working player’s guitar – and it could be Gibson’s 2026 sleeper hit

Gibson Sadler Vaden SG Standard: the guitarist's new signature model arrives in a Natural Burst finish with a black pickguard — just like the 2005 SG he has been playing onstage with Jason Isbell .

Sadler Vaden, the long-serving six-string lieutenant to Jason Isbell in the 400 Unit, has teamed up with Gibson for a special signature SG based on the 2005 SG Standard he has played ever since producer Paul Ebersold gifted it to him.

Finished in Natural Burst, with a pair of uncovered custom-wound Alnico II humbuckers complete with zebra bobbins, a black pickguard to complete the look, it’s one of those cools that is infinitely cooler for not trying too hard.