![]() A tune-o-matic bridge and stop-tailpiece (both chrome-plated Zamak) complete the SG picture. Controls are standard fare – a couple of volumes and tones with a three-way toggle. These use Alnico II magnets and are made to the same specs as the original PAFs. ![]() As you’d expect, it’s glued in.Ī couple of ’57 Classic pickups provide the noise. Headstock angle is regulation 17 degrees. A maple fingerboard – radiused to 12″ and carrying 22 frets – sits on top. The Raw Power’s neck is a three-ply sandwich of maple with a chunky ’50s neck profile. It’s nice to see some stretching outside the traditional finishes over at the Big-G. They look quite nice and more than a little non-Gibson. All in satin nitrocellulose, you can treat yourself to gold, yellow, white, platinum, blue/platinum, ebony, olive-green, or aquamarine. Alternatively, you can have one of the, rather fetching, coloured finishes. If you’re maple-crazy, you can opt for this clear finish to show off your wood. That’s a first.Īs you can see, the body, neck and fingerboard are all maple. Oh sure, the guys at Gibson have dallied with maple tops and whatnot, but an SG made entirely of maple (granted, this SG does have a maple top but it’s stuck on a maple body). Maple’s worth as a tone wood isn’t in doubt and nobody can dispute the handsomeness of a nicely figured example but, this is the first all-maple SG. Gibson announced these a few weeks back and, no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – that really is a maple SG. Researchers say that routine joint training sessions by these organisations are held at classified locations across the country.The SG Special Raw Power… Hmmm, something’s not quite right here. Special Group also collaborates with other secret services around the world on operations against global terror, illegal arms trade etc. Over the years, the Special Group has played a significant role in creating tactics, procedures, weaponry, equipment, and SG currently trains other Special Forces. SG operatives have also undertaken effective information-gathering operations across the border from terrorist hideouts located in Pak Occupied Kashmir. Over the last couple of decades, the unit has shown its extensive expertise in J&K by battling insurgents from beyond the line of control (LOC). The operation was quashed due to public pressure. GOI asked SG to prepare for a rescue operation. The Indian Government considered the possibility of an anti-hijacking operation. Afghanistan was under the control of the Taliban then. In 1999, Terrorists hijacked the Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu to Delhi and took it to Kandahar, Afghanistan. This included a planned raid near the Kahuta Nuclear Facility in Pakistan during the Kargil War. Besides that SG has been part of several shelved operations over the years. Several Indian covert operations in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka required the expertise of SG. SG also performed the duty of prime ministerial security before the formation of the Special Protection group (1985). They were the first unit of the Indian military to acquire specialised training to combat terrorists who had taken possession of a sensitive public space and dealt with a hostage-like situation. The commandos that infiltrated the Golden Temple on June 6, 1984, were members of the Indian Army’s Special Group of the 56th Commando Company. He was killed using AK-47 rifles, which were only allotted to SG at the time. ![]() Although 1 PARA-SF claimed credit for this, It is generally accepted now that SG killed Bhindranwale. The unit eliminated Bhindranwale and other major Khalistan leaders through swift action. Equipped with Ak-47 rifles and night vision Goggles, SG started the operation on June 6th 1984. Like Operation Sundown, they received the help of British secret services in planning the operation. A Special Group unit came to Amritsar before the operation and planned the military action. To counter the Khalistan threat, our military apparatus initiated ‘Operation Bluestar’ (1984). They were the first armed force in India to use AK-47 rifles. She had apprehensions about the escalation of religious tensions and the risk involved. In the end, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi rejected the operation. A unit formed in the Sarsawa Air Force base prepared for this operation and even conducted rehearsals. ![]() A British Officer from Special Air Service arrived in India to assist the operation.
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