If you want a quick solution and an almost guaranteed happy ending, go for an Edwards ESG-120, still in production and very high quality (holds up to non custom shop Gibsons easily), with a nitro top coat on the finish and Seymour Duncans. They are usually light weight and have a fast playing...
Precision Guitar Kits from the US (or Canada? I don't remember) They have a high quality SG kit that you can configure to your liking, and that is close to an ideal SG shape wise.
https://precisionguitarkits.com/product/60-sjr-59neck
Love this guitar, would be pretty happy to own one in Polaris white...
As for the shoulder slope (as I call the above bevel) they do have it on the historics and the '61 RI-s too, and it's one of my fave details on an SG.
Hi guys, the beveling of the upper horn on the linked Special does not look like the usual cookie cutter CNC-d style of CS SGs (which I really like tbh). Did the Custom Shop ever use this smaller half-moon bevel shape? Could this have been a one-off by request...
I think it's a golden-mean kinda decision on Gibson's part. It's not as cold-chisel thick from the sideview as the regular production Standards, but still not as aerodynamic as the originals. On the plus side, the bevels are crisp and deep and the whole shape is appealing, apart from the too...
That's a bit expensive, the similar Cherry red '63 directly from Japan would cost roughly USD 730 with a 20% VAT and 2,5% duty, but the white ones are pretty rare.
Those are nice guitars, and it's already worn and the colour has aged nicely.
White ones very often have sticker-sunburns, this one...
@ OP: I hope both that you find your white SG (I love my Tokai SG92 in that colour) and that you won't look this creepy and arctic, holding your guitar like that...
EDIT:sorry for going off topic in the post below! (that Tokai should be golden though)
Grumble... I did not check the item location... but $800 would still be a decent deal. The white one I own is on par with a '61 RI regarding quality and it's easily nicer than the standards I've tried so...