Gibson LG-0 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1964)
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Gibson LG-0 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1964), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 242986, natural lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case.
This is a very good playing original 1964 example of Gibson's least expensive flat-top from the 1960s, the LG-0. Intended for students, it features all mahogany construction with a tortoise celluloid-bound solid mahogany top and ladder bracing. This example has had the neck reset and the dreaded bolt-on plastic bridge replaced with a correctly styled bone-saddle rosewood bridge for better sound and longevity!
Fittings are as simple as possible; the black plastic pickguard is screwed to the top, and the tuners are the plainest Waverly strip units with plastic buttons. This 1964 example has a very comfortable round neck profile and the nut width falls about halfway between the early '60s 1 11/16" spec and the 1965 and later narrow nut. The LG-0 is about as simple as a Gibson ever got, but true to the company's intentions, still a great-playing and surprisingly good-sounding little guitar.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This guitar is relatively clean overall, with some minor wear (mostly scuffing and scratching, more heavily on the back and sides) and typical light fimnish checking. The neck reset was solidly done but left some minor scarring just around the heel and fingerboard extension. There is a small patched jack hole in the typical spot on the side. The guitar remains otherwise original except as noted for a later rosewood bridge with a bone saddle. This replaced the original which was an ill-comnsidered plastic piece that was bolted to the top; most have warped, cracked or broken now 55 plus years on. Overall this is a very good-playing, nice-sounding example of this most basic of all Gibsons, in a later HSC. Excellent - Condition.
This is a very good playing original 1964 example of Gibson's least expensive flat-top from the 1960s, the LG-0. Intended for students, it features all mahogany construction with a tortoise celluloid-bound solid mahogany top and ladder bracing. This example has had the neck reset and the dreaded bolt-on plastic bridge replaced with a correctly styled bone-saddle rosewood bridge for better sound and longevity!
Fittings are as simple as possible; the black plastic pickguard is screwed to the top, and the tuners are the plainest Waverly strip units with plastic buttons. This 1964 example has a very comfortable round neck profile and the nut width falls about halfway between the early '60s 1 11/16" spec and the 1965 and later narrow nut. The LG-0 is about as simple as a Gibson ever got, but true to the company's intentions, still a great-playing and surprisingly good-sounding little guitar.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This guitar is relatively clean overall, with some minor wear (mostly scuffing and scratching, more heavily on the back and sides) and typical light fimnish checking. The neck reset was solidly done but left some minor scarring just around the heel and fingerboard extension. There is a small patched jack hole in the typical spot on the side. The guitar remains otherwise original except as noted for a later rosewood bridge with a bone saddle. This replaced the original which was an ill-comnsidered plastic piece that was bolted to the top; most have warped, cracked or broken now 55 plus years on. Overall this is a very good-playing, nice-sounding example of this most basic of all Gibsons, in a later HSC. Excellent - Condition.