Gibson LG-1 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1965)
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Gibson LG-1 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1965), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 366676, cherry sunburst finish, mahogany back, sides and neck, spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, original black chipboard case.
The LG-1 was Gibson's lower budget flat top for a couple of decades, but still a classy looking and good sounding guitar. The model was originally listed below the similar LG-2 in the line; they were externally identical but the LG-1 substituted simpler ladder-bracing under the top instead of an X-pattern. By the mid-60s the LG-1 was listed just below the B-25, which is what the LG-2 had morphed into and above the all mahogany LG-0. The list price in 1965 was $125 plus $13.50 for the "Durabilt" chipboard case. That year the surge in sales of beginner-grade flat tops peaked and 7,839 of these shipped from Kalamazoo, an all-time high for a Gibson flat top.
This one is a very nice survivor, showing very little wear. The top is finished in a medium cherry sunburst, the back and sides dark mahogany and both are single bound. The mahogany neck has a plain dot-inlaid rosewood fingerboard and is topped by the standard Gibson-logo'd headstock with Kluson Deluxe tuners. The nut is the slim style Gibson adopted this year, 1 9/16" wide originally intended specifically for these student models.
While intended as a budget guitar for student players the LG-1 in this period is still a very nicely made instrument. The sound is usually somewhat less sophisticated than its X-braced sisters, a tight but still sweet midrangey bark with something like a mix of Gibson and Stella characteristics. These days some folks actually like the bluesier tone of the ladder braced models better! This is a superbly well-preserved and original 1965 guitar, one of the cleanest of these we have had complete in the original chipboard case.
Overall length is 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.), 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 9/16 in. (40 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar 57 year old overall, showing only some very light wear and appearing not too much played since LBJ was in the White House. The finish is still stock-shiny overall showing typical light checking with some minor scratches, dings and dents. The back of the neck is very clean with one noticeable deeper ding behind the 3rd fret.
The original plastic bridge was neatly replaced with a correctly styled rosewood piece with a bone saddle. There are a few finish chips around the perimeter. The original bridgeplate has holes from the securing bolts of the old bridge and some neat patching through the pinholes. The nut is a replacement, all else remains original. All work is solid and neatly done and this is a very good playing and sweet sounding guitar, complete in the original chipboard case. Overall Excellent Condition.
The LG-1 was Gibson's lower budget flat top for a couple of decades, but still a classy looking and good sounding guitar. The model was originally listed below the similar LG-2 in the line; they were externally identical but the LG-1 substituted simpler ladder-bracing under the top instead of an X-pattern. By the mid-60s the LG-1 was listed just below the B-25, which is what the LG-2 had morphed into and above the all mahogany LG-0. The list price in 1965 was $125 plus $13.50 for the "Durabilt" chipboard case. That year the surge in sales of beginner-grade flat tops peaked and 7,839 of these shipped from Kalamazoo, an all-time high for a Gibson flat top.
This one is a very nice survivor, showing very little wear. The top is finished in a medium cherry sunburst, the back and sides dark mahogany and both are single bound. The mahogany neck has a plain dot-inlaid rosewood fingerboard and is topped by the standard Gibson-logo'd headstock with Kluson Deluxe tuners. The nut is the slim style Gibson adopted this year, 1 9/16" wide originally intended specifically for these student models.
While intended as a budget guitar for student players the LG-1 in this period is still a very nicely made instrument. The sound is usually somewhat less sophisticated than its X-braced sisters, a tight but still sweet midrangey bark with something like a mix of Gibson and Stella characteristics. These days some folks actually like the bluesier tone of the ladder braced models better! This is a superbly well-preserved and original 1965 guitar, one of the cleanest of these we have had complete in the original chipboard case.
Overall length is 39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.), 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 9/16 in. (40 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar 57 year old overall, showing only some very light wear and appearing not too much played since LBJ was in the White House. The finish is still stock-shiny overall showing typical light checking with some minor scratches, dings and dents. The back of the neck is very clean with one noticeable deeper ding behind the 3rd fret.
The original plastic bridge was neatly replaced with a correctly styled rosewood piece with a bone saddle. There are a few finish chips around the perimeter. The original bridgeplate has holes from the securing bolts of the old bridge and some neat patching through the pinholes. The nut is a replacement, all else remains original. All work is solid and neatly done and this is a very good playing and sweet sounding guitar, complete in the original chipboard case. Overall Excellent Condition.