Kalamazoo KG-14 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1941)
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Kalamazoo KG-14 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1941), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, natural lacquer finish, maple back and sides, spruce top, mahogany neck, black tolex hard shell case.
This blonde Kalamazoo flat-top has seen a lot of use through the years but is still a good-sounding and playing pre-war guitar at a budget price. These later maple-body Kalamazoos have a brighter tone than their mahogany predecessors, still retaining a well-balanced sound. The KG-14 was the best of the Kalamazoo flat tops; the body is the same form as Gibson's L-0 series, but the top is ladder braced and the neck has no truss rod.
These less expensive guitars were a major factor in Gibson's survival during the worst years of the Great Depression, but were phased out shortly after the US entered WWII; the maple KG-14's are among the last ones ever built.
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 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.).
Good playing condition with some noticeable overspray and touch up, most notably where a tailpiece was at one point added. Plays and sounds very well. Very Good + Condition.
This blonde Kalamazoo flat-top has seen a lot of use through the years but is still a good-sounding and playing pre-war guitar at a budget price. These later maple-body Kalamazoos have a brighter tone than their mahogany predecessors, still retaining a well-balanced sound. The KG-14 was the best of the Kalamazoo flat tops; the body is the same form as Gibson's L-0 series, but the top is ladder braced and the neck has no truss rod.
These less expensive guitars were a major factor in Gibson's survival during the worst years of the Great Depression, but were phased out shortly after the US entered WWII; the maple KG-14's are among the last ones ever built.
Overall length is 40 in. (101.6 cm.), 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 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.).
Good playing condition with some noticeable overspray and touch up, most notably where a tailpiece was at one point added. Plays and sounds very well. Very Good + Condition.