{"product_id":"gibson-l-00-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-1943-6787","title":"Gibson L-00 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1943)","description":"Gibson L-00 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar, c. 1943, made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, mahogany back, sides and neck, spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an unusual and interesting wartime L-00, made just at the end of the 10+ year run of the original small-bodied Gibson flattops. This guitar has the prewar style thin-waisted body with firestripe pickguard and bright sunburst top, but the neck is a fairly substantial round-backed affair with no trussrod, as is typical in 1943-44 Gibsons. The L-00's replacement- the more round-bodied LG-2- had already been introduced at this point, and this guitar is essentially a prewar L-00 body with a neck more similar to a wartime \"banner\" LG-2, but a bit less thick and still with the old thin \"French\" heel and pre-war white script logo. The soundhole has only edge binding and no inlaid rings, in the style of the earlier Kalamazoo KG-14's and the pickguard is the prewar \"firestripe\" celluloid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring WWII Gibson was struggling to build any guitars at all, and features were based more on what was available than any deliberate design! Some fantastic flat-tops come from this era despite these difficulties, as this guitar will attest. For a player who covets the tone of a prewar L-00 but is not comfortable with the \"V\" profile neck typically found on those guitars this is a spectacular find, with a strong smooth tone \"accented\" somewhat differently from the either an older L-00 or the usual \"banner\" LG-2. A great guitar for either finger or flatpicking styles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 39 3\/4 in. (101 cm.), 14 3\/4 in. (37.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1\/4 in. (10.8 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3\/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3\/4 in. (44 mm.). This guitar is quite clean overall for its age. There is typical light checking, some small dings and scrapes to the top and a few long shallow scratches in the back. There are two small sealed grain cracks between the fingerboard and the soundhole edge, and a couple of very small side cracks by the lower treble bout. The original bridge has been lowered a bit and there is plenty of saddle; this is a very good playing guitar with a very smooth even sound, excellent for both finger- and flatpicking styles. Excellent - Condition.","brand":"Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853007704204,"sku":"6787","price":5250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_541d9160-2b0b-46c5-8fd4-6929c42a2941.jpg?v=1774330362","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/gibson-l-00-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-1943-6787","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}