![]() ![]() Models to look out for: Just about anything prooduced before 1970, including (but by no means limited to.) Explorer, Les Paul, SG, ES-335, Flying V, Firebird, Melody Maker. Later Nashville-produced instruments are the least desireable vintage Gibsons, but as long as the Gibson name is present, it will still be a quality guitar. SOUNDS Good sound projection, nice gloss, no blast media scathing, deep bass. The tonal balance is frighteningly common, including deep bass. The hips of the beautiful are those of a jumbo, not as imposing a super-jumbo. This is not to say all of their guitars are equal however, and the price difference between two vintage Les Paul guitars could be tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bridge 'Moustache' as in J 200 UTILIZATION Channel pleasant, it was well in hand, neither too big nor too late. Gibson's golden period was between the late 1950s and mid 1960s, these are outstanding instruments, but generally any guitar built at the legendary Kalamazoo plant, especially during the CMI-period (pre-1970) will be very well-made indeed. Vintage Guitar magazine placed nine Gibson guitars in their 'top 25 most valuable guitar' list. From their simplest entry-level solid bodies to the inordinately expensive custom-built jazz guitars, all of Gibson's output has been created in America, yet loved world-wide. Gibson guitars have always been desireable a true testament to the skill of the guitar builders at perhaps the worlds best-regarded guitar company. ![]()
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