Freshly inspected and set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech. In Very Good Vintage condition with modest wear for an instrument of this age, including scratches, worn gold plating, natural aging of finish, and other normal signs of handling and use. This rare and historic guitar has a gorgeous vintage vibe, plays beautifully, and sounds like heaven.
Smith personally designed key features of the guitar with Gibson granting him primary control of design specifications, which included X-bracing and a floating pickup, while Gibson handled mostly the cosmetics and materials. Smith drew many ideas from his treasured pre-war D’Angelico archtop and went through several design iterations before settling on the features for the Gibson Johnny Smith model introduced in 1961.
See below for more details and specifications.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Gold Hardware
Original Kluson Sealfast Tuners
Original 1 3/4” Synthetic Nut
3-Piece Flamed Maple Neck with 25” Scale Length
Neck Thickness .81" at First Fret and 1.02" at Eleventh Fret
Ebony Fingerboard with Stylized Block Inlays and 12" Radius
20 Original Large Low Wide Frets in Very Good Condition
Original Pickguard-Mounted Floating Mini Humbucker
Original Adjustable Ebony Bridge with Original Fancy Johnny Smith Tailpiece
Carved Spruce Top (X-Braced) and Flamed Maple Back & Sides in Original Sunburst Finish
Original Pickguard with Volume Control Knob
Weight 6 lb 4 oz
Original Hard Shell Case
Serial Number 64692
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We want you to be happy with your purchase and we try to represent the condition of all used and vintage guitars as accurately as possible in our listings. Every used guitar shows some signs of play wear and vintage models even more so. We call out all areas of damage or unusual wear, and describe the overall condition based upon what is "normal" for the age of the instrument. Expect to see minor dings, finish checking, or other evidence of normal use and aging which may not be captured by photography or explicitly mentioned in the listing.
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