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Beautiful D40 acoustic guitar. Mahogany back and sides, very good clean Sitka top.

Body Style: Double Cutaway
Scale Length: 24.6″ (625mm)
Top: Arched Laminated Maple
Back And Sides: Laminated Maple Body, 17″ Wide, 2″ Deep
Neck: 3-Piece Maple
Pickups: 2 High Sensitive Filter’tron™ Pickups
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Master Volume,
3-Position Toggle Master Tone Switch,
Standby Switch
Width At Nut: 1-11/16″ (43mm)
Fretboard: Ebony, 12″ Radius (305mm)
Bridge: Ebony-Based Gold Rocking Bar Bridge
Tailpiece: Gretsch Bigsby B6G Vibrato Tailpiece
Hardware: Gold-Plated
Finish: Gloss Urethane
No. Of Frets: 22 (Plus Zero Fret)
Machine Heads: Grover Imperial™ Gold-Plated Die-Cast Tuners
Unique Features: Neo Classic Thumbnail Inlay Position Markers, Zero Fret, Simulated F-Holes, Double Muffler System, Bound Fingerboard and Headstock, Multiple Body Bindings, Gold-Plated Name Plate on Headstock, Gold Plexi Pickguard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod

Hollowbody
Single cutaway
25-1/2″ (648mm) scale length
Arched laminated maple top
Laminated Maple Body, 17″ Wide, 2-3/4″ Deep
3-Piece Maple neck
2 High Sensitive Filter’Tron Pickups
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. NeckPickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, 3-Position Toggle Master Tone Switch
1-11/16″ (43mm) nut width
Ebony fretboard, 12″ radius (305mm)
Ebony-Based Space-Control Roller-Bridge
Bigsby B6GB Vibrato Tailpiece
Gold-plated hardware
Gloss urethane finish
22 frets
Grover® Imperial Gold-Plated Die-cast Tuners

Body Style: Single Cutaway
Scale Length: 24.6″ (625mm)
Top: Arched Laminated Maple
Back and Sides: Laminated Maple Body, 16″ Wide, 2.75″ Deep
Neck: 3-Piece Maple
Pickups: 2 Dynasonic™ Single-Coil Pickups
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Master Volume,
Master Tone
Width At Nut: 1-11/16″ (43mm)
Fretboard: Rosewood, 12″ Radius (305mm)
Bridge: Rosewood-Based Polished Aluminum Compensated Bigsby
Tailpiece: Bigsby B6CBVF Vibrato Tailpiece
Hardware: Polished Aluminum and Gold-Plated
Finish: Gloss Urethane
No. of Frets: 22
Machine Heads: Gold-Plated Grover V98G Sta-Tite™ Die-Cast Tuners
Unique Features: Aged Vintage Wide-Bock Pearloid Position Markers with Western Motif of Cactus and Steerheads and Fences, G Brand on The Body, Aged Fingerboard and Headstock Binding, Multiple Aged Body Bindings, Stained Maple Headstock Overlay, Inlaid Pearloid Steerhead and Gretsch Logo on Headstock, Bound Oversized F-Holes, Gold Plexi Pickguard with Chet Atkins Signature Signpost, Polished Aluminum Bigsby¨ Paired with Gold-Plated Hardware, Arrow Knobs, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod

In the history of all music, there has never been a guitar associated with one musician quite like blues legend B.B. King is linked to his beloved Lucille – a custom-built Gibson ES-355 manufactured exclusively for the true “King of the Blues” since 1980. And B.B. King is not only the most renowned blues musician of our time; he’s also one of the most important electric guitarists of all-time. His singular bluesy style has influenced generations of players across genres, and his powerful and distinct songs have appeared on the charts more than 70 times, from blues to R&B to pop. He’s done it all, and at over 80 years of age he is still considered the hardest working man in show business, maintaining a pace many younger artists dream of keeping up with.

Standard appointments include all gold hardware, metal tulip tuners, a Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge and TP-6 tailpiece. As is customary with the ES-355 there are two volume, two tone knobs, and a three-way selector switch, Vari-tone switch, and both stereo and mono jacks.

This guitar was and is the most popular out of all the Chet Atkin models , they were introduced in 1986 . Its a thinline archtop , has a single rounded cutaway , two humbucker pickups , gold hardware , with a bigsby tailpiece and a wider classical-style neck. Mint condition.

Gibson’s famous J 200 Jumbo flat top guitar. This guitar has a flame maple back and sides, a true thing of beauty.

This beautiful Gibson Custom Shop Guitar is curly maple back and sides with a three piece curly maple neck. Made in 1994 in conjunction with Gibson’s Centennial Anniversary celebration, is truly a beautiful guitar and a great sounding jumbo. This would be a great one to add to your Gibson collection.

American Standard Stratocaster guitars are beauties to behold in sound, look and feel. Features include hand-rolled fingerboard edges, alnico V pickups, staggered tuners, improved bridge with bent steel saddles and copper-infused high-mass block for increased resonance and sustain, tinted neck, high-gloss maple or rosewood fretboard, satin neck back for smooth playability, thin-finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance. Excellent condition.

This is one of the bread and butter banjos of the Gibson Company. The modern RB250 saw it’s fingerboard inlays change from the bowtie of the 1960’s to the modern “leaves and bowes esk” and the headstock change to the fiddle cut with version of the “diamonds and squares”. This banjo is a two piece flange model with nickel plated hardware. Excellent condition.