Gibson Kalamazoo Guitar S Plus Vintage Axe

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Signed, dated 2014 and inscribed to the reverse George Harrison Gibson Les Paul.

Mich USA. Style A-Jr.

One piece mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and block mother of pearl inlays.

This bolt-on neck example was built by Eko, in Recanati, using the same hardware and pickups as fitted to Eko, and Vox basses built around the same time.

Previously Gibson had only offered students 34 size versions of relatively expensive hollow bodies, under the Gibson brand.

But now, under the name Kalamazoo it was producing very simple guitars, but well-made, and with above average components.

Assembly was just a matter of screwing it all together; but the result was a cheap, popular and highly playable guitar.

Available in brilliant Flame Red, Glacier White or Las Vegas Blue, one or two pickups, with or without Vibrola.

Slim neck, streamline styling in an economically priced guitar for years of rugged use.

Stenciled head stock logo with impressed FON on backside.

DK-2195). From what I can gather about the composition: Top is spruce, Back and sides are Mahogany.

The neck is a straight v shaped with no visible warp.

If all is proper specs: it should have Mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard.

With a FON number starting with D - its likely made in.

If you are a guitar collector, this would be a great addition to your collection.

Folks we are fortunate to be able to offer this Kalamazoo Acoustic KG Model in very nice condition.

Be sere to check out the sides and fret board for some rare tiger striped wood grain considered to be very rare in guitar construction.

Once detailed and lubricants are used for the finish the details will absolutely pop.

In the area below the bridge at the top there is some separation yet I am not seeing the it is not.

Its missing its pickguard has a replaced tailpiece, but otherwise is a lovely sounding guitar thats really fun to play Cosmetic Condition: Typical play wear as you might imagine for a guitar of this age - various.

Gibson Kalamazoo Guitar S Plus Vintage Axe

The body and neck show normal marks and scratches and paint fade consistent with a 50 plus vintage axe.

Its missing the truss rod cover but rod is intact and tested good.

Original frets show sone player wear and grooves mostly in the first 5 but overall still plays decent as she sits..

Between late 1970 and 1972 the new models were launched and refined.

This folder catalog contains various inserts released over these years detailing four electric six-strings (ET-270, ET-275, ET-278, and thinline EA-250), three bass guitars (ET-280, ET-285, and thinline EA-260), three folksteel acoustics, four jumbo flattop acoustics, two 12-string jumbos, four classic acoustics, and a banjo.

You will find the unusual, the brand-new, and the bargain within this folder.

End of line 70s guitars like the Marauder, S-1, and L-6S Custom mixed in with brand new models the The V, The Explorer and the Flying V Bass.

The 3263 bass was one of the first models, (alongside the 3261 six string and 3262 twelve string) available from late 1968 until about 1974.

The earliest incarnation was a set neck bass, produced very briefly in Japan.

Gibson Kalamazoo Guitar Serial Numbers