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January 28th, 2010 | 
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This very light guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. and has a very fat nut width of over 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a solid carved maple top covered by a bookmatched highly figured maple veneer, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets (expertly refretted) and inlaid pearl crown position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl “Gibson” logo and “Les Paul Model” silk-screened in gold. Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with single-ring Keystone plastic buttons. Serial number “5 0520″ inked on in black on back of headstock. Two original double-black PAF humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.51k and 8.08k. Cream-colored plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout, plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. The potentiometers are stamped “134 738″ (Centralab September 1957). Gold plastic bell-shaped “Bell” knobs. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. This guitar is in mint (9.50) condition, with a fantastic veneer maple layer over the solid maple. It sounds absolutely unbelievable. Housed in the original 1955 Gibson brown hardshell case with maroon plush lining (8.00).
This conversion was done ca. 1995 by Scott Lentz for a Southern California University professor. The wiring harness, the PAF pickups, the ABR-1 bridge, and the stud tailpiece are all 1958 to 1959. The following parts are not original to a 1959 Burst: the pickguard, which has been cut to size, and the control covers are from the original 1955 Goldtop; the pickup rings are the facsimile English rings, which are virtually indistinguishable from the originals; the tuner buttons, the switch ring, and the jack plug cover are later.
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The very first electric guitar with three pickups This is the exceptionally rare prototype version of the ES-5. One of only twelve of an experimental batch of ES-350 Specials made by Gibson during June and July of 1949. This 17-inch-wide single soft (Venetian) cutaway guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Three original P-90 single-coil pickups with outputs of 7.45k, 7.19k and 7.05k. Four controls (three volume on lower treble bout, plus one master tone on upper treble bout). Rosewood bridge on rosewood base. Original trapeze tailpiece. This near mint (9.25) guitar, which was formerly in the Chinery collection, is featured on p. 74 of The History of the American Guitar Housed in the original brown “Lifton” hardshell case.
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Tags: Americana, DAUGHTRY, Fretted, Gibson, guitars, PhilX, rare, Vintage | 
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This rare little guitar weighs just 7.20 lbs. Solid mahogany body, one-piece medium profile mahogany neck with a scale length of 22 3/4 inches and a nut width of just over 1 9/16 inches. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 19 original frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Single P-90 pickup with a strong output of 7.18k. Combination “wrap-over” bar bridge/stud tailpiece. This is an exceptional example of one of only 222 “three-quarter” Les Paul Juniors shipped in 1957 (compared to 2,959 “full-size” Juniors shipped that year). Housed in the original Gibson brown “alligator” softshell case with brown felt lining (8.50).
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This is a micro time-capsule of 1930s and early 1940s American pop culture, captured in enhanced and modified images of my uncles “trinket collection”.
My uncle, Robert Shroyer, was killed in action in the Battle of Midway in World War II when he was still just a teenager – long before I was born. All I ever had of him were my Moms stories, along with this collection of vintage ‘trinkets’ he’d collected as a young man in the small Colorado mining town of Rockvale. Many times, while growing up in my home town of Pueblo, Colorado, I’d sit for hours examining these magical little objects – imagining they were great treasures. And I still feel that way when I look at them today.
Many of the art works used in making this video are available as Fine Art Prints in the “Trinket Gallery” on my website – here’s a link to it: http://www.DougGriffinArt.com/Galleries/Trinkets/
Collectibles and Gift Items of the “Trinket” art works are also available on my site – here’s a link: http://www.DougGriffinArt.com/GiftItems/SquareMagnets/SquareMagnets.html
The soundtrack to this video is my band Cat On Bass™ (from the album “Essential Bass”), playing “Dg’s Bass Loops & Grooves” (drum loops by E-Drummer). The CD, Essential Bass, along with official Cat On Bass™ Merchandise, is available on my website at: http://www.DougGriffinArt.com/CatOnBass/EssentialBass/
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This very light guitar weighs 6.80 lbs. and has two Melody Maker pickups. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays. Combination wrap-over bar bridge/tailpiece. Original “alligator” softshell case.
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Yes, it really is an original PAF ES-295! This incredibly rare guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. and has a very comfortable nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Reminiscent of the ES-175, with the same sharp-edged single Florentine cutaway and pearl split-parallelogram inlays, this wonderful guitar has a 16-inch-wide laminated maple body. One-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful thick profile. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 20 original small frets. Two original ‘double-black’ PAF humbucker pickups with nicely balanced outputs of 7.43k and 7.62k. All hardware gold-plated. This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition. There is some light body checking and a little tarnishing to the gold-plated parts, but otherwise, the body is exceptionally clean and the neck remarkably so. This is a totally original, untouched and exceptional example of an extremely rare guitar — one of about a hundred PAF ES-295s ever made. This actual guitar, which was formerly in the Chinery collection, is featured on p. 87 of The History of the American Guitar from 1833 to the Present Day by Tony Bacon. Housed in the original brown hardshell case with purple plush lining (9.00).
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This custom-built double-neck (conventional six-string neck in the lower position combined with a twelve-string neck weighs just 10.50 lbs. Both necks are one-piece mahogany and have a nut width of 1 9/16 inches and a medium-to-thick profile. Four “patent-number” humbucker pickups. Each pickup with a black label (”Patent No. 2,737,842″) on the underside and with outputs of 7.40k and 7.53k on the six-string guitar and outputs of 7.49k and 8.61k on the twelve-string guitar. One of just 4 guitars built in 1966. Housed in the original Gibson black rectangular hardshell case with yellow/orange plush lining (9.00). A great rarity
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This incredible totally original one-owner guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. Solid mahogany body with a carved maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful thick profile, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original frets and pearl crown position markers. Two incredibly hot P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.28k and 7.85k. Combination “wrap-over” bar bridge/stud tailpiece. This totally original ‘55 Les Paul Standard Gold Top — with a neck and a sound to die for — is the one of the best that we have ever seen. At just eight and a half pounds, it is a real lightweight. This one owner guitar is housed in its original Gibson four-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (9.00).
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This ultra thin (1 3/8 inches) SG-style bass guitar weighs just 8.10 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of slightly over 1 11/16 inches and a nice, short scale length of 30 1/2 inches. Solid mahogany body with highly contoured edges, one-piece mahogany neck, and unbound rosewood fretboard with 20 frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. One large metal-cover four-polepiece humbucking pickup in the neck position with an output of 12.22k and one smaller metal-cover four-polepiece mini-humbucker pickup with black plastic surround in the bridge position with an output of 7.53k. All hardware gold-plated. This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition, with a minimal amount of belt buckle wear on the back of the guitar, a few very minor and fairly insignificant surface chips. Housed in a modern black Burns hardshell case.
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This forty-three year old SG Standard with a solid Honduras mahogany body weighs just 7.30 lbs. One-piece mahogany neck with a typical late ‘64 / early ‘65 medium profile, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original frets and pearl crown position markers. Two patent-number humbucking pickups with outputs of 8.13k and 7.85k. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and Maestro Deluxe Vibrola tailpiece. At one time this guitar was fitted with Grovers, but the original Kluson DeLuxe tuners were re-fitted long ago. The only evidence of this is that the shaft holes are slightly larger which is only apparent when the tuners are removed. Otherwise this is a totally original and unfaded example. Original Gibson black hardshell case (9.00).
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