Gibson ETG-150 Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Tenor Guitar (1948)
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Gibson ETG-150 Model Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Tenor Guitar (1948), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 1590-2, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, laminated maple body; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, black gig bag case.
This is a decently played-in example of Gibson's "bread and butter" electric tenor guitar from the 1940's and 50's, the ETG-150. This one once belonged to someone named "KIRK" as that name is spelled out in mailbox letters on the upper body. Unfortunately Mr. Spock's Vulcan harp does not accompany it!
The ETG-150 was of the few regularly available cataloged tenor guitars of the 1940s and '50s, an easy-playing and chunky sounding four-string archtop suitable for a range of styles. The early factory order number stamped under the treble side F-hole indicates this guitar was likely built in 1948-49. the tuners are the earliest Kluson Deluxe enclosed machines with the shaft not running through the housing on the inner surface.
This ETG-150 is equipped with a single 4-pole P-90 pickup under a black plastic cover; the tone and volume controls have the numbered amber "hatbox" knobs typical of the mid-50s, so those have been replaced along the way. The neck is very slim and fast and this is a pretty rip-roaring sounding tenor through a cranked amp, and cleans up nicely when backed off. This model is not particularly rare but not all that common either; it was made from the 1940s through the '50s in fairly small numbers (less than 50 a year) and this is a good player's example of one of the nicer electric tenors out there.
Overall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/8 in. (29 mm.).
This guitar shows general wear and tear but is still a nicely playable example. The finish has wear and checking overall; the top has a pick wear spot to the wood between the fingerboard extension and pickup and a deeper wear spot well into the wood off the treble side of the bridge. The back and sides are relatively clean with checking, dings and dents. The back of the neck has some wear to the wood from play. There is a large finish disturbance on the headstock face indicating something was once glued there, possibly an old silver dollar.
The hardware is a nearly all original including the great sounding pickup and wiring, bridge, tailpiece, tuners and pickguard. The knobs are old Gibson pieces but later than the rest of the instrument. There has never been a strap button added. The frets show some wear but the neck is very straight and this is an excellent player with plenty of punch even not plugged in. It resides in a modern gig bag. Overall Very Good + Condition.
This is a decently played-in example of Gibson's "bread and butter" electric tenor guitar from the 1940's and 50's, the ETG-150. This one once belonged to someone named "KIRK" as that name is spelled out in mailbox letters on the upper body. Unfortunately Mr. Spock's Vulcan harp does not accompany it!
The ETG-150 was of the few regularly available cataloged tenor guitars of the 1940s and '50s, an easy-playing and chunky sounding four-string archtop suitable for a range of styles. The early factory order number stamped under the treble side F-hole indicates this guitar was likely built in 1948-49. the tuners are the earliest Kluson Deluxe enclosed machines with the shaft not running through the housing on the inner surface.
This ETG-150 is equipped with a single 4-pole P-90 pickup under a black plastic cover; the tone and volume controls have the numbered amber "hatbox" knobs typical of the mid-50s, so those have been replaced along the way. The neck is very slim and fast and this is a pretty rip-roaring sounding tenor through a cranked amp, and cleans up nicely when backed off. This model is not particularly rare but not all that common either; it was made from the 1940s through the '50s in fairly small numbers (less than 50 a year) and this is a good player's example of one of the nicer electric tenors out there.
Overall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 23 in. (584 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/8 in. (29 mm.).
This guitar shows general wear and tear but is still a nicely playable example. The finish has wear and checking overall; the top has a pick wear spot to the wood between the fingerboard extension and pickup and a deeper wear spot well into the wood off the treble side of the bridge. The back and sides are relatively clean with checking, dings and dents. The back of the neck has some wear to the wood from play. There is a large finish disturbance on the headstock face indicating something was once glued there, possibly an old silver dollar.
The hardware is a nearly all original including the great sounding pickup and wiring, bridge, tailpiece, tuners and pickguard. The knobs are old Gibson pieces but later than the rest of the instrument. There has never been a strap button added. The frets show some wear but the neck is very straight and this is an excellent player with plenty of punch even not plugged in. It resides in a modern gig bag. Overall Very Good + Condition.