Gibson B-25 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1968)
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Gibson B-25 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1968), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 905331, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, mahogany sides, back and neck; spruce top, black tolex hard shell case.
This is a nice clean example of Gibson's late 1960s small-body flat-top, the B-25. The model was the direct descendant of the LG-2, it seems even Gibson was sometimes not sure which designation to use. This is one of 2592 B-25's shipped out in 1968, and remains in splendid condition overall. The triple-bound spruce top is finished in a stately dark sunburst with natural mahogany on the back and sides. In this period Gibson's flat tops had abandoned the bolt-on plastic bridges and returned to an adjustable-saddle rosewood bridge, making for a noticeable improvement in both sound and durability. A quirk of the 1968 era is the tortoise celluloid pickguard has a little Gibson logo filigree, mostly rubbed off on this example.
This guitar has a nice, comfortable if typically very slim late 60's mahogany neck with unbound dot-inlay rosewood fingerboard, making it an easy player. The headstock has a gold Gibson logo on the face and sports Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with plastic buttons. This B-25 is very nice little guitar and great value in a now 50+ year old Gibson flat top. It plays and sounds very nice especially open strummed with the classic Gibson friendly tone.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This 57 year old guitar looks to have been not too much used since the late '60s. It shows only light wear with some finish checking and minor dings, scratches and dents and remains completely original. A couple of sealed grain splits to the lower back and a bridge reglue are the only repairs. The neck has never been reset and the angle is excellent, the original large frets show minor wear but nothing that affects playability. The sound it typically warm and surprisingly deep, and this is an east playing and better sounding guitar than the reputation of Gibson in the later '60s would suggest. It resides in a modern HSC. Overall Excellent Condition.
This is a nice clean example of Gibson's late 1960s small-body flat-top, the B-25. The model was the direct descendant of the LG-2, it seems even Gibson was sometimes not sure which designation to use. This is one of 2592 B-25's shipped out in 1968, and remains in splendid condition overall. The triple-bound spruce top is finished in a stately dark sunburst with natural mahogany on the back and sides. In this period Gibson's flat tops had abandoned the bolt-on plastic bridges and returned to an adjustable-saddle rosewood bridge, making for a noticeable improvement in both sound and durability. A quirk of the 1968 era is the tortoise celluloid pickguard has a little Gibson logo filigree, mostly rubbed off on this example.
This guitar has a nice, comfortable if typically very slim late 60's mahogany neck with unbound dot-inlay rosewood fingerboard, making it an easy player. The headstock has a gold Gibson logo on the face and sports Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with plastic buttons. This B-25 is very nice little guitar and great value in a now 50+ year old Gibson flat top. It plays and sounds very nice especially open strummed with the classic Gibson friendly tone.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This 57 year old guitar looks to have been not too much used since the late '60s. It shows only light wear with some finish checking and minor dings, scratches and dents and remains completely original. A couple of sealed grain splits to the lower back and a bridge reglue are the only repairs. The neck has never been reset and the angle is excellent, the original large frets show minor wear but nothing that affects playability. The sound it typically warm and surprisingly deep, and this is an east playing and better sounding guitar than the reputation of Gibson in the later '60s would suggest. It resides in a modern HSC. Overall Excellent Condition.