Gibson LG-0 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1961)
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Item # 8878
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Gibson LG-0 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1961), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 20635, natural lacquer finish, mahogany body, top and neck, rosewood fingerboard, black chipboard case.
This is an all-original example of Gibson's least expensive flat-top from the 1960s, the LG-0. Intended for the hordes of aspiring guitar students of the era, it features all solid mahogany construction with a tortoise celluloid-bound solid mahogany top and simple ladder bracing. This early '60s example still has the traditional small rectangular wooden bridge, replaced not long after with the dreaded bolt-on plastic bridge unit. Fittings are as simple as possible; the black plastic pickguard is screwed to the top, and the tuners are the plainest Waverly strip units with plastic buttons.
This 1961 example has a wide, flatter neck profile and 1 11/16" fingerboard at the nut common to the early '60s Gibsons that most players prefer to the post-'65-style narrow nut. The LG-0 is about as simple as a Gibson ever got, but true to the company's intentions, still a great-playing and surprisingly good-sounding little guitar. Overall a really nice example of the early '60s guitar that helped many students become Gibson fans for life.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 14 1/8 in. (35.9 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 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This guitar shows some general wear but no modifications and only a couple of small repairs. The finish has small dings, dents, and scrapes, but no large areas of pickwear. There is one repaired grain crack to the mahogany top on the lower bass bout off the back edge. Some capo wear spots on the back of the neck have been lightly touched up, and some of the finish there is worn down to the wood. The tuner plates show some corrosion but work fine. This is a very good-playing LG; the flatter neck profile with the wider early '60s nut is quite comfortable. It is one of the better-sounding ones we have had as well, with plenty of volume and a sweeter tone than many. Excellent - Condition.
This is an all-original example of Gibson's least expensive flat-top from the 1960s, the LG-0. Intended for the hordes of aspiring guitar students of the era, it features all solid mahogany construction with a tortoise celluloid-bound solid mahogany top and simple ladder bracing. This early '60s example still has the traditional small rectangular wooden bridge, replaced not long after with the dreaded bolt-on plastic bridge unit. Fittings are as simple as possible; the black plastic pickguard is screwed to the top, and the tuners are the plainest Waverly strip units with plastic buttons.
This 1961 example has a wide, flatter neck profile and 1 11/16" fingerboard at the nut common to the early '60s Gibsons that most players prefer to the post-'65-style narrow nut. The LG-0 is about as simple as a Gibson ever got, but true to the company's intentions, still a great-playing and surprisingly good-sounding little guitar. Overall a really nice example of the early '60s guitar that helped many students become Gibson fans for life.
Overall length is 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.), 14 1/8 in. (35.9 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 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
This guitar shows some general wear but no modifications and only a couple of small repairs. The finish has small dings, dents, and scrapes, but no large areas of pickwear. There is one repaired grain crack to the mahogany top on the lower bass bout off the back edge. Some capo wear spots on the back of the neck have been lightly touched up, and some of the finish there is worn down to the wood. The tuner plates show some corrosion but work fine. This is a very good-playing LG; the flatter neck profile with the wider early '60s nut is quite comfortable. It is one of the better-sounding ones we have had as well, with plenty of volume and a sweeter tone than many. Excellent - Condition.