This Gibson ES-150 archtop electric example dates to approximately 1948, based on its construction and features.
Instruments
The Collings C10 SS SB is a ‘custom’ version of the C10, with a short 24.875 inch (632mm) scale (SS) and Western Shaded or Sunburst (SB) top finish.
Here we’re looking at a Ramirez Estudio classical guitar with a Red Cedar top, label dated to 1969 at Madrid, Spain.
The Kel Kroydon KK-11 Tenor Banjo, along with plainer KK-10, was built from 1929 to 1931 by Gibson for the J.W. Jenkins Music Company. After 1931, the KK-10 was dropped but the KK-11 was transformed by 1935 into the five-string Gibson Style 11 banjo, also known as the RB-11.
Here’s a Gibson Les Paul Studio with Gold plated hardware, in a gloss Wine Red finish from 1996. It’s been used as intended and is in nice playing condition. These are really great guitars. Built with a carved Maple cap on a non-weight relieved Mahogany back and dated to September 13 1996, this Gibson Les Paul Studio has a Mahogany neck with an unbound Indian Rosewood fingerboard.
When originally introduced in 1912, the Gibson L-4 appeared as a 16 inch wide, oval hole archtop, switching to F-holes in 1935. The cutaway body L-4C appeared in 1949 and by 1956 had displaced the non-cutaway model. In Gibson’s naming convention, the ‘C’ was dropped some years ago.