Originally introduced in 1974, the Gibson Maruader used a Les Paul style body and featured a bolt on neck design with a Flying V style headstock and a combination of a single coil and humbucker pickup. This example is in very good shape and comes with a period correct hardshell case.
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This mid 70’s Gibson ES-355 has seen a fair bit of play time and is heavily modified but it does come with all of the original electronics should you choose to restore it. Also comes with original black Gibson hardshell case.
MORE →Check out this great little 12.5 watt Gibson GA-15RVT Explorer combo from 1966. It is in great overall shape and features a single 10″ CTS speaker, Reverb and Tremolo, three inputs and controls for loudness, treble, bass, reverb, tremolo depth and tremolo frequency. Comes with original footswitch.
MORE →The Gibson SG has been in production for 50 years now, though in 1961 it was first named as a Les Paul. It quickly became a standard workhorse for all kinds of music. I can’t think of how many bands I’ve seen where the guitar players used an SG. As the SG Special, some models had a larger ‘batwing’ pickguard that covers more of the top; the guitar underneath is the same.
MORE →This is a pretty faithful Custom Shop reproduction of the Gibson 1961 Les Paul, the first year of the shape that became the SG. With a patina treatment, this guitar looks like it’s been tucked away for years. It’s very resonant and rings; very comfortable to play and the Maestro works well and has another little known advantage – it adds a little bit of weight to the tail, counterbalancing the guitar so it doesn’t have the neck-heaviness that SG’s often do.
MORE →The Gibson SG has been a workhorse guitar since its introduction in 1961. This 1965 example is in pretty good shape considering its age, plays well and sounds great. The Vibrola works well.
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