Gibson

Gibson RD Artist Bass Antique Natural, 2018

On January 17, 2024 /

The Gibson RD Artist Bass were built during 2018, revisiting the original RD Basses from 1977 to 1981. These distinctive basses draw from Gibson’s original Firebird and Thunderbird designs, but are definitely not copies. The early RD Bass line consisted of two models, the Standard, and Artist. Construction was Maple for the body and Laminated Maple for the neck, with a Maple fingerboard.

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Epiphone Olympic Special Solidbody Sunburst, 1963

On January 7, 2024 /

Shown here is a fairly rare guitar – an Epiphone Olympic Special, built during 1963 at the Gibson Kalamazoo plant and looking almost exactly like a single-pickup Melody Maker. This version was offered from 1963 to 1969, with a production total of around 3,000 guitars.

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⚌Reduced‼ Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow, 1958

On January 6, 2024 /

The Gibson Les Paul Special TV model appeared in 1955, with the ‘TV’ referring to a special ‘limed’ finish intended to make the guitar more visible on black and white televisions and films. This finish had become available in 1954 on the Les Paul TV, a single-pickup Les Paul Junior. Both models used a slab Mahogany body with no Maple cap, and a Mahogany neck, with a bound Rosewood fingerboard, which into the mid 1960’s meant Brazilian Rosewood.

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Gibson Tal Farlow, 1967

On December 23, 2023 /

This Gibson Tal Farlow is a rare model. Named after the renowned jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, who played Gibson guitars throughout the ’50s where this model was designed to meet Farlow’s demands for a guitar that combined superb playability with a rich, resonant tone.

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Gibson ES-325 TDW Thinline Electric Walnut, 1974

On December 8, 2023 /

Here’s a fairly rare guitar, a Gibson ES-325 TDW, where the ‘TDW’ stands for Two Pickup, Double Cutaway, Walnut finish. The TDW does not appear anywhere on the guitar or its label, bur does appear on marketing materials, to distinguish it from the ES-325 TDC with Cherry finish or the TD in Tobacco Sunburst. This guitar was built between 1972 and 1978 and is an original example of Gibson’s Norlin era production – Gibson’s corporate parent between 1969 and 1986.

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This instrument has sold

Gibson B-25 Steel String Guitar Sunburst, 1967

On November 7, 2023 /

Appearing towards the end of 1962, the Gibson B-25 replaced by way of renaming both the LG-2 and LG-3 models, which only differed in top finish. The sunburst top LG-2 became the B-25, while the natural finish top LG-3 became the B-25N. All three models were identical in terms of construction.

Vintage

This instrument has sold

Gibson

Gibson RD Artist Bass Antique Natural, 2018

Epiphone Olympic Special Solidbody Sunburst, 1963

⚌Reduced‼ Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow, 1958

Gibson Tal Farlow, 1967

Gibson ES-325 TDW Thinline Electric Walnut, 1974

Gibson B-25 Steel String Guitar Sunburst, 1967

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