1963 Gibson MELODY MAKER

$1,750.00

  • Year: 1963
  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Model: MELODY MAKER
  • Case: GigBag
  • Color: Sunburst
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: A Fine '63 Melody Maker with Factory Maestro Vibrato Tailpiece. This super featherweight guitar weighs just 6.40 lbs. and has a nice fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a regular scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Asymmetrical double cutaway solid mahogany body with rounded horns slightly pointing away from neck. One-piece mahogany neck with a nice medium profile, rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Open-back strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons. Single Melody Maker black plastic-covered single-coil pickup with an output of 7.03k. Two controls (one volume, one tone) plus jack socket, all mounted on pickguard. Ridged "wrap-over" bridge with factory Maestro vibrato tailpiece. This guitar is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition, with only a few tiny chips on the edges. Housed in a later padded imitation crocodile soft gig bag (9.00). The Melody Maker was originally released [in early 1959] as a single pickup model, available with either a regular (24 3/4") or a short (22 1/2") scale neck. (00468)