~1920 GIBSON A-4
$1,995
Guitar Showcase
This Old A-4 is set up to play! It has a Pick up that sounds good--and appears to be glued to the underside of the top by the Bridge, replaced tuners and Tail Piece (with a 1/4" Jack), a Tone Guard back cage and an Arm rest.
It looks to me to have been refinished or at least sprayed over. There...
1918 Gibson A4
$2,199
TR Crandall Guitars
1918 Gibson A4 in very good condition with a normal amount of wear throughout the instrument. This mandolin is in all original condition and is only missing the pickguard. The only major repairs being a few professionally sealed top cracks done here at the shop. This mandolin was constructed with a...
1919 Gibson Style O
$6,495
Neals Guitars
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One owner.Pick-guard is from a 1919 L-4. 2 top cracks repaired many decades ago.Rare original nut is a solid piece of Mother of Pearl. Beautiful 1st edition pre truss rod and HUGE neck is still perfect and straight with low action! Purchased from the...
1921 Gibson F-4
$7,499
TR Crandall Guitars
1921 Gibson F-4 in excellent condition with very minimal signs of wear for a century old mandolin. This F-Style mandolin is in all original condition with only major repairs being a couple minor repaired top cracks. Interestingly enough, this mandolin features the ultra-rare adjustable aluminum...
1914 Gibson F-4
$6,999
TR Crandall Guitars
1914 Gibson F-4 Mandolin in excellent condition. Beautifully stunning all original Gibson F-4 mandolin. The F-4 was Gibson’s top of the line mandolin during this time period, and the appointments boast it. Double-flowerpot peghead inlay, bound ebony fingerboard, and pearl nut. This particular...
~1930 Kel Kroydon KK-20 Mandolin
$1,899
Thunder Road Guitars PDX
Freshly set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech, this venerable and extremely rare Kel Kroydon KK-20 Mandolin is playing and sounding just as it should. Kel Kroydon was a line of instruments made by Gibson for only a few years. The guitars have become highly collectable, most notably in the...
1995 Gibson Bella Voce Open-Back
$1,350
Intermountain Guitar and Banjo
Nice Open-Back Gibson Reproduction banjo by unknown professional maker.
Figured Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard inlaid with Bella Voce pearl pattern.
3/4" 3-ply Maple rim with large tube tone-ring, possibly sourced from late 1920's Gibson
Tenor Banjo.
11" head with 26" scale...
1965 Gibson LG-1 LG-1
$1,695
ALUMPSTER'S GUITARS
This 1965 Gibson would have been (maybe even was) very comfortable at Woodstock, or the first Newport Folk Festival, maybe when Pete Seeger tried to unplug Bob Dylan's electric guitar. Gibson introduced the LG-1 in April of 1943 as a kind of junior partner to the famous J-45, with the same solid...
1951 Gibson LG-2 3/4 Arlo Guthrie LG-2 3/4 Arlo Guthrie
$3,995
ALUMPSTER'S GUITARS
Gibson introduced the LG-2 in 1942 as a kind of junior partner to the famous J-45, with the same solid spruce top and mahogany back, sides, and neck (with some exceptions because of wartime shortages). It had full body binding, a simple one-stripe rosette, a straight rosewood bridge with pearl dot...
2023 Gibson 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo
$5,299
Thunder Road Guitars PDX
Freshly set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech, this lovely '42 Banner Reissue Southern Jumbo is dialed in and ready to go. Period-correct wide nut. Thermally Aged Red Spruce (Adirondack) top. Traditional hand scalloped X-bracing. Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer finish. In keeping with the...
2022 Gibson Custom Shop 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo
$5,299
Wild West Guitars
Gibson Custom Shop 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo Vintage Sunburst
The SJ from Back in the Day
The Custom Shop Historic Reissue 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo features the vibe of a vintage Gibson Acoustic. The Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top and rosewood back and sides have outstanding tonal...
1942 Gibson "Banner" LG-2
$7,999
Thunder Road Guitars PDX
Inspected by our esteemed Guitar Tech who reports that the recent work done on this LG-2 at Glaser Instruments of Nashville, not surprisingly, is of stellar quality and has transformed this vintage classic into the guitar it was always meant to be. Glaser performed a re-fret, PLEK, loose brace...
1917 Gibson Style O
$6,495
The Guitar Broker
This is an elegant Gibson Style O Artist Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar made in 1917, made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with what appears to be serial # 33695, its got a red sunburst varnish finish over its carved spruce top, its birch back and sides have a ton of cool figuring all over, its fat V...
~1937 Oscar Schmidt Decalcomania
$750
Vintage Blues Guitars
Oscar Schmidt 'Decalcomania' c 1937 | $750 | (v2235) The decade following the productive 1920s was tough for the Oscar Schmidt company. Oscar himself had died in '29, and then the depression came along. By the mid-thirties the company had sold off most of its factories but for the Ferry St....
1941 Gibson J-55
$22,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
FON: 3002 G. Here is a super impressive J-55 from 1941 that pushes all the buttons. It’s vintage clean and original as they come. Of the three mahogany slope shouldered dreadnoughts Gibson produced in this era – the J-35, J-45 and J-55 – the J-55 had the most distinctive appointments and possibly...
1975 Gibson MK-53 MK-53
$995
ALUMPSTER'S GUITARS
According to The Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, the Gibson MK-53 was made in very limited quantities: “Approx. 1,425 mfg. 1975-78” (p. 254. Gruhn’s Guide and Vintage Guitar Price Guide basically agree). George Gruhn adds that the MK models were custom designed by Michael Kasha and Richard Schneider...
1930 Martin O-18T
$4,795
Mahar's Vintage Guitars
No sales tax for customers outside California
This Martin 0-18T is one of 333 made in 1930, the second year of production of the model. It is a historically important piece that led to a major change across the Martin line, ushering in their Golden Era.
Tenor guitars were becoming very popular...
1925 Gibson Mastertone PB3 Plectrum Banjo
$3,995
Emerald City Guitars
First-year 1925 Gibson Mastertone PB3 Banjo in good playing condition with heavier finish wear on the back and expected dings throughout. These vintage Gibson "Plectrum" banjos are rare to see and they sound great with a charming vintage tone! This example plays great with a great feel and is sure...
1991 Gibson SJ
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One of the very first guitars built at the new Bozeman Montana facility in 1991, the Southern Jumbo was a faithfully designed and executed reissue of the original 1942 model. The first small batch were "virtually hand-built by master luthier Ren Ferguson" - to quote the authors of the excellent...
1962 Gibson - Kluson Bass EB-3, EB-0, & EB-2
$399
Silver Strings Music
Just found the old pictures of this set that I have had stashed away for decades.
My son does not want to be in the Vintage Parts Guitar business, so I am selling off some of the cool parts that no doubt, someone needs!
This is a complete set of tuners for Gibson Basses from 1961 to mid 1965,...
1923 Gibson Style O Artist
$9,250
Kovacik Guitars and Fretted Instrument Repair
1923 Gibson Style O Artist carved top acoustic guitar w/hsc
Cool and rare...and still looking good after a century of play and use. The serial number penciled on the paper label is 74043, and the neck block is stamped in ink with the FON 11937. The guitar is entirely original including the...
1952 Gibson J-185
$22,000
Jet City Guitars, LLC
FON: Z1684 27. Here is an outstanding example of a second year Gibson J-185. This fascinating model was made in small numbers in Kalamazoo Michigan between 1951 and 1959. The book “Gibson’s Fabulous Flattop Guitars” notes that “many guitar devotees have fallen in love with this relatively rare...
1982 Gibson ES-335 Dot
$4,999
Rivington Guitars
Here's an original and early 1982 Gibson ES-335 Dot in original Natural Antique Blonde finish.
This example is one of the very first ES-335 '59 Dot Re-Issues Gibson made. Features a Natural Antique Blonde finish, and real Tim Shaw humbucker pickups.
Neck is nice and wide like a real '59...
~1992 FLATIRON 3MW Bouzouki
$995
Guitar Showcase
Year is a guess--Serial # 9239603. made in Bozeman--pre-Gibson Looks like a Spruce Top and Flame Maple Bask and sides. Scale is 23 3/4" Has lots of small nicks and dents, a small crease and what looks like "Capo Rash" on the neck. Nothing to affect it's playability. Looks to be in good structural...
1982 Dean V
$4,599
Thunder Road Guitars PDX
Dean began making V models in 1977, but ceased production in 2022 at Gibson's request. Dean still offers some variants of the V shape, but if you want the classic unadulterated Dean V, you'll need to find a used one, like this beautiful 1982 model.
This guitar looks sharp in gloss Red, and...
1925 Gibson L-3
$2,950
SS Vintage
Here's a 1925 Gibson L-3 in Red Sunburst finish. With the exception of the tuner tips, all parts are original. The guitar measures 13 3/4" wide, and is 13 frets clear to the body, bound ebony fingerboard, herringbone sound hole ring, and trapeze tailpiece. There's some binding repair, and...
1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo Deluxe Southern Jumbo Deluxe
$1,995
ALUMPSTER'S GUITARS
The Gibson Southern Jumbo/Country Western model guitars were created in 1942 during WW II, according to some as a perk specifically for the Gibson distributors below the Mason-Dixon Line. As with many of Gibson’s models—especially during the early war years--there are many variations in the specs...
1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo Deluxe Southern Jumbo Deluxe
$1,995
ALUMPSTER'S GUITARS
The Gibson Southern Jumbo/SJ/Country Western model guitars were originally created in 1942 during WW II, according to some as a perk specifically for the Gibson distributors below the Mason-Dixon Line. As with many of Gibson’s models—especially during the early war years--there are many variations...
1963 Epiphone Riviera E360TD
$8,500
Fretted Americana
The Epiphone Version of the Gibson ES-335
1963 Epiphone Riviera E360TD
This guitar weighs in at just 7.70 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Single-bound laminated maple top, back, and sides with maple central...