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Gibson Johnny Smith
Archtop electric acoustic guitar
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PART 1 Johnny Smith description |
PART 2 Catalogue appearances |
PART 3 Advertisements
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| Jazz strings suitable for this guitar |
Johnny Smith was one of the legendary jazz guitarists to emerge from the late 1940s New York jazz scene, being made famous by tracks such as Moonlight in Vermont, which he recorded with Stan Getz. His Gibson signature guitar became commercially available from 1961, with a single pickup initially, and an optional bridge pickup from 1963.
Between 1961 and 1979, 963 single pickup (JS), and 625 double pickup (JS-D) Johnny Smith models were produced, with approximately 20% sporting a natural finish (JS-N, JS-DN), as opposed to the standard sunburst.
This guitar was still being shipped as recently as 1989
Gibson Johnny Smith Single
from the 1988 Gibson catalogue
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The following description is taken from the 1970 Gibson electric acoustics catalogue
JONNY SMITH-D - Artist Model
This Gibson artist model offers the finest in acoustical response and electronic amplification. Humbucking pickups and electronic controls are specially mounted to produce pure tones without restricting acoustic response.
FEATURES; Carved spruce top with bound "f" holes and matched figured maple rims, neck, and carved back. Slim, fast, low action neck joins body at 14th fret. Five piece curly maple neck with adjustable truss rod. Ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays and nickel silver frets. Special ebony bridge with slanted ebony saddle. Volume control and instrument jack mounted on pickguard. Gold-plated metal parts and machine heads. 17" wide, 20 ½" long, 3 1/8" deep; 25" scale, 20 frets.
JS-D double pickups - Sunburst finish
JS-DN double pickups - Natural finish
JS-single pickup - Sunburst finish
JS-N single pickup - Natural finish
Complete with plush-lined case and case cover
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Gibson Johnny Smith
as featured in the 1975 Gibson catalogue
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Gibson Steve Howe Signature ES-175 Guitar Vintage Sunburst
Based on the '64 ES-175 that was Steve's first good guitar and the one to which he has returned throughout his long career, this stunning signature model features everything he loves best: maple top, back, and sides, split-parallelogram mother-of-pearl inlays on a rosewood fretboard, full body and neck binding, inlaid ebony bridge base, unique nickel T-trapeze, and 2 '57 Classic humbuckers. Independent volume and tone controls with a 3-way toggle. Deep, rich tone rings out from a full hollowbody with a deep cutaway for easy high-fret access. |
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