by Luke the Drifter on July 9, 2013
1929 Gibson L-1 in a no reserve auction. Description is pretty minimal here. Pictures are good. This appears to be in remarkably good condition for it’s age. The top on this looks to us to be something other than spruce, perhaps mahogany or maple. They did use mahogany on these. It would appear that one set of tuners is shall we say less than original. This is the guitar most associated with Robert Johnson (you already know that). With what looks like the original case, which seller says is rough. Very cool.
1929 Gibson L-1 – eBay
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by Luke the Drifter on July 8, 2013
1971 Gibson Les Paul Jumbo in a no reserve auction. Seller is says these were made ’69 to ’73. Let’s call it ’71. After a little research we found the bulk of these were made that year. We have never seen one of these come up. In fact, we were unaware this model existed. You learn something new every day. Check out the description and the pictures here. Seller puts the guitar in Very Good condition with scratches and dings and some minor fret wear. Note low impedance pickup, which appeared on the Les Paul Recording during this era. Seller says less than 50 of these were made and we have bo reason to doubt that. With (probably not original HSC). Rare and unusual. Very, very cool.
1969 Gibson Les Paul Jumbo – eBay
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