Description
Lovies Guitars is offering up a Vintage 1962 Gibson Melody Maker in a Classic Vintage Sunburst Finish! Gibson first introduced the solid-body Les Paul in 1952 and it quickly became very popular. It was expensive, however, and plans were already underway by the end of 1953 to produce a more affordable model called the Les Paul Junior. By the late 1950s, the Les Paul Junior was outselling all other Les Paul models combined and Gibson took note of how well Fender’s budget-model Musicmaster was doing. In 1959, Gibson introduced the Melody Maker without any mention of the Les Paul name on the guitar. The Melody Maker was essentially a budget version of the Les Paul Junior with a thinner body, a narrow headstock without the wings, and a thinner pickup with no pole pieces. A 3/4-sized Melody Maker debuted the same year as well. The affordable Melody Maker became Gibson’s best-selling solidbody guitar by the mid-1960s. It also followed design changes similar to the Les Paul Junior with the introduction of a rounded double-cutaway body in 1961, and then an SG-style body in 1963. The Melody Maker was produced through 1970 before it was rebranded as the SG-100/SG-200/SG-250 series. Fantastic Condition, this guitar shows normal wear for being over 50 years old, however, there are a fair bit of chipping along the body edges, finish cracked and there are a fair share of indents all over, almost looks like a well done relic! This baby is packed with vibe and structurally sound! ALL Original, NO Breaks or Repairs, Includes Gig Bag!!
WEIGHS IN AT: 5.20 lbs
.790″ at the 1st fret
1.039” at the 12th fret
Serial: 172305
SKU: 3085
14 Day Money back return policy. Buy with confidence.
All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.
Lovies Guitars has CITES Master File and Certificates will be issued when and where needed. Also Declaration Friendly.
