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Hibbs SM-01 Selmer Style Guitar Natural, 2009 / *No Longer Available*

On February 7, 2023   /    
Hibbs SM-01 Selmer Style Guitar Natural, 2009 / *No Longer Available*

Here is a little bit of Canadian Luthiery history – a T.D. Hibbs SM-01 Selmer or ‘Maccaferri’, Gypsy Jazz style steel string guitar, quite possibly one of Hibb’s last, apparently built in late 2009. T.D. Hibbs was a woodworker, woodworking instructor and trained musician in the Cambridge, Ontario area.

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Gibson L-00 Standard Steel String Sunburst, 2018

On February 7, 2023   /    
Gibson L-00 Standard Steel String Sunburst, 2018

The Gibson L-00 Standard steel string reproduces one of the three classic ‘L’ models built from the 1926 to 1945 period. These inexpensive, lightly built instruments were very responsive and used by many casual players and mid range professionals. The L-00 began production in 1929 with a 12-fret neck, but by the time of its second 1933 catalog listing had a 14-fret neck. Some of the last few examples, from 1943 on, had the ‘Only a Gibson is Good Enough’ banner. At this point, the L-00 was being replaced with the ‘LG’ series.

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Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean Black, 1993

On February 6, 2023   /    
Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean Black, 1993

The late, great Chet Atkins was long associated with Gretsch guitars with many classic models bearing his name. However, after Gretsch ceased production as its parent Baldwin approached bankruptcy, Gibson sought his endorsement and a number of Gibson Chet Atkins models appeared. This included the Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean, built from 1990 to 2005 in Nashville.

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Gibson Super 400 Sunburst with McCarty Pickguard, 1935

On February 5, 2023   /    
Gibson Super 400 Sunburst with McCarty Pickguard, 1935

This beautiful 1935 Gibson Super 400 Sunburst with McCarty Pickguard guitar has a history – it is one of the guitars that the late Ed Bickert used before settling on his Telecaster. This example dates to 1935 and was built at the historic Parsons Street plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 88 years old at time of writing, it is in overall good and completely playable condition.

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Gibson ES-137 Classic Sunburst, 2002

On February 4, 2023   /    
Gibson ES-137 Classic Sunburst, 2002

This is a very nice condition early Gibson ES-137 Classic model dating to March 22, 2002 at Memphis Tennessee; this model was built from 2002 to 2015. The Gibson ES-137 was launched in 2002 and combines the looks of the ES-175 and the performance practicalities of the ES-335 lineup.

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Gibson Memphis ES-335 Custom with Bigsby Sunburst, 2009

On February 3, 2023   /    
Gibson Memphis ES-335 Custom with Bigsby Sunburst, 2009

Dating to April 23 2009, this Gibson Memphis ES-335 Custom features beautifully flamed Maple and a factory installed Bigsby B7. I think this is one of the best looking 335’s I’ve seen for some time, and the dual-roller Bigsby is far enough back from the bridge to provide a relatively shallow break angle. This shallow angle really improves the smoothness of both arm movement and return to pitch.

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