Gibson Deluxe Southern Jumbo (433)

Price: $1500 and worth every penny if you are looking for superb playability and tone quality. Harmonic response is unreal.

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Non-original and not perfectly fitting hard shell case included. The tuner knobs hit the sides.

Tone quality and harmonic response are outstanding. I will sound test this against any Gibson dreadnought in existence. This guitar offers nice play feel and perfect intonation. Action is 1/16 at the 12th fret.

Neck was reset.

Top was replaced with AAA Sitka spruce. New bracing is V-brace pattern.

Back bracing is original.

Deluxe rosewood ant-vibration bracing (my design) is added to the sides.

As received, this guitar was a total basket case. The top was destroyed. Neck was off. Previous owner or shop tech had attempted to remove the back and left little router bit marks all around the sides. I am leaving polishing work to the next owner as polishing the sides would be gilding the pig.

Also, the back was pretty chewed up too, so I added purfling to make it look decent.

Also, the neck heel was a little chewed up. What were they trying to do?

As usual, satisfaction is guaranteed. Returns allowed per our warranty.

I pay attention to small details. Top braces are tapered and sanded smooth. The inside back and sides are cleaned up and sanded smooth. Back braces are rounded and sanded smooth.

All structural components are top quality and joined correctly. You might not think so looking at it. However, see my warranty. I support my customers.

New Parts

• Top - grade AAA Sitka spruce
• Bracing - V-pattern premium quarter sawn tapered Sitka spruce.
• Sides have deluxe rosewood bracing added.
• Bridge - Indian rosewood
• Bridge plate - 40 year old sugar maple
• Saddle - Vintage Bone
• Bridge Pins - Plastic
• End pin - Ebony

Original Parts

• Fret Board - rosewood and very clean. I don’t think this was played much.
• Neck - Solid Honduras mahogany. Nice and thin. This is especially nice for small hands.
• Top - Solid spruce
• Back and sides - Solid Honduras mahogany
• Nut - plastic
• Frets - all original.
• Tuners - Fancy vintage Grover square backs.
• Pick guard - Original reattached with 3M film
• Truss Rod cover - original
• Truss rod - works as expected.

Condition

• Top - New condition - No cracks. Zero pick wear. On small ding near fret board. No idea where that came from.
• Sides - Ugly and not for the faint of heart - No cracks. Lots of finish issues and machine made dings.
• Back - Excellent condition - No cracks
• Gear head face is excellent.
• Gear head back is excellent.
• Neck is excellent - like new.

Please note: many sellers do not accept returns. I do. I am dedicated to customer satisfaction within the bounds of this listing. This is a great guitar you will want to keep and play for years. This is not something I just want to get rid of. You are buying this guitar for outstanding tone quality, play feel, and reliability. Most people interested in this guitar could not care less about how it looks.

This guitar would make an excellent studio instrument.

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Moonlightluthiers - Have pick will travel.