Most Gibsons have some sort of body binding.Often binding is multi-layers (white/black/white, etc).Some guitars also have binding on the neck. What is the style of binding? Binding is the whitish/yellowish/tortoise 'band' that goesaround the edges of the body.What is the style of 'Gibson' peghead logo? That is, is it white silkscreen,gold silkscreen, or pearl inlay? Also if the logo is pre-WW2, wartime, or post-WW2 (see above).Also fancier models can even have some sort of pearl inlaid decoration (a 'crown' or longskinny 'diamond') on the pegheadjust below the 'Gibson' logo.What is the style of fingerboard inlays? (dots, blocks, trapezoids, double parallelagrams, etc.).This is really important for all model types except solidbody electrics.
What is the body size? (measure the guitar across the top at the widest point, which isthe guitar's 'hips').By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one. Gibson invented archtop guitars by constructing the same type of carved, arched tops used on violins. in Kalamazoo, Michigan to make mandolin-family instruments. What is the color of the back of the guitar? Common back colorsinclude translucent dark brown, translucent light brown, sunburst, cherry red, etc. Orville Gibson founded the company in 1902 as The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg.What is the color of the top of the guitar? Common top colors include 'sunburst' (a yellow center that fades to a darker red or brown around the edges),black, natural and 'cherry red' (a translucent red which shows the wood grain).There are several general questions which can be asked in determining a guitar's model,once the type of guitar (flat top, arch top, etc.) has been determined: Gibson Custom Shop Serial Numbers
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Gibson Hummingbird Serial Number Lookup For Guns Electric Lapsteel Gibson: a small solidbody guitar (no cutoutsor sound holes) that is playedin the lap, Hawaiian style, with a metal slide bar, pickup and knob routed into the top.These are always electric from the factory. Electric Thinline Archtop Gibsons: same as above (electricwith two 'f' holes in the top), but the body is thinner at 1.5' to 2' thick.
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