
Models to look out for: Just about anything prooduced before 1970, including (but by no means limited to.) Explorer, Les Paul, SG, ES-335, Flying V, Firebird, Melody Maker. Later Nashville-produced instruments are the least desireable vintage Gibsons, but as long as the Gibson name is present, it will still be a quality guitar. This is not to say all of their guitars are equal however, and the price difference between two vintage Les Paul guitars could be tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Gibson's golden period was between the late 1950s and mid 1960s, these are outstanding instruments, but generally any guitar built at the legendary Kalamazoo plant, especially during the CMI-period (pre-1970) will be very well-made indeed. Vintage Guitar magazine placed nine Gibson guitars in their 'top 25 most valuable guitar' list.


From their simplest entry-level solid bodies to the inordinately expensive custom-built jazz guitars, all of Gibson's output has been created in America, yet loved world-wide. Gibson guitars have always been desireable a true testament to the skill of the guitar builders at perhaps the worlds best-regarded guitar company. Gibson SJ-200 Studio Rosewood - Antique Natural Acoustic Guitars / Modern Acoustic SJ-200 Studio Rosewood - Antique Natural Antique Natural A Canon of Warm Tone Hand-built using beautiful Sitka spruce and rosewood, this SJ-200 Studio is sure to please the eye and the ear.
