Body: Accurate late 50’s body shape with ‘mouse ear’ cutaway horns
Fingerboard: Bound rosewood with split-parallelogram inlays
Potentiometers: Matched 550k potentiometers
Construction: Hide glue body and neck construction
Truss rod: Tubeless Historic truss rod
Pickups: MHS humbuckers
Frets: Period-correct .100" x .045" fret wire
Finish: VOS nitrocellulose lacquer in Sixties Cherry
Top
Wood Species: Maple, Poplar, Maple
Pieces: 3-Ply
Grade: Vintage Plain
Binding: 3-ply (Tan-Black-Tan)
Back
Wood Species: Maple, Poplar, Maple
Pieces: 3-Ply
Density: Vintage Plain
Binding: Tan
Rims
Species Wood: Maple, Poplar, Maple
Pieces: 3-Ply
Grade: Plain
Weight
Weight Relief: Lightweight centerblock
Average Weight (body only): 2.1069 kg / 4.645 lbs
Materials Used
Glue: Franklin Titebond 50, Hot hide glue and Maple centerblock, Quartered Adirondack Spruce braces
Etc.: Maple centerblock, Spruce braces, Mahogany rim liner
Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: The sound waves resonate within the hollow airspace of the Maple veneered Body, around the F-holes, and throughout the solid glue joints.
Body Contour
Carve: Late 50s ES (Semi-Hollow with "mouse ear" cutaways)
Neck
Neck
Wood Species: Mahogany
Pieces: 1
Details
Truss Rod: Historic
Profile: 1959 Traditional "C"
Thickness at Fret 1: 20.32 mm / .800"
Thickness at Fret 12: 25.40 mm / 1.000"
Other Materials: Franklin Titebond 50
Average Weight: 376.4817 gm / 0.830 lbs
Peg Head
Type: SP-2
Inlay: Mother of Pearl Crown
Peg Head Binding: None
Logo: Mother of Pearl "Gibson"
Silkscreen: None
Headstock Angle: 17 degrees
Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: The wood, construction, and headstock pitch all contribute greatly to the tone, aiding this guitar's exceptional sustain and depth, and yielding a resonance that can be felt right through the body
Neck Fit
Joint Angle: 4 degrees
Joint Angle Tolerance: 0 deg 0 min 15 sec
Type: Mortise and Tenon
Adhesive: Hot Hide Glue
Gauges Used:
Pitch Height Gauge and Alignment Gauge
Nut
Style: White
Material: Nylon
Width: 4.3358 cm / 1.707"
Slots:
E: 1.2268 mm / 0.0483 inches
A: 0.9601 mm / 0.0378 inches
D: 0.6934 mm / 0.0273 inches
G: 0.4534 mm / 0.01785 inches
B: 0.3467 mm / 0.01365 inches
e: 0.2667 mm / 0.0105 inches
Fingerboard
Wood Species: Rosewood
Pieces: 1
Shade: Dark
Fingerboard Details
Radius: 30.48 cm / 12 "
Frets: 22
Nut/End of Board: 4.318 cm / 1.700" @ nut, 5.6718 cm / 2.233" @ end of board
Scale: 62.865 cm / 24.75"
Binding: Tan
Side Dots (Color): Tortoiseshell
Fingerboard Inlays
Style: Split Parallelogram
Material: Aged-Cellulose
Dimensions: large - 31.75 mm x 21.59 mm / 1.250" x 0.850", small - 44.45 mm x 5.715 mm / 1.75" x 0.225"
