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This is a ca. 1966 Gibson made Kalamazoo KG 2 guitar which was Gibsons answer to the Fender Mustang back in the day. I believe they called this color Las Vegas Blue. Overall it is in good condition. The body and neck show normal marks and scratches and paint fade consistent with a 50 plus vintage axe. Its missing the truss rod cover but rod is intact and tested good. Original frets show sone player wear and grooves mostly in the first 5 but overall still plays decent as she sits. (Could use a fret level to play really good). Fingerboard is missing a few dot markers (see pics). A few of the tuner screws were changed and one is missing (see pics). Electronics appear to be mostly all there. Pot date codes that I can see date to 1966. A general spray cleaning is probably in order. You can plug this one right in and start playing as she sits. Included is the original chip case Take a look at the pics and youll get a great idea of overall condition. Final sale as pictured and described. Message with any questions and Ill respond. The item “Vintage Gibson Kalamazoo KG 2 Electric Guitar Ca 1966 W Case” is in sale since Friday, April 9, 2021. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “axezactly” and is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: Gibson
• Type: Electric Guitar
• Body Type: Solid
• Body Color: Blue
• Model: Gibson Kalamazoo KG 2
• Neck Material: Rosewood
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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Scroll down to see 55 Hi Resolution images and pictures inside this guitar Here’s a 1981 Gibson ES-175 in a factory original natural finish. The serial number is 80201058 and she’s stamped “Made In USA” sideways – indicating she came from the Kalamazoo factory. The guitar has some clear wear around the binding and some light scratches and finish hazing but is in pretty nice condition for being almost 40 years old. She has a 60’s slim taper neck. It has just been detailed. The fingerboard was cleaned, buffed and moisturized with an instrument grade lemon oil. It was set up with 10/46’s, adjusted and plays very nicely. All the electronics were tested and they work well. Comes with the beat up but original Gibson hardshell case as seen in the pictures. The item “1981 Gibson ES-175 Natural Vintage Blonde Kalamazoo” is in sale since Monday, July 27, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “cwh1″ and is located in San Diego, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Body Color: Natural
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Model: ES-175
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Handedness: Right-Handed
• Brand: Gibson

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Here’s a 1979 Gibson L-5 Custom in a factory original tobacco sunburst finish. This guitar has typical playwear for a 40+ year old guitar. The top, back and sides have some dings , light marks and scratches. There’s also some checking finish wear on the back – mainly on the solid maple control cover – see pics. There’s a little wax residue on the strap button – which has been buffed out and is no longer there. The knobs look newer. 3 of the 4 pots date to the 1st week of 1979 and pickups are the original Gibson humbuckers which are dated Jan 17 and Feb 19 1979. The neck is a 60’s slim taper. She weighs 10.1 lbs on a digital scale. It plays and sounds superb. It has just been deep cleaned and detailed. The frets were polished and the fingerboard was cleaned, buffed and moisturized with an instrument grade lemon oil. It was set up with 10/46’s, adjusted and plays very nicely. All the electronics work as they should. Please look at all 50+ pictures- they accurately represent the condition of this instrument. Comes with the original Gibson hardshell case as seen in the pictures. We can declare a low value. The item “1979 Gibson L-5S Custom Les Paul Tobacco Kalamazoo Factory” is in sale since Thursday, July 16, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “cwh1″ and is located in San Diego, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Dexterity: Right-Handed
• Body Color: Sunburst
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Model: L-5 Custom
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Handedness: Right-Handed
• Country of Manufacture: USA
• Body Material: Solid Wood
• Brand: Gibson
• Body Type: Solid

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Here we have one of the finest archtop guitars Gibson has ever built. The Kalamazoo Award was designed in the late 1970’s. I’ll post the story of its creation at the end of this listing. Suffice it to say, for now, that Gibson was so impressed with the original guitar that they dubbed the name “Kalamazoo Award” for the guitar. This guitar comes from the estate of famed Jazz composer/arranger Robert Yelin. He was the sole owner of the guitar until he recently passed away. The guitar is accompanied by a letter from his wife detailing his ownership of the guitar. The guitar features some impressive specs: extremely flamed maple body, matching flamed maple pickguard, abalone inlays, ebony fretboard, ebony bridge, ebony tailpiece insert, hand-engraved tuners, etc. They are beautiful in a very intriguing way. This level of ornamentation is rarely found on any guitar. This is a top-level instrument similar to the famed Gibson Citation. The original Kalamazoo Award was produced from 1978 to 1984, with only 85 instruments being produced. This one was built in 2000 as part of a very limited reissue. The guitar is excellent used condition. There are some light pick marks on the pickguard from the strumming of Mr. Aside from some very slight pitting of the gold hardware, the guitar is very nice condition. Included with the guitar is the original hardshell case, case candy, and letter of provenance from Harriet Yelin. Please feel free to message me with any questions. Story of the Kalamazoo Award’s origin. In 1978, Gibson also offered a similar guitar {to the Gibson Citation}. It was designed by Gibson craftsman Wilbur Fuller and was totally hand-carved and tuned-by-ear. After building the first model, the company was so impressed they designated it the Kalamazoo Award guitar. It too had a full-depth 17 archtop with a rounded cutaway, solid carved maple top, solid maple sides and carved maple back. It was topped with an ebony bridge with pearl inlays. The pickguard was made of matching wood and bound with abalone inlay. The f-holes were bound. The 5 piece maple neck was also bound, and topped with an ebony fretboard. The ebony headstock was bound on the top and a beautiful eagle and branch abalone inlay topped the guitar directly under the word Gibson, which was spelled out in abalone. The back of the ebony headstock featured a diamond shaped inlay done in beautiful abalone. Fuller was a true luthier that studied with old craftsmen. This was his dream guitar. He worked for the company from 1954 until the last day of 1980 when he retired. He was able to tune the top to C and the back to D. He actually tuned the tops and backs again after the braces were glued in place. Fuller did this with a small rubber mallet. He would carve wood off the top, back and bracing until he heard the right tone. He had to take the guitar apart and put it back together until he was satisfied. Production of the Kalamazoo Award lasted until 1984. The item “2001 Gibson Kalamazoo Award Custom Guitar Super 400 L-5 Citation” is in sale since Friday, January 17, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “gibson_supreme” and is located in Sandy, Utah. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Full Size
• Body Color: Sunburst
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Model: Custom
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Right-/ Left-Handed: Right-Handed
• Model Year: 2001
• MPN: Does Not Apply
• Soundboard Style: Archtop
• Brand: Gibson
• Body Type: Archtop

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It plays and sounds exactly like a dream–the neck is one piece mahogany and is the fatter 59 neck with 1 11/16ths nut–the case is in great shape inside with a few worn spots outside. The guitar itself has been played–there are pick marks above and below the strings and on the guard–there are some mild wormings on the back but not through to the wood–some of the hardware has dimmed over the 40 years-there are a couple minor finish cracks that are very hard to see but essentially no checking–the nitro finish is the rare ferrari red and is in beautiful shape–hard to photograph without reflections–as mentioned the original hang tags–registration and checklist and keys to the case are included–the Brazilian Rosewood board is in wonderful shape and is one of the darkest i’ve seen–the frets are in good shape with perhaps 70% life left and plenty of meat for recrowning if desired–the guitar plays up and down the neck without buzzing and with no dead spots. This is a beautiful example of the first year of issue for the es-335 dot series that will make any professional musician very happy. Tim Shaw PAF humbuckers. Single piece mahogany neck. Under the subtitle above “condition” there is a remnant from an earlier guitar that i missed when using that as a template–sorry for any confusion but i assume by the photographs it’s clear that was a mistake. Also it should be noted that this is a second from the factory as seen in the back of the headstock scan–the only possible explanation for this is the very small finish cracks mentioned in the description which are likely native to the guitar and caused it to be a “second” — the top is of course laminate as are all 335s so no crack goes into the wood and the two mentioned were nearly impossible to photograph being so small. The item “1981 Gibson ES-335 Dot Reissue-Shaw Pups-OHSC- 25th one made in Kalamazoo” is in sale since Thursday, June 18, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “glemons3p26″ and is located in Port Townsend, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Body Color: Ferrari Red
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Model: ES-335 Dot Reissue
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Custom Bundle: No
• Product Line: ES-335
• Model Year: 1981
• Dexterity: Right-Handed
• Body Material: Solid Wood
• Brand: Gibson
• Body Type: Semi-Hollow

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Hello , up for sale is one Vintage Heritage 1988 H575-Asb Hollow Body Guitar with a Sunburst Flame Maple body. Inlay mother of pearl fret board and maple pick guard. They dont make them like this anymore! Gorgeous , amazing sounding guitar! This guitar was manufactured three decades ago in Kalamazoo! There are minimal signs of wear , a few tiny scratches on the surface are visible which I showed in the photos. There is plenty of fret life and the overall condition is excellent! Thanks for looking and feel free to send me an offer. The Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers, together with the soft eastern maple top and back, give a balanced tone and allow the guitar to be versatile. Ease of Play and Access. The florentine cutaway provides the player with ease of play and access to the higher register. As compared to many archtop guitars, the solid construction hollow-body guitar has a considerably smaller body size. The item “1988 Heritage Guitar H575-Asb Hollow Body Sunburst Maple Kalamazoo USA” is in sale since Sunday, September 1, 2019. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “natdawnartandcollectibles” and is located in Sparks, Nevada. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: THE HERITAGE
• Model Year: 1988
• Model: Vintage
• Right-/ Left-Handed: Right-Handed
• Soundboard Style: Archtop
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Body Color: Sunburst Flametop
• Features: Volume Knob
• Body Material: Maple
• Product Line: Heritage 575-ASB Hollow Body
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Body Type: Hollow
• MPN: NA

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Heritage H575 in Used but very good condition. All solid version of an es175, build quality is top notch. Pickups are a Gibson classic 57 in the neck and a heritage HRW in the bridge. Happy to post, but could potentially deliver/meet in Oxfordshire or London. Thanks for looking and please go ahead and message me with any questions. Update 07/07/19 – I will be part exchanging this at the weekend if it doesn’t sell by then, so get in now. The item “Heritage H575 (H-575 ES175, Archtop, Jazz, Guitar USA Kalamazoo) Trades, p/x” is in sale since Sunday, June 23, 2019. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “leevanqueef” and is located in Wantage. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Ukraine, Canada, Malaysia.

• Product Line: Gibson ES
• Brand: Heritage
• Model: ES-175
• Soundboard Style: Archtop
• Body Type: Jazz
• MPN: Does Not Apply

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Other than a very fine fret job done decades ago this guitar is all original including the case–the t-tops are legendary for a reason and you hear that as soon as you plug it in but the guitar is also very resonant acoustically–the wood has aged beautifully so the sound is unique as it is with every custom–this one has a very sweet sustain and deep almost dry bite although all of this can be altered with peripherals of course. Cosmetically the scans represent it well–there’s a ding/burn perhaps by the strap pin seen in two of the scans–there’s some binding cracks on the headstock which are also pictured–a few other places as well for the binding but it is solid and not loose–just aged. There are various nicks and dents and signs of playing over the instrument–neck–and front as seen–none of them affect playing–the hardware has some tarnishing–the fretboard is real ebony of course and in excellent condition and the fret job is professional with medium frets that give the guitar a very delicate touch–it’s a great lead instrument and my friends shred on it and say it’s the best–i’m a blues player primarily but this guitar can do metal and rock and with the right pedals and settings it can do jazz as well. The case is original gibson logo case in good condition inside and out with one latch that works but has to be jiggled then it’s okay. For a 45 year old instrument it’s in wonderful shape with an unusual burst that has more brown/violet in it than the usual sunburst. The sound is exactly what you want with an early 70s lp custom–it nails that sound. Please ask any questions and i’ll do my best to answer them–my luthier goes over every guitar i sell out of my collection so it is very rare there are any hidden surprises–he is a true luthier who builds his own guitars and who worked for Guild all through the 70s so his final approval is valuable to me and gives me confidence when offering an instrument. The item “1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom all original OHSC kalamazoo made-beautiful” is in sale since Thursday, June 20, 2019. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “glemons3p26″ and is located in Port Townsend, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Body Color: Autumn burst
• String Configuration: 6 String
• Model: Les Paul Custom
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Custom Bundle: No
• Product Line: Gibson Les Paul
• Model Year: 1974
• Dexterity: Right-Handed
• Body Material: Solid Wood
• Brand: Gibson
• Body Type: Solid

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This vintage KG2 looks to be all original, with the exception of the knobs, but the odd thing is that there is no two position switch. The Blue has’greened’ a bit, with the exception of a section on the back and front where stickers had been – and it has retained more of its true blue. There are some minor scratches and finish checking – and the butt end strap button has cracked, but is original. These are very cool and very playable guitars, and quite collectable for those who love the gibsons. ALL SALES ARE FINAL!! WE DESCRIBE THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES! When possible, items are tested out before. Understand the terms mentioned here. If there is a problem, please bring it. To our attention first. We ONLY use U. PLEASE INCLUDE COUNTRY, CITY and ZIP CODE. For more details, contact our store in. Calls are from Mon-Sat. 11am to 6pm E. Item(s) are for sale, auctions. And listings may end early. The item “1960s Kalamazoo KG-2 electric guitar vintage PELHAM BLUE two pickup” is in sale since Thursday, December 26, 2013. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The seller is “ibuybursts” and is located in Covington, Kentucky. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Brand: kalamazoo
• Model: kg-2
• Body Type: Solid
• String Configuration: 6 String

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This is a very nice one owner Gibson ES 335TD electric guitar, s/ n- 80791019, made in Kalamazoo, it is a beautiful sunburst. This guitar is all original, just has a small paint touchup on back of neck, does not affect playability, please see pictures I have shown it. It comes with a nice original case. The item “Vintage Gibson ES335TD Kalamazoo Nice” is in sale since Monday, January 11, 2016. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric”. The seller is “bigtimepawn” and is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.

• Brand: Gibson

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