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[vinnyv1k]

Gorgeous back !

[Jthompson48]

Looks incredible... and expensive!

[wintermoon]

Looks great!
Can I have it please?

[arnie65]

Who said "good things come in small packages" ??






Arnie...

[jamesego]

I wondered where that one went! Enjoy it!

[wintermoon]

Just curious, what's the nut width?

[Stringswinger]

Just curious, what's the nut width?

Yep. Early 69's can be a 1 9/16 while later 69's can be 1 11/16. That is a year to inspect carefully if you don't like the narrow nut.

[joe2758]

Yes, very surprising this guitar is getting love..

[wintermoon]

Yep. Early 69's can be a 1 9/16 while later 69's can be 1 11/16. That is a year to inspect carefully if you don't like the narrow nut.

Yes, my late '69 is a hair over 1 11/16 w a lam back.
The reason I ask is because a lot of early '69s have carved 2 piece backs like this one but have the narrow nut.
It seems that when they returned to the wide nut in late '69 they started using lam backs but switched to carved again in '70.

[deacon Mark]

Beautiful for someone who likes narrow nut but a complete no-no for me. Unworkable regardless of the beauty of the wood.

[wintermoon]

Yeah, the specs seem all over the place in the later half of the 60's from what I can gather. The nut width especially. There seems to be more than a few made in those years with 1 11/16's nuts. Maybe guy's were special ordering the wider width?

I suppose there could be the odd special order wide nut from mid '65 to mid '69 but generally it's narrow in that era and back to 1 11/16 mid '69 and on.
I've seen some early 70s Gibsons w/ narrow nuts but they were usually thinlines or flattops.
Johnny Smiths were always 1 3/4 during the 60s and 70s.

[Bluedawg]

Beautiful!! ... but I don't like those 60s narrow necks either

[58flame]

My 69 in 1 11/16.

That's a beautiful instrument.

[58flame]

Orange label or Norlin black/purple diamond era label?

Orange.

[Woody Sound]

So is this for sale somewhere, or what?

[Gustavo Eiriz]

It seems to be solid back and side. Is'nt it? Laminated are not two pieces mirrored.

Besutiful as can be.

That being sad, I dont like 9/16, i even consider that 11/16 is too narrow for fingerpicking solo guitar.
I had a early 70 L-5 ces, not heavily figured and beautiful as this. The pickups really sounded very warm.

I love this sunburst tone of the 70s.

[hidesert]

“just snagged it a couple weeks ago from GC…”

”Snagged” implies to catch with an unbaited hook…my guess is that you added some bait (i.e. $$$$) to get this baby in your boat!
Congrats.

[Woody Sound]

No, just snagged it a couple weeks ago from GC and thought I'd share.

Besides the back, that's a beautiful spruce grain top.

[Woody Sound]

I've seen some listed as 1-9/16", some as 1-5/8" (1-10/16"). I wonder if the 5/8" are actual, or if sellers exaggerate the width a bit.

[Bluedawg]

I bought my Super 400 from Guitar Center as well

It was on their used web site out Houston.

Decent deal ... and they gave me the 48 month no interest financing to spread out the pain. LOL

[EllenGtrGrl]

Yep. Early 69's can be a 1 9/16 while later 69's can be 1 11/16. That is a year to inspect carefully if you don't like the narrow nut.

I can agree with that. Many Gibson hollow and semi-hollow guitars in the late 60s and 70s had 1 9/16" nuts. My mid 70s Les Paul Signature I had in college in the 80s was one of them. I play classical style (thumb behind the neck), and it was cramped playing that guitar on the first 3 frets or so to put it mildly. I often wonder why I put up with it for 3 years - maybe because I was a broke college student, who wanted to have a Gibson, and really couldn't afford another one.

BTW - the Super 400 looks oh so noice!

[Stringswinger]

I can agree with that. Many Gibson hollow and semi-hollow guitars in the late 60s and 70s had 1 9/16" nuts. My mid 70s Les Paul Signature I had in college in the 80s was one of them. I play classical style (thumb behind the neck), and it was cramped playing that guitar on the first 3 frets or so to put it mildly. I often wonder why I put up with it for 3 years - maybe because I was a broke college student, who wanted to have a Gibson, and really couldn't afford another one.

BTW - the Super 400 looks oh so noice!

I also play classical style. In 1981, I bought a 1968 ES-335 and I was never comfortable playing that guitar. It was a few years after I sold it that I read about the narrow nuts of the 60's Gibsons and that explained everything to me. About 20 years ago I got a deal I could not pass up on a 1967 ES-175, so I decided to see if I could live with the narrow nut and once again, it didn't work for me, so I passed that guitar on. I am OK with 1 5/8 or 1 3/4, but 1 11/16 is what works best for me.

[wintermoon]

I also play classical style. In 1981, I bought a 1968 ES-335 and I was never comfortable playing that guitar. It was a few years after I sold it that I read about the narrow nuts of the 60's Gibsons and that explained everything to me. About 20 years ago I got a deal I could not pass up on a 1967 ES-175, so I decided to see if I could live with the narrow nut and once again, it didn't work for me, so I passed that guitar on. I am OK with 1 5/8 or 1 3/4, but 1 11/16 is what works best for me.

Yeah, some can play comfortably on any width. Kenny Burrell for example, one of his Supers was a '67 iirc and he got around just fine on it. A friend of mine once bought a '66 L-5CESN, according to the shipping totals it was the only blonde one Gibson shipped that year. He kept forcing himself to deal w the narrow nut but lost the battle and sold it.