Product: Gibson LG-3
Price Paid: USD 125
Submitted
06/06/2008
at
05:10pm
by
Steve
Features
:
9
Top of the line of the old LG series. Natural spruce top with mahagony back and sides. Still has original Klusan tuners on it. all original from 1962, last year of production before it was renamed as the B25N. X-braced with large style Gibson point pickguard. Bought new in April 1963 at age 13 with money from my bar mitzvah. still have it, and used it exclusively for the next 35 years.
Sound
:
10
As sweet as can be. Good volume for a small guitar, but now require a louder D body with fuller sound.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Has needed no work at all since I have owned it. Neck is perfect. Action is perfect. I wish I had taken a little better care of it when I was younger, but I played it a lot, gigged with it for years. It is crack free but has some dings.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
All original and still going strong. I take it out of semi-retirement for performances occasionally.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never needed.
Overall Rating
:
10
I now play solo folk and country. This guitar was used for many years as my only acoustic but is now in semi retirement. It is a finger pickers delight and yet can strum full and woody. You do not see too many around of this model. The adjustable bridge was adjusted once and has been that way forever. It has never been a problem. Sweet, woody gibson sound, a mini J50. It does come out of it's case once in a while and occassionally still goes to a gig. I mostly now use a 1971 Martin D18 and occassionally a 1970 Gibson J45
