1954 Gibson Southern Jumbo Natural Original Case 9 of 15 produced Rare SJN J-45

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1954 Gibson Southern Jumbo Natural Original Case 9 of 15 produced Rare SJN J-45:
$7900.00

FON X8618-9 this was the first year that Southern Jumbos were offered in natural instead of sunburst and also the last year of the small pick guardthere were only 15 produced that year and this is number 9 - there were 697 sunburst ones made (50 times more than natural) making these extremely rare and historically significantmulti bound Sitka spruce top finished natural with scalloped bracing mahogany back and sidesmahogany neck with chunky carve and bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and split parallelogram fret position markersoriginal frets moderately worn but still very playableneck has been re-set and action is excellent - newer bone saddle - original bridgeoriginal Kluson tuners with shrunken knobsoriginal 1 11/16” nut and pick guardvery slight center seam repair behind bridge with internal cleatoriginal hard shell Gibson Lifton case, 5 latch with some seam separations and one missing knob or footcall Mike 613 652 4679 with questionsshipping is free to Canada and lower 48