Instrument Details
Regular Price: $15,450
Special Price (Sale) $12,875
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- Specs
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- Status
- In Stock
- Brand
- Gibson
- Product Year
- 1969
- Model
- Super 400CN-WAL
- Serial #
- 844908
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP2058
- Condition
- Well preserved. A few marks, but quite clean. Original pickguard fragments included, original, nonfunctioning Dearmond pickup included, period correct replacement pickguard with pickup mount included, currently has an acoustic guard installed. Side has bulged slightly at back bindings by the tailpiece, our repair team determined it is stable and secure so left as-is.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Jumbo, Archtop
- Back & Sides
- Maple
- Top
- Spruce
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Adjustable
- Rosette
- F Holes
- Top Trim
- Violin Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- White
- Fret Markers
- MOP
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Black
- Headstock Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Headstock Inlay
- Builder Logo
- Instrument Finish
- Walnut Stain Body
- Body Bindings
- Ivoroid
- Tuners
- Gold
- Tuner Finish
- Gold
- Cutaway
- Venetian
- Pickguard
- Black
- Pickup
- None
- Body Length
- 21.75 in
- Upper Bout
- 13.625 in
- Lower Bout
- 18 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3.375 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 3.375 in
- Scale Length
- 25.375 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 644 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.68 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 43 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.06 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 52.4 mm
- Weight
- 7 lb. 9 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell
- Audio File
- Description
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A beautiful example of the 1960s Gibson legacy. This is a gorgeous Super 400CN-WAL coming to us from 1969, and from the Scott Chinery collection along the way. You can find it with its own spread in The Chinery Collection: 150 Years of American Guitars! Figured Maple back and sides with a carved Spruce top, Flame Maple neck, and original gold hardware. The back and sides feature a unique walnut stain that really sets off the honey amber Spruce top. The original pickguard has since succumbed to time (remaining fragments included with purchase), and later replaced with a period correct replica. The instrument has been recently outfitted with an acoustic pickguard (the original, nonfunctioning Dearmond pickup and replica guard are also included with purchase). The voice is characterized by a complexity and airiness that is reminiscent of a modern archtop responsiveness. Lively, expressive, and enveloping.
Other keywords: vintage, blue guitar, super 400, s-400cn, duane simpson, ’69
The real deal. The Gibson Super 400 has long been revered as one of the king daddies of the archtop world. This one has been well preserved and plays beautifully, clearly lovingly cared for since birth.
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