Instrument Details
1996 Gibson Citation, Tiger Maple/Spruce
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Gibson
- Product Year
- 1996
- Model
- Citation
- Serial #
- 1996001
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP2284
- Condition
- Finish checks at neck heel and back of neck, some buckle rash marks on back. Some finish discoloration at back of neck.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Archtop, Hollow Body
- Back & Sides
- Maple - Flamed
- Top
- Spruce
- Neck Wood
- Maple - Flamed - 5 Piece
- Neck Profile
- U
- Bridge
- Ebony - Inlaid
- Top Trim
- B/W Lines
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- White
- Fret Markers
- MOP Clouds
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Ebony
- Headstock Bindings
- White
- Headstock Inlay
- Pearl
- Instrument Finish
- Gloss
- Body Bindings
- White
- Tuners
- Kluson
- Tuner Finish
- Gold
- Cutaway
- Venetian
- Pickguard
- Maple - Flamed
- Pickup
- Gibson BJB Humbucker
- Pickup (y/n)
- Yes
- Body Length
- 20 in
- Upper Bout
- 12.5 in
- Lower Bout
- 17 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 3 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 3 in
- Scale Length
- 25.4 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 645 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.688 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 43 mm
- String Spacing
- 2 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 50.8 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.84 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.91 in
- Weight
- 7 lb. 0 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - Gibson
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- Description
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This 1996 Gibson Citation model takes out every single stop. Dressed to the nines, upgraded with premium woods and 24 carat gold hardware, then powered by a Gibson BJB humbucker. Back and sides are carved Tiger Maple with tight flame (ditto for the neck); top is carved Sitka Spruce. Extensive MOP inlays along the fretboard, bridge, and culminating with a fleur-de-lis at the headstock between gold Kluson Sealfast tuners. Maple pickguard creates a light contrast to the honeyed Sitka top, and is adorned with the BJB's volume knob towards the bottom.
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These are very rare indeed. Gibson only used the best of their best tonewoods for the fully carved body, and all of the extensive MOP inlay work and gold hardware. 
The Citation model is extremely limited, with only a handful having been built to date. And I get why, with all the extensive attention to detail with numerous inlays, top shelf tonewoods, and 24 carat gold hardware. A collector's piece that also boasts the tone and playability to match. - Accessories
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