Instrument Details
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- Specs
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- Status
- Sold
- Brand
- Gibson
- Product Year
- 2001
- Model
- AJ Custom Shop
- Serial #
- 02881078
- New/Preowned
- Preowned
- SKU
- TMP2749
- Condition
- Several finish checks on body and neck, various play marks. Two small back cracks, cleated and stabilized by our repair staff (who also dressed the frets), and one upper bout back crack previously repaired with glue, and is stable.
- Body Type(s)
- Large, Slope Dreadnought
- Back & Sides
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Top
- Spruce - Adirondack (Red)
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- C
- Bridge
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Rosette
- Ivoroid
- Top Trim
- MOP
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Bindings
- Snakewood
- Fret Markers
- Engraved MOP
- Frets to Body
- 14
- Headplate
- Black
- Headstock Bindings
- None
- Headstock Inlay
- Builder Logo
- Instrument Finish
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Bindings
- Rosewood - Brazilian
- Tuners
- Waverly
- Tuner Finish
- Nickel
- Cutaway
- None
- Pickguard
- Tiger Stripe
- Pickup
- None, we can install one, ask about options
- Body Length
- 20 in
- Upper Bout
- 11.435 in
- Lower Bout
- 16 in
- Body Depth Heel
- 4 in
- Body Depth Tail
- 4.75 in
- Scale Length
- 25.375 in
- Scale Length (mm)
- 645 mm
- Nut Width
- 1.75 in
- Nut Width (mm)
- 44.5 mm
- String Spacing
- 2.25 in
- String Spacing (mm)
- 57.6 mm
- Neck Depth First Fret
- 0.88 in
- Neck Depth Seventh Fret
- 0.935 in
- Weight
- 4 lb. 8 oz.
- Case
- Hardshell - Gibson
- Audio File
- Description
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Take a load off and pick up this powerhouse Gibson AJ if you’re looking for a helluva time. You’ll need to hold on and keep up, because it’s got heaps of energy and it’s raring to go. This unique Custom Shop comes from 2001 and is so wide awake, it’s scary. Equally at home with fingers as with picks, and it plays great with both a light touch and a more aggressive attack. Kevin Kopp (of Kopp Guitars fame) was working in Gibson’s Custom Shop team when this order came down the line, so no surprise that this one’s got some extra heat in the sauce, so to speak. This beauty is dressed to the nines with Pearl trim, as well as engraved MOP position markers such as you’d otherwise only see on a Gibson banjo fretboard, and they went with a 30s-style sunburst in ultra thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer. As a result of said thinness, there are several finish checks, which we find only adds to the vintage vibes. Old growth Brazilian Rosewood back and sides—gorgeous stuff—plus Adirondack Spruce on top makes for an absolute beast of a guitar. Do yourself a favor, snag this one before it croons itself right out the door.
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Brazilian Rosewood from the Gibson custom shop. Yes, please.
This one's got serious mojo. I get proper vintage vibes from the looks and the wide open voice, but this gorgeous Custom Shop's only been around for 20 years! - Accessories
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