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1949 Gibson ES-350 Special 00993

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Uploaded by on Aug 19, 2009

The very first electric guitar with three pickups This is the exceptionally rare prototype version of the ES-5. One of only twelve of an experimental batch of ES-350 Specials made by Gibson during June and July of 1949. This 17-inch-wide single soft (Venetian) cutaway guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Three original P-90 single-coil pickups with outputs of 7.45k, 7.19k and 7.05k. Four controls (three volume on lower treble bout, plus one master tone on upper treble bout). Rosewood bridge on rosewood base. Original trapeze tailpiece. This near mint (9.25) guitar, which was formerly in the Chinery collection, is featured on p. 74 of The History of the American Guitar Housed in the original brown "Lifton" hardshell case.

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  • The people who are interested in buying these guitars are vintage guitar collectors with lots of money and professionals who know what they will use the guitar for. These videos are just to show the instruments in action in the hands of a very capable player, and most of all for the fun of it. Also, frettedamericana are not going to go out and hire new guys for each guitar to suit the "style." You can do whatever you want with your own vintage guitar store.

  • @Jrg320 ahhhhhh A well thought out and intelligent comment... Thanks Jrg320!!

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  • @TheCollisionofworlds You probably really hurt that kid's feelings! Haha!

  • @CaptainHurpDurp It's in southern California?

  • @Floridaboy7777 It's a really good album.

  • All those amazing guitars and they couldn't get an acoustic guitar strap and tie it around the nut?

  • Hell yeah!! MORE THIN LIZZY PLEASE!!

  • @CaptainHurpDurp I am 90% sure there in Venture, California. PhilX Is Canadian, maybe thats where you got it from.

  • that would be one hell of a guitar for recording

  • If sting played in 1949 message in a bottle.???? How would the world be????

  • @TheCollisionofworlds Agreed! but would you buy just the isolated guitar tracks of phil x?

  • @Floridaboy7777 nobody because even though he played on it daughtry still sucks ass

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