Gibson Banner Head Guitars - FONs and features
Here is where to sort and list banner factory order numbers and various features that may help to date the guitars.Please look also here:Gibson Banner Head Guitars - history and backgroundGibson...
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Quote:That number puts it 1944, or so, according to the list above, but the combination of other features indicate 1943John,Without seeing the FON of your SJ I would date it without doubt clearly as...
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The rosewood SJ was not from a dealer. I bought it from the original owner's family about 5 years ago. It is definately all original except for the case and (i suspect) the tuners. FON 2005.The...
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Willi,That is an interesting guitar. The little, pearl script logo is characteristic of a jumbo. Maybe Gibson had an old jumbo neck lying around and put it on a J-35? Maybe the neck isn't original? It...
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Willi,Only Gibson could assign the same identification number to a model that it stopped producing in 1936 and to one that it began producing in 1942!.... Johnwww.johnthomasguitar.com
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Here's another unique Gibson that showed up recently. It's basicly an L-00 - insofar a prewar style Gibson and not a banner - but it features several mixed details associated to other Gibson models....
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One more 1942 L-00 having a Kalamazoo style sound hole binding and the L-00 style pick guard and banner bridge. No truss rod. FON is 2008-1. From our fellows Mark and Jesse of Folkway Music, Guelph,...
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My J-45 that I finally got back from the luthier has a FON of 1007. Spruce/mahogany. This is a special guitar. I have never played anything like it. The finish is original, but looks like it was under...
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Mike,Obviously there are some curious FONs. They don't fit into the regular row that starts with the 900s FONs and then jumps to the 2000s up to some 3000s. There are the 7000s with code letter H that...
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Willi suggested that I post the following photo of the neck block from my early banner LG-2, showing the FON to be 2122-38. I've also included here a front view of the guitar, for reference.--John
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Willi,Thank you so much for the Folkway photos of the opaque J 35 and L 00. They are so rare. The only similar example I have seen is a J 35 owned by Gary Burnette which is incredibly beautiful. Can...
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Lynn,Thanks to Mark and Jesse of Folkway who provided these pics. I haven't seen any of these guitars in front of me. I can remember only one other opaque J-35 that I discussed with my friend MJ on...
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Here is the poplar neck block of a 1943 SJ with truss rod, 3 piece maple neck and a 4 piece Adirondack top. While there are some poplar neck blocks with its FON faded or hard to read this one lacks...
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SJ mahogany neck block FON 2110-16. This guitar is the earliest mahogany SJ I'm aware of. Surprisingly it does have the mocking type pick guard instead a striped one. While in the past I considered...
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Seller told me 1942 (LG 2 in maple b/s):First digit: It looked like an 8 in person, but the pictures look very clearly like a 3.Mike
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Mike,FON 301 seems to be a follow up to the high 2000s FONs. Since there were not many banners or their FONs higher than #2827 recorded I'm not able to tell for sure what these FONs might be. Possibly...
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This is from a late 1944 maple banner J-45 with a Sitka top provided by billreyn1.Willi
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I've got a bunch of photos of my latest acquisition, a '42 SJ, most of which I'll be posting on the Gibson Banner Head Guitars - the guitars thread. This is the guitar that was listed on eBay on...
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