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Vintage Gibsons

Jazz Guitars from the Golden Era

Photo: Joanne Greenhalgh

Vintage Gibsons

Jazz Guitars from the Golden Era

Vintage Gibsons

Jazz Guitars from the Golden Era

I love my vintage Gibson guitars and I'm a huge P-90 fan. Over the years, I have collected many interesting, great-sounding guitars, including several ES 330s and L5s.
I created a very distinct sound with my own special concept: A 1969 ES-150 stoptail conversion with an interesting combination of three different pickups.

Also, check out my YouTube channel Vintage Guitars & Gear.

1967 Gibson L5

The Queen of Jazz Guitars

Initially produced as an acoustic in 1922, the L-5 was Gibson’s first guitar with f-holes.

In the 1940s the model became the rhythm box of choice for big band players and later the standard guitar for Wes Montgomery.

1967 Gibson ES330

Short neck, two P90s

Thinline with P90 pickups, short neck and laminated top. Especially Grant Green made the ES330 known to a bigger audience. A Gibson classic that works for Jazz, Blues or Rock equally well.

1951 Gibson ES-5

Gibson's first electric guitar, 3 P90s

The Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster was truly a guitar ahead of its time. First introduced in 1949, the ES-5 was the first ES guitar to be fitted with three pickups, and was initially intended solely for jazz players.

1969 Gibson ES150

Stoptail Conversion, 3 different pu's

This is a conversion plan I had in mind for a long time: Would a guitar that's similar to a Gibson ES330 but thicker also sound similar but thicker?

1964 Gibson J. Smith

X-braced with impressive acoustic properties

In 1961, Gibson's Johnny Smith model not only associated Gibson with one of the most popular guitar stylists of the day, it also brought high-quality amplification and high-quality acoustic sound together for the first time.

Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery

Custom-made for Wes

One of the few guitars I play that is not a vintage model:

It is this guitar that Wes Montgomery is most associated with, and the guitar he played almost exclusively on many of his most important recordings of the 1960s.

ATC 350 Barney Kessel

A faithful recreation of Barney Kessel's 1946 ES350 mod

The ATC350BK is a tribute model to legendary guitar player Barney Kessel. It has a 17" figured hard maple plywood body with a Charlie Christian pickup and a BK replica ebony bridge assembly made by Westville guitars.