I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD NEVER SELL THIS GUITAR , I HAD 2 AN I SOLD 1 AN KEPT THE BEST ONE AN THIS IS IT , BUT I JUST DONT HAVE THE SPACE AN I WILL NEVER PLAY IT , ALTHOUGH I HAVE AN ITS SOUNDS WONDERFUL WITH A CLEAR BELL LIKE TONE . THE ACTION IS SMOOTH AN FEELS GOOD . THE KNOBS TURN WELL AN WORK . IT DOES HAVE A CRACK ON THE BACK WHICH I HAD PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED BY THE BLUE GUITAR IN SAN DIEGO , SCOTT DID A GREAT JOB OF BRACING AN FIXING IT , ITS VERY SOLID AN DOESNT AFFECT THE SOUND AT ALL . I ALSO HAD THEM PUT A SET OF NEW OLD STOCK GROVER TUNEING MACHINES ON IT AS WELL THAT ARE PERIOD CORRECT AN THEY LOOK AN WORK GREAT . IT COMES WITH A NEW ROAD RUNNER CASE . IT HAS HONEST WEAR AN WAS OBVIOUSLY A WORKING MANS GUITAR AT SOME POINT IN ITS LIFE . THE PICKUP IS IN GOOD CONDITION AN IS SOLIDLY MOUNTED FLUSH TO THE BODY . THE SERIAL NUMBER READS 1137B WITH A RED 10 INKED IN BY HAND NEXT TO IT , I BELIEVE THAT WOULD DATE THE GUITAR TO 1937 BUT I DONT CLAIM TO BE A GIBSON SERIAL NUMBER EXPERT . THE GUITAR OVERALL IS VERY SOLID WITH GOOD BINDING ALL AROUND . THIS IS A SERIOUS PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY AN A BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT THAT SHOULD BELONG TO A SERIOUS COLLECTOR OR PLAYER . A VERY RARE GUITAR INDEED .

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