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Description
The Gibson 1942 Banner LG-2 is extremely well-balanced, fast-playing and full of tone delivered by a select Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top and mahogany back and sides. This little giant produces a charming and seductive tone that rivals much larger-bodied guitars while maintaining exceptional clarity and focus in individual notes. Ideal for folk, blues, and fingerstyle, this delicately balanced model maintains a full dynamic range in a compact package.
Features
- Thermally aged red spruce top, mahogany back and sides
- Gibson Historic mahogany neck with compound dovetail neck-to-body joint, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, mother-of-pearl dot inlays
- Open-gear Golden Age tuning machines, rectangle, open slot bridge
- Thin nitro VOS finish
Specs
Body
- Cutaway: No
- Top wood: Thermally Aged red spruce
- Back & sides: Mahogany
- Bracing pattern: Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing with hide glue
- Body finish: Thin finish nitrocellulose, VOS
- Orientation: Right-handed
- Neck shape: Gibson historic neck profile
- Nut width: 1.69"
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Neck wood: Mahogany
- Scale length: 24.75"
- Number of frets: 20
- Pickup/preamp: No
- Tuning machines: Open-gear
- Bridge: Rectangle, open slot
- Saddle & nut: Bone
- Number of strings: 6