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02-27-2021, 04:34 PM
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57 Country Western story...
I have a toy (hobby) web page...
I added some guitar content today... a story about my 57 Country Western... https://hubcapsc.com/country_western -Mike 
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#2
02-27-2021, 05:24 PM
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Cool Story. I owned a 1956 SJ for a number of years. Not sure though why the comment the C &W was not considered important enough at the time to have a serial number. No Southerner Jumbo, SJN or C&W built before 1961 had a serial number. The FON on the neck block was it.
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02-27-2021, 06:14 PM
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Gibson Hollowbody instruments 1947 to 1961: "Artist" serial numbers used on mid to upper line guitars. No serial number used on lower line instruments (date by Factory Order Number). Instruments with an "Artist" serial number should also have a Factory Order Number by which a date can be cross-referenced. http://www.guitarhq.com/gibson.html#serial -Mike "I'm insulted too  "
Last edited by hubcapsc; 02-27-2021 at 06:22 PM.
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02-27-2021, 10:48 PM
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No argument that serial numbers were only found on higher end Gibsons. This is probably because they were linked to shipping and warranty issues. When you get into the 1940s virtually no flattops were assigned serial numbers. Even the Southerner Jumbo which was Gibson's top of the line flattop during WWII and which sold for $112 right after the War did not have one. During the 1950s the only two flattops I can think of to have serial numbers would have been the J200 and J185. If I recall correctly, the Hummingbird had an "A" prefix serial number when it first came out in 1960. My wife owns a 1960 J200 which has both an FON with the "R" prefix on the neck block and an orange label with a serial number with the "A" prefix. But in terms of slope shoulder jumbos the year yours was made the SJN Country & Western was exceeded in price only by the P-90 fired J160E.
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02-28-2021, 07:48 AM
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That's a nice little love song to your new guitar!
Bob
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02-28-2021, 12:14 PM
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While 1950s Gibsons were heavier built than those guitar which came before, I find there is a magic to them. And I am a big fan of the bracing they went to in 1955.
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02-28-2021, 06:10 PM
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Got a picture?  -Mike
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03-01-2021, 07:07 AM
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here are better pictures than I can take https://guitars.com/inventory/ag6471...ountry-western
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03-01-2021, 07:27 AM
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Too bad about that crack... they probably fixed it really well, though...  I wonder if there's something about the finish they used that makes it seem so... opaque? -Mike
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03-01-2021, 06:52 PM
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In the 1950s Gibson glued the pickguards directly to the wood rather than on top of the finish which as noted did result in cracks. You run into the same thing with Guilds.
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"You start off playing guitars to get girls & end up talking with middle-aged men about your fingernails" - Ed Gerhard Last edited by zombywoof; 03-01-2021 at 07:00 PM.
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