The 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo, with the "Only a Gibson is Good Enough" banner on the headstock. A thermally aged Adirondack red spruce top over rosewood back and sides, hand-scalloped X-bracing in hide glue, and parallelogram inlays. Gibson describes it as at home with first-position chords and blues leads alike.
A C-profile neck with a 1.77 inch nut, a belly-down open-slot bridge, multi-ply binding and open-back cream-button tuners. Vintage Sunburst in thin VOS nitro. No pickup.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Back: Rosewood
Binding: Multi-ply Top and Back
Body Finish: Thin Finish Nitrocellulose, VOS
Body Shape: J-45
Body Styles: Round Shoulder
Bracing: Traditional Hand-scalloped X-bracing, Red Spruce Braces with Hide Glue
Side: Rosewood
Top: Thermally Aged Red spruce
NECK
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 19
Frets: Legend Wire
Inlays: Mother-of-pearl Parallelograms
Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body
Neck Material: Mahogany
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 44.95mm / 1.77in
Profile: C
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
ELECTRONICS
Under Saddle Pickup: None
HARDWARE
Bridge: Belly Down, open slot
Bridge Pins: Bone
Pickguard: Tear Drop
Saddle Material: Bone
Truss Rod Cover: Black
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Open back cream button
Accessories: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Strings Gauge: 0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
CASE
Case: Period Correct Case