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  • Instrument: Parlor and Small Body

  • Brand: Gibson

  • Model: Century Of Progress

  • Finish: Sunburst

  • SKU: GF6268-A

  • Handedness: Right

  • Made In Year: 1933

  • Top: Spruce

  • Back and Sides: Maple

  • Finish Material: Gloss Nitrocellulose

  • Neck/Fingerboard: Mahogany/Pearloid

  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"

  • Brace Pattern: Scalloped X

  • Tuners: Original

  • Bridge: Rosewood

  • Electronics: N/A

  • Scale Length: 24.75"

  • Nut Width: 1.783"

  • String Spacing at Saddle: 2.164"

  • Contains Brazilian Rosewood (Y/N): Y

  • Case: Chipboard HSC

  • Modifications/Repairs: Neck reset, re-fret, replaced fingerboard inlays, replaced bridge (slight lift), new nut, center seam crack repair, repaired pickguard crack, factory refinish with light overspray, new bridge plate, replaced areas of kerfing, top has been removed, added finger braces

The Century of Progress was created to commemorate the Century of Progress World's Fair held in Chicago in 1933, and remains an uncommonly seen guitar from the pre-war era. This particular guitar has an extensive repair and modifications list but sounds and plays wonderfully! Comes with a chipboard case.

Gibson Century Of Progress 1933, Sunburst

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    Description

    The Century of Progress was created to commemorate the Century of Progress World's Fair held in Chicago in 1933, and remains an uncommonly seen guitar from the pre-war era. This particular guitar has an extensive repair and modifications list but sounds and plays wonderfully! Comes with a chipboard case.

    Spec
    • Instrument: Parlor and Small Body

    • Brand: Gibson

    • Model: Century Of Progress

    • Finish: Sunburst

    • SKU: GF6268-A

    • Handedness: Right

    • Made In Year: 1933

    • Top: Spruce

    • Back and Sides: Maple

    • Finish Material: Gloss Nitrocellulose

    • Neck/Fingerboard: Mahogany/Pearloid

    • Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"

    • Brace Pattern: Scalloped X

    • Tuners: Original

    • Bridge: Rosewood

    • Electronics: N/A

    • Scale Length: 24.75"

    • Nut Width: 1.783"

    • String Spacing at Saddle: 2.164"

    • Contains Brazilian Rosewood (Y/N): Y

    • Case: Chipboard HSC

    • Modifications/Repairs: Neck reset, re-fret, replaced fingerboard inlays, replaced bridge (slight lift), new nut, center seam crack repair, repaired pickguard crack, factory refinish with light overspray, new bridge plate, replaced areas of kerfing, top has been removed, added finger braces

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