![]() ![]() In fact those acoustic guitar websites makes OSG seem quite modern, open minded and cutting edge !Īfter a while it was obvious that any 1940s or 1950s small bodied guitar will still have the wide nut size that I cannot abide. they will often deride something based purely on “history” and “lore” rather than listening to the instrument or accepting that sometimes a combination of factors can make a particular acoustic guitar sing, even though in their opinion the individual factors should all be negatives. I learnt that acoustic guitar guys and acoustic guitar newsgroups are even more opinionated than Offset guitar people. Ladder bracing verses X-bracing (I already knew the Texan I had was X-braced). (I subsequently read that the LG stands for either Ladies Guitar or Little Guitar … but who knows if what one reads on the interwebz is truthful or not) I learnt about ![]() may have been even 1 12/16” … a size nut that I cannot handle or enjoy on an acoustic guitar.Ī couple of days later while checking out various on-line vintage guitar stores I started looking at the Gibson smaller bodied guitars such as the LG0, LG1, LG2 & LG3. Only problem was … the nut was at least 1 11/16”. Sat down and had a play … it was really good … the perfect guitar size for the couch, perfect for watching TV, perfect for relaxing … the size felt like it was designed for this very activity. I do not know what possessed me to do it, but I picked up a small bodied (parlour) acoustic guitar and had a play. Let’s move forward almost a year and I found myself in one of the very few guitar stores here in Melbourne that sell vintage guitars. So I searched the interwebz and bought myself a similar 1965 Epiphone Texan. Essentially it felt like an electric guitar neck. ![]() The 1965 Texan, like a large majority of acoustics manufactured at Kalamazoo in the 60s had a thinner 1 10/16” nut and a neck that also wasn‘t a baseball bat. But then last year I happened to play a mates 1965 Epiphone Texan and it all changed. Even the Maton acoustic I bought 3 or 4 years ago hardly got played (My nephew now has that and plays it ALL the time). I never could play acoustics, never enjoyed or really bonded with any acoustic guitar I picked up. I have written up a lot of info I have learnt over the past month or two about acoustic guitars that Gibson made in the 60s … the info was certainly new to me, it maybe useful to you … you can always skip all the words and go to the bottom to see the pics if you wish. I have done the absolute unthinkable … I have bought myself a second vintage acoustic guitar. New Vintage Epiphone Acoustic Day – 1965 Cortez. ![]()
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