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In 1941 the fretboard became Brazilian rosewood.

There was some amber color expressed on the sides and back of the 1934 versions.

I even checked a couple of guitars with double date stamps, one was stamped and Either they re-used a back prepared for the previous batch, two years before on the line, or they mistakenly used a stamp in It looks like Harmony serial and date stamps were meant to manage the different parts and instruments on the production line, not to be used as reference by collectors 50 years later Keep this in mind when identifying! Later solidbody models with mini- humbucking pickups bring less money than Gibson equivalents with standard humbucking pickups.

A Harmony Model number is generally stamped as XXXHXX.

For example, a guitar made in might have the first two digits of 78 or the first digit of 8.

Gretsch appears to have started a new numbering system at about that time.

Most were 3-piece solid maple bodies.

1937 1373 1938 1408 1939 1520 1940 1600? Many of the imported instruments bear a label with Gibson's Kalamazoo address and no mention of Japan or Korea, which can be misleading.

The Casino is collectable only because John Lennon played one.

A-2 This was available in brown, black or blonde finish.

Striped tortoise plastic pickguards added 1937• Between 1934 and 1938, Gibson only offered the sunburst finish.