1935 Kalamazoo KG-11
The Gibson-made Kalamazoo KG-11 was a budget-priced small body guitar in its day. Nearly 90 years later, many players have come to love the strong and clear mid-range presence that these little ladder-braced guitars offer. They are exceptionally loud and focused, have lots of punch, and don’t suffer from the tightness that many post-war ladder-braced instruments have going on.
This example is all that and more, and has a richness and thickness to single-notes that most X-braced guitars can’t compete with.
Ladder-braced red spruce top, mahogany back, sides, and neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, single-bound top and firestripe pickguard. Original finish throughout, original tuners and nut. The neck may have been reset in the guitar’s past, but it’s a little hard to say for sure. The frets are new and very nicely done, and the saddle and bridge pins have been replaced. There are a handful of repaired cracks in the body, a few reglued brace ends, and the spruce bridge plate has had a thin maple cap added for better structural integrity. The original lacquered bridge is unaltered. Set up with 12-53 strings and an action of 6-7 64ths.
Fat and well-rounded neck with a nut witdth of 1-3/4”. The string spread at the bridge is 2-3/8, and the scale is 24.75”.
If you’re looking for the best tone for the bucks, a KG-11 is more often than not the best way to go.
With original chipboard case
This example is all that and more, and has a richness and thickness to single-notes that most X-braced guitars can’t compete with.
Ladder-braced red spruce top, mahogany back, sides, and neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, single-bound top and firestripe pickguard. Original finish throughout, original tuners and nut. The neck may have been reset in the guitar’s past, but it’s a little hard to say for sure. The frets are new and very nicely done, and the saddle and bridge pins have been replaced. There are a handful of repaired cracks in the body, a few reglued brace ends, and the spruce bridge plate has had a thin maple cap added for better structural integrity. The original lacquered bridge is unaltered. Set up with 12-53 strings and an action of 6-7 64ths.
Fat and well-rounded neck with a nut witdth of 1-3/4”. The string spread at the bridge is 2-3/8, and the scale is 24.75”.
If you’re looking for the best tone for the bucks, a KG-11 is more often than not the best way to go.
With original chipboard case