1966 Gibson SJN Country Western Model
Introduced in 1954 as the Southerner Jumbo Natural and renamed a few times through the early 1960s, the SJN Country Western model features the same specifications as the iconic SJ, but with a natural finished top and a deep red mahogany back and side set.
A warm and full-sounding guitar that responds well to a light strum thanks to the natural compression imparted by the adjustable saddle bridge design, this SJN Country Western is also crack-free and has seen no repairs over its nearly 60 years. The finish is attractively crazed throughout, and shows much less playwear than we’d expect. The guitar’s only cosmetic flaw is a narrow line of flaked-away finish along the treble-edge of the neck immediately below the fingerboard (see photos).
Mahogany and Sitka spruce, multi-bound top and back, bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid parallelogram inlays, pearl logo and crown. Tortoise-style thin celluloid pickguard, adjustable bridge, double-line Kluson tuners. 100% original, down to the bridge pins.
24.75” scale neck with 1-9/16” nut-width and a comfortably round carve. Neck thickness at 1st fret is .83”. Original frets show light cowboy chord wear and play cleanly. Set-up in shop with 12-54 strings and an action of 5-6 64ths at the 12th fret.
With period case.
A warm and full-sounding guitar that responds well to a light strum thanks to the natural compression imparted by the adjustable saddle bridge design, this SJN Country Western is also crack-free and has seen no repairs over its nearly 60 years. The finish is attractively crazed throughout, and shows much less playwear than we’d expect. The guitar’s only cosmetic flaw is a narrow line of flaked-away finish along the treble-edge of the neck immediately below the fingerboard (see photos).
Mahogany and Sitka spruce, multi-bound top and back, bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid parallelogram inlays, pearl logo and crown. Tortoise-style thin celluloid pickguard, adjustable bridge, double-line Kluson tuners. 100% original, down to the bridge pins.
24.75” scale neck with 1-9/16” nut-width and a comfortably round carve. Neck thickness at 1st fret is .83”. Original frets show light cowboy chord wear and play cleanly. Set-up in shop with 12-54 strings and an action of 5-6 64ths at the 12th fret.
With period case.