Making its debut in 1954, Gibson's Southern Jumbo Natural, or SJN, features the same specs as the Southern Jumbo model but with a natural top and deep cherry red mahogany back and sides.

The SJN went through various design changes throughout the 1960s. In late 1962 it joined the Hummingbird and Dove in Gibson's square-shoulder lineup, becoming the first of the slope-shoulder Jumbos to make the transition. By late 1968 the SJ and SJN featured a belly-down bridge with a larger bridge plate, a tear-drop pickguard, heavier bracing, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and a less attractive "pantograph" headstock logo. This early 1968 SJN sports almost entirely mid-'60s specs, with the screwed-on pickguard being the only feature pointing to its late '60s manufacture.

An extremely well-preserved example, this near-mint SJN is crack and repair free. It shows minimal fret wear, minor finish crazing, light pickguard scuffing, and only one notable ding which is visible on the lower bout of the instrument's top. This late '60s Gibson could just about pass as new, nearly six decades after it was built.

Offering the powerful bass response and natural compression that these adjustable-bridge square-shoulder Gibsons are known for, this SJN responds beautifully to a light right hand attack. It’s an excellent rhythm guitar and a great choice for vocal accompaniment.

Mahogany and Sitka spruce, multi-bound top and back, bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid parallelogram inlays, pearl logo and crown. Celluloid pickguard, adjustable bridge, and double-line Kluson tuners. The saddle is a bone replacement; the original rosewood saddle insert is in the case pocket.

24.75” scale neck with 1-9/16” nut-width and a comfortably tapered neck profile. Neck depth of .805” at 1st fret .938" at the 9th. Set-up in shop with 12-54 strings and an action of 5-6 64ths at the 12th fret.

With original chipboard case.