1966 Gibson Melody Maker D

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1966 Gibson Melody Maker D

Serial #553755. With it's Vibrola tailpiece and double single-coil pickups the melody maker was the poor man's SG standard in its day. Today these have come to be respected vintage guitars that command real dollars on the vintage market. The Melody Maker has a solid one-piece mahogany body with a set-in mahogany neck that joins the body at the 18th fret. This example is in excellent condition, but for the changed tuners and plugged screw-holes that are still visible adjacent to the tuning machines. Melody Maker tuners were famously lousy, and it's not uncommon to find these guitars with changed machines. The Vibrola tailpiece functions, but requires the action to be set a bit higher than we'd like it to be to work without rattle. These units were badly designed from the onset, and most people take them off - preferring to use the original wrap-around bridge/tailpiece for better guitar performance (as pictured below). There are just three small screw-holes in the top, so the conversion is not particularly unsightly to boot. The neck and frets are in good shape, as are the electronics. Narrow 1-17/32 nut width, standard scale.
Original alligator chip-board case is included
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1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D
  • 1966 Gibson Melody Maker D

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