The Gibson LG-1 Shoot Out!!! Comparing The 1940's and 1950's
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- This week we compare the 1947, 1954, 1957, and 1959 Gibson LG-1. The understated Gibson acoustics that always delivers amazing tone. Don't sleep on these beauties!
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Seriously underrated acoustics! L O V E the way these play and sound.
You got to cherry pick the best one!
I guess they`re not underrated anymore, judging by the prices these days.
Cool. I have a ’57 Gibson LG-1. Great guitar. Better guitar than what I can do with it !!
They really are wonderful. Thanks for watching Jason, subscribe and join the madness!!!!
59, then the 47, 54, 57. All sounded nice though. Thanks for sharing these!
My pleasure, thanks for watching 🤘🤘🎸🔥
Damn, Benny. Those are beautiful. All sound fantastic!
I have yet to meet an older LG1 that I didn't dig at least a little 🎸🔥
"LG" did not stand for Lady Guitar, my friend. There is no evidence that Gibson ever marketed the LG to women. Nor did it stand for Little Guitar, as the other erroneous designation goes. For decades, Gibson had used the "L" designation for its smaller guitars. Think L-00, L-0, L-1, etc. In 1942, Gibson created a new, small-body, steel-string guitar by putting a 14-fret neck on its classical guitar body, then designated by Gibson as the "GS" for gut-string. Yep. Use that gut string body mold to create a new small steel string and you get "LG," L guitar on a G-size body.
John, I could have sworn you were the one that told me that. I had a very good source that had instilled that upon me before this video. I also ask, did they make 30s and 40s gibsons out of Amazonian rosewood? Wili henkes claims it was east Indian whereas mat at gibson claims it was mostly Amazonian and that Gibson never touch ER during those times? We need to catch up, my apologies for the delay, I just got married so it's been crazy! Congrats on all of the lecturing and the endeavors, you are a constant inspiration
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Benny, congratulations on your marriage! May you and your wife bask in love and beauty as long as you live. As for the Ladies Guitar thing, not me, my friend! You had a very bad if believable source. :) As for Amazonian rosewood, who knows? The wood-sourcing map that Gibson placed in its 1930s and 1940s catalogs indicates wood coming from the Amazon. Yes, let's catch up.
Great 👍 What’s the last fingerpicking tune you are playing?
If you're talking about what I think you are it's mama I'm coming home by ozzy Osbourne..if that's not what you're referring to send me the time stamp! Thanks for watching holger, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
Love the RR Ozzy
It's def my favorite ozzy although the Jake era has been growing on me
Thanks for the video. I have what I believe is a ‘47. The FON (on the neck block) is 1936 6. I have compared that to ‘48’s with FON’s in the low 2000’s. The thing that has me at 1947 is the neck width at the nut. The neck width is 1.5 inches which I understand increased to 1 11/16 inches in 1948 and after through the ‘50’s. Also, it looks like your tuners may be original (on the ‘47). They look like three-on-a-side open-back Klusons. Can you confirm that the ones on you’re ‘47 are “wartime” Klusons?….that is …the cog on each of the tuners is anchored with a peened over rivet (instead of a screw). Thanks…and sorry about all the guitar-nerd questions…but you don’t see many ‘47’s (it would have been the first production year of the ladder braced version). Also, thanks for the fingerpicking without any picks on during the comparisons….it really gives a better feel for the tone of the guitar. Ladder braced guitars are significantly underrated. A well made one can seem like you are playing a bell with frets on it since the tone of each note is very strong on the fundamental with a minimum of overtones. Those guitars are all good sounding ladder braced instruments. I am partial to the ‘47 though. Sorry about all the words !!
47 I have is open back tuners, I believe the ones you're referring to. They're definitely original because they are disintegrating. 2 of the buttons are almost completely gone. I also agree about the ladder braced guitars. They have a very specific tone that's awesome. No, they aren't always as open, but they can sound incredible. My hg-00 is ladder braced and one of the best sounding acoustics I've ever heard bar none. Thanks for watching brother, please subscribe and join the madness 🙌
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist Thanks. I forgot to ask: Can you tell me the Factory Order Number (FON) on your ‘47. If it has one it should be a rubber stamped 4 digit number followed by a space and then followed by a one or two digit number. If there is one it should be on the back-side of the neck-block visible through the sound-hole.
Yes….i noticed that your tuner buttons were on their last legs :)……that’s why I thought they might be original. Thanks for any info ! Subscribed….!
47 should have the teardrop pick guard, if it’s original 😊
I'd be interested in what do think about all the other ladder braced Kalamazoos Gibson made ,because you like the Lg1's. I've got one Lg1 1964 too and a Kalamazoo khg 14 1939 made. Have you ever played one? Cheers
These shoot out i like best i love it! ❤
I definitely need to do newer/better ones. I do love the LG1s but there are definitely dead ones. Ladder bracing can either be super cool or sound boxy and gibsons from all eras are totally hit and miss. I hope you have some gems...and to answer your question, I've played a fair share of them. Mostly gibsons, a Kalamazoo but I've never been interested in those for whatever reason
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist i like these ladder braced sound ,i can't mention why. It's not the best sounding versus a x braced ,but for me it's like coming home. Thes old folky and Country sound. So i decided to buy me too a Kalamazoo after my lovin Lg1. Got too a L'00 ,but i'm stick to this ladder braced. Don't know why. 😏
Thinked of to get me a Waterloo ,but that's not the real thing in Gibson history so i let it and bought the 12fret khg. They have their own characteristics ,with all their problems with higher action and all that stuff. Steave Earle plays one also. 👋🏻
It’s not lady guitar ,the G stands for gut string ,because it’s the same body style is the same as their gut string models
Incorrect jim. I thought the same thing. It's lady guitar. Gut strings are classical strings, those were never meant for gut strings. Google it, you'll see I am not steering you wrong
Wow great guitars good shape for there age ...and damn a 7k microphone 🎤..I need to get out more lol
The AKG C12 is probably my favorite mic. Expensive but worth it.
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist nice
@@rcjoe406 money def doesn't make the most difference for a mic, but after having a matched pair of these for two years, I couldn't imagine wanting anything else
Where do you find all those LG1s? No wonder all sold on marketplace 😁😂😂
I found them all on reverb but when I was buying them 4 or 5 years ago it was a very different market. They've definitely gone up in both value and desirability since I bought mine.
I thought LG stood for “little guitar” but could be wrong.
It's a misconception and I've been told that, too. It stood for lady guitar. Not as appropriate now but that's what it was
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist thanks makes sense
Actually I stumbled across your TH-cam channel because I just bought a 1950 LG-1 and your comparison of the 4 years was informative. Cheers. Keep up the good work.
@@Richard_Lush thanks for watching and enjoy that beautiful LG1!!! 🎸🔥
Actually learning guitar
I have a 69 southern jumbo and was considering selling it for a smaller body like this or the LG 2 Nathaniel Rateliff
I love the southern jumbos but there's something magic about those small bodied guitars. Totally a personal preference. The LG2 is def a step up in some ways because of the x vs ladder bracing.
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist thanks ya I like the fancier Nathaniel Rateliff model
@@scottschmittmusic right on, lmk what you think when you score it
@@TheNeuroticGuitarist will do.. here in Pittsburgh they're hard to come by
@@scottschmittmusic I can imagine
Learner guitar?
Lady guitar
Yeah thats the problem with old guitars ,they are old. You buy them to play because they sound good but there is always more more money to spend on them. Tuners ,saddles,bridge pins ,worn out frets, sunken bridge neck reset. May be it might be best to just have a custom guitar made the way you want it. Very expensive at the present,maybe cost saving in the long run.
I've always bought guitars, especially vintage, at a fraction of the cost. I could buy 5 acoustics for the price I'd pay for a custom guitar. The costs to fix and maintain vintage guitars (I have 175+ guitars) pales in comparison to the value increase I've made on every single one of them because I bought them for a deal.