Electric guitar
Maker
Gibson USA
Maker
Gibson
Date1991
Place MadeNashville, Tennessee, United States, North America
ModelSG Junior
Serial No.92981312
SignedLocated on peg head, in cursive style: GibsonMarkingsLocated on tuning peg machine heads: GROVER
Stamped into Peghead: MADE IN U.S.A. / PROMOTIONAL / NOT FOR RESALE
Fretboard has pearl-like dot inlays on frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21.
Guitar autographed on front of body by: George Strait, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Porter Waggoner, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Waylon Jennings, Ray Stevens, Jimmy Dickins, Jimmy C. Newman, Ricky Skaggs, Barbara Mandrell, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, and Hoyt Axton
DescriptionThe SG Junior electric guitar was introduced in 1961 to replace the Les Paul Junior. It featured the double cutaway body and flat top of the SG with the basic hardware of a student instrument. It was discontinued in 1971, but reintroduced as a classic, limited-run model from 1991 to 1994, when it was once again discontinued.
Country music stars who autographed this guitar for a charity auction include the following: George Strait, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Porter Waggoner, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Waylon Jennings, Ray Stevens, Jimmy Dickins, Jimmy C. Newman, Ricky Skaggs, Barbara Mandrell, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, and Hoyt Axton.
DimensionsHeight: 39.5" (1080 mm)
Body Width: 22' (330 mm)
Fingerboard Length: 18.25" (548 mm)
Vibrating String Length: 247/8" (715 mm)
ProvenancePurchased from Gruhn Guitars, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
Published ReferencesKingsbury, Paul, ed. The Encyclopedia of Country Music. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998), all pages of interest included.
Bacon, Tony. The Ultimate Guitar Book. (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1994), page 133.
Cherne, Steve. Third Blue Book of Guitars. (Blue Book Publishers, Minneapolis,1996), page 272.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1999
Object number06765
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