Need ID for flattop

[abrown]

In 1976 or 1977 I purchased a plain-Jane Gibson acoustic for my Dad at a shop in Marshall, Mo. It is a dreadnaight-sized, square-shouldered sunburst flattop with a non-adjustable bridge. It has an unbound neck and a Gibson decal or paint logo on the headstock. I think I paid around $400 for it new.

 

The label inside has disappeared, but I seem to recall it was a J-15 or something like that -- not J-45 or J-50. It remains a very nice guitar, but needs some serious restoration work -- neck reset, small tone hole crack repair, fret dressing, etc.

 

Does anybody know what this thing is?

[Jinder]

do you have pics? Sounds like a Norlin-era J45 to me, by nature if not in name. Pics would certainly help matters. The '70s SS dreads are underrated, in my opinion. Sure, there are some duds out there, but if you get a good one, if can be terrific.

[jefleppard]

could it be a B-15 or B-25? hummingbird? pics. we need pics.

[ksdaddy]

J40 or JG0 sounds like. The J40 was plain jane and the JG0 even plainer.... the JG0 had no back binding and sometimes a spruce top, sometimes mahogany. The J40 was much more common though. Both square shoulder dreads.

 

Wait, you said sunburst....? I don't think the J40 or JG0 ever came that way; I think natural on both always.

 

Post a pic and we'll tell you for sure.

 

My father briefly owned a J40 around 1980 and I was positive it was made in the 60s and it was sunburst... and not really related to the J40 as defined in 1970....but maybe I'm colossally full of it.