JuanCarlosVejar Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Folks , does anyone know which is the smallest gibby acoustic ever to be put in production ? or even one offs count JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Juan what exactly is a one off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well they made tenor guitars with four strings and of course ukes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Juan what exactly is a one off? one of a kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I think it would be the Kalamazoo KG 3/4 Sport, also sold as the Gibson LG 3/4. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I agree with Red. The Kalamazoo 3/4 size was pretty small. Never seen a smaller Gibson 6 string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Used to own cute little sunburst LG2-3/4 made in the '50s. That's the smallest Gibson acoustic I've ever actually had my hands on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babber Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I once had an opportunity to play a 1949 Martin 5-string "Parlour" guitar, and since those 2 companies have always competed against each other (other than banjo's ), I'd bet there was a competing Gibson around that vintage. Search "5-string Parlour/Parlor guitars". It was definitely smaller than a B-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I once had an opportunity to play a 1949 Martin 5-string "Parlour" guitar, and since those 2 companies have always competed against each other (other than banjo's ), I'd bet there was a competing Gibson around that vintage. Search "5-string Parlour/Parlor guitars". It was definitely smaller than a B-25. The LG2-3/4 I mentioned above had a very small body with a correspondingly short scale - much smaller than a standard sized LG2, or the B25 which replaced it (there was also a B25 3/4 to replace the LG2 3/4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 The LG-2 3/4 and the Kalamazoo Sport are more or less the same size - there was also a 3/4 L-00 that was essentially an X braced version of the Sport. The Sport and L-00 3/4 were both made on the same moulds as the first incarnation of the TG-1 tenor guitar. I have a TG-1 next to me as I type and it measures about 12 3/4" across the lower bout, as opposed to 13 1/2" on the L-1 of the time, and it's significantly more slender at the waist and upper bout. In the company's first few years they also offered different sizes of L-1 archtop, and I used to own an L-1 with a 12" lower bout, slotted headstock and fixed bridge. I can't remember the scale length but it was shorter than the standard L-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Though rather big here - This might take the prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringTom Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Well, Em7, I think you've settled that question. Unless, of course, we're looking for the smallest playable guitar or you've got extremely large hands. It does look like a Gibson headstock. And what, pray tell, is the little wonder made of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Well, Em7, I think you've settled that question. Unless, of course, we're looking for the smallest playable guitar or you've got extremely large hands. It does look like a Gibson headstock. And what, pray tell, is the little wonder made of? I don't know, looks like one of those Chinese fakes to me. Although it looks more like the real thing than some of the ones on Ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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