1998 Gibson Nighthawk Solidbody Electric Guitar
Update: A helpful fella mentioned that this might be a refinished guitar -- and he's right -- the top was sanded and refinished natural and it was not at all obvious until I pulled the pickups and checked the (red) cavities. The rest is the factory finish. Whoever resprayed it did such a good job that I didn't even question it because it reminded me so much of the other natural Nighthawk models.
Overview: This Nighthawk is like a "choose your own adventure" version of a Gibson electric. It's got a longer scale length, a mix of pickup types, a set neck, and a futuristic version of a Les Paul body shape. It's like the company was trying to appeal to everyone who didn't yet play a Gibson when they designed this.
Tone: It moves around from clean and fairly bright and sweet to midsy and snarly depending on the position you're in on the switch.
Feel: It's got a fast, modern neck profile with a typical (for modern Gibson) 12" radius to the board.
Interesting features: What isn't? You've got three different pickup types, a bridge design more akin to a Fender product, a simplified wiring harness, and an eye-catching natural finish over the maple of the top.
Repairs included: It got a level/dress of the frets and setup via Jose and it's playing spot-on and ready to serve.
- Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz
- Scale length: 25 3/8"
- Nut width: 1 5/8"
- Neck shape: slim C
- Board radius: 12"
- Body width: 12 3/4"
- Body depth: 1 3/4"
- Body wood: mahogany w/maple top
- Bridge: Fender-style
- Fretboard: rosewood
- Neck wood: mahogany
- Pickups: 1x Firebird bucker, 1x hot single coil, 1x open bucker
- Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
- String gauges: 46w-10
- Truss rod: adjustable
- Neck relief: straight
- Fret style: medium-modern
Condition notes: With the exception of the refinished top, it's otherwise in good order and stock throughout.
It comes with: It has a good hard case.
Consignor tag: LCL
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