1970s Gibson Dove Dreadnought Guitar

Overview: This is a killer old Dove and, per its serial, dates to the early-mid '70s. Post-repairs, it's turned into a fantastic-sounding instrument that's also a great player as well. These guitars have a sound that's a bit of Gibson mixed with a bit of Martin D-18, as the bracing pattern and scale was changed for these '70s models to line-up more with a Martin vibe. The neck's faster than a Martin-style dreadnought, though, and it has more of a balanced, non-mids-scooped sound. It's quite punchy, too, and the fact of the matter is that it looks amazing, right?

Repairs included: It had a bad neck angle, hairline-cracked replacement bridge, and fretwork and setup work needing to be done, for sure. I reset the neck with some help provided by Jose (it's glued and also bolted internally at the neckblock as these '70s neck joints on Gibsons are a little so-so) and then Ancel took it from there, giving it a good level/dress of the frets and then fitting a beautiful, reproduction-ish bridge that fit the outline of the old replacement bridge's glue-footing. His work here is excellent and he even went to the trouble to make and fit the nice pearl inlays for the wings. It's playing spot-on and ready to go!

• Weight: 5 lbs 6 oz
• Scale length: 25 5/16"
• Nut width: 1 11/16"
• Neck shape: slim-medium C
• Board radius: 10"
• Depth at first fret: 7/8"
• Depth at seventh fret: 61/64"
• Body width: 16"
• Body depth: 4 7/8"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid maple
• Bracing type: x
• Bridge: rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: wide/medium

Condition notes: There's some finish muck-up near the heel's edges. There are light scratches and scuffs here and there in the finish. The bridge is a fresh replacement and the saddle and pins are, too. It's otherwise original throughout.

It comes with: It has an old hard case -- presumably original.

Consignor tag: LRTA