1946, for Gibson, was a year of return to form, having invested so much into the war effort that they were essentially bailed out by CMI, their new parent company, in 1944. After the GI’s had returned home, and production (accomplished largely by women in the war years) returned to exclusively making guitars, new ideas began to spring up for Gibson’s production line, as well as the continuation of already successful ones, and the massive, cost cutting discontinuation of unsuccessful ones, along with mandolins (except one model), banjos, gut string guitar, and tenors. The biggest visual difference in Gibson’s acoustic production, besides narrowing down wood choices and pumping up production numbers of popular models, was the removal of the “Only A Gibson Is Good Enough” banner, famed (and priced much higher) by Gibson fanatics worldwide.

The serial number and FON, interestingly, also were done away with for many guitars in the late 40’s, often leading to confusion in the dating process, leading to the reliance on context clues. The still present “script” logo, as well as the 1 ¾ nut width, (or 1 25/32nds in this case, slightly wider) and presence of side supports pin this beauty of an LG-2 in the 46-47 range.

As well as its wide waisted 00 sized body, Adirondack top, mahogany back and sides, and gorgeous sunburst finish, the LG-2, like the LG-3 (which was essentially just a slightly higher grade version of the LG-2, much rarer) features X-bracing, a square Brazilian rosewood bridge, Brazilian fretboard, and perhaps the biggest of all of Gibson’s massive baseball bat like necks from this era. This particular one is a tad smaller than “ginormous”, but is still an amazingly big neck and super comfortable in the hand.

This guitar has had a center seam split repaired, cleated under the top, as well as a replaced bridge plate, and three reinforcing blocks glued to the side of the neck block, presumably to add stability after a neck reset, which this has also received sometime in the past.

This guitar plays great, and visually, bedsides the center seam, is exactly what you’d want from a guitar of this age: nice checking, great, unfaded color, and a general “very good” condition, with nicks throughout, including a big one one the back of the headstock, but nothing that gets in the way.

Replacement tuners currently installed, originals included in case.

Comes with a replacement hardshell case.