-FON is W3661-6. This guitar pre-dates catalogue records for the Country Western model which started in 1956. It is one of the earliest documented examples of a surviving Gibson Country Western. It has scalloped bracing and scalloped tone bars. This feature changed to straight bracing soon after this guitar was built. This is an extremely rare guitar !
-multi-bound Sitka spruce top
-multi-bound Honduran mahogany back and sides
-mahogany neck with bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard
-split paralellogram fret position markers
-original frets and nut
-original "no line" Kluson tuners
-original Brazilian rosewood bridge with new compensated bone saddle
-there is a repaired back crack near the waist and re-glued corresponding brace end in same location
-the top has a couple of minor repaired cracks near the waist binding on either side
-the set up is excellent with original neck set
-the sound is fantastic
-Hiscox flight case