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It gave purveyors of the new American music scene of the 1930s a reliable, gibson j200 standard well-built instrument, capable of projecting the sound of the guitar well beyond that of any other acoustic on the market—a fact that still holds true today. It is simply the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, and certainly one of most popular, as evidenced by the list of players that have made it their primary acoustic instrument, among them Ray Whitley, Emmylou Harris, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Gram Parsons and Pete Townshend. Includes case.

Gibson’s design innovation continued into the 1960s when Ted McCarty hired leg-endary automotive designer Ray Deitrich to design a Gibson. The result was the Firebird series, and the companion Thunderbird bass series of 1963. The Firebirds“reversed” conventional designs, with their elongated treble-side horn and treble-side tuners. They also introduced neck-through-body construction and smaller “mini-hum-bucking” pickups to the Gibson line.