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Gibson made some interesting guitars. I played a '30s ('37, if I remember right) J-35 that was reputed to be original cherry burst and sure looked it, and owned a c. '53 SJ that was the same finish and original. Oddities, but Gibson did some different stuff.
+1 on the book "Gibson's Fabulous Flattops"; my copy is dog-eared. That CSB J-35 I played is in it. It was not mine and when I played it guitar 'collecting' was pretty much in it's infancy so it was just another nice old Gibson & I gave no thought to even trying to buy it. It was sure pretty & sounded good.
The Lucas models were never quite my thing but many are nice, indeed. Nice story on that old one.
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