2007 is the only year in Gibson's history after the golden age of the '50s ended when the official catalogue states that the wood is Genuine Mahogany from Honduras. Gibson made a big announcement that they could secure a source for the same mahogany from which the 50's and 60's Holy Grail examples were made of. The source unfortunately dried up in 2008 and the catalogue since states the body & neck wood as only 'Mahogany' to this day. We know that before 2007, Gibson sourced mahogany from different places in Central and Southern America, namely Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Brazil. Then after around 2008, they source their mahogany from the Fiji Islands exclusively. This 2007 Honduras mahogany has a very dense and tight grain pattern but it's light in weight at the same time and the raw color of the wood inside the control cavity is dark reddish brown. Just like old mahogany. The fretboard on this one is clearly the best I've ever seen on a Historic. It looks and feels like 50s Brazilian. It's almost black in color and completely uniform, it's dense, it has long grains. It's probably Madagascar rosewood (certainly not Indian), but many would say BRW by visual inspection.
Specifications:
- Cherry Sunburst flame maple top -
1-piece Genuine Honduras mahogany body -
Quarter-sawn Honduras mahogany neck -
Madagascar rosewood fretboard that is very dense and almost
black in color with long grains (it could be Brazilian by visual inspection)
- ABR-1 bridge - Bumblebee caps -
Original 'Cali Girl' Lifton case - Original frets in good condition
The guitar is acoustically very loud and resonant with incredible clarity.
