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Melody Maker Electric Guitar

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Overview

A lean and mean rockin' machine.

Introduced in 1959 and priced for the beginning player, the Gibson Melody Maker Electric Guitar features a Mahogany body with a lightweight '60s-style slim-tapered neck and rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. The single dog-ear P-90 pickup emits classic vintage growl perfect for everything from roots to punk to blues. The Melody Maker has a Tune-o-matic bridge and chrome hardware.

Features

  • Body: Mahogany
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Profile: 1960 Slim-tapered
  • Peghead Pitch: 17 degrees
  • Thickness at 1st fret: 0.820"
  • Thickness at 12th fret: 0.900"
  • Heel Length: 0.500"
  • Neck Joint Location: 16th fret
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Scale length: 24-3/4"
  • Total Length: 18.062"
  • Nut Width: 1-11/16"
  • Width at 12th fret: 2.062"
  • Frets: 22
  • Inlays: Pearloid dot
  • HARDWARE
  • Plating Finish: Chrome
  • Bridge: Tune-o-matic
  • Tailpiece: Stopbar
  • Knobs: Black Top Hat
  • Tuners: White Button
  • ELECTRONICS
  • Bridge Pickup: Single vintage P-90
  • Controls: One volume, One tone
  • CASE
  • Exterior: Black Gig bag
  • Interior: Black Padded
  • Silkscreen: White 'Gibson USA' logo
  • STRINGS
  • Brite Wires .010-.046
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