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Thank you!

I fear that you are right. I speak with the developers on occasion. But, alas, I've heard no updates since I recorded this in the old building a little over a year ago:

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Thanks for flagging this great source!

As for the renovations of the Gibson building, as best I know, the property developer still intends to complete the project. The bricks from the smokestack...

Thank you!

Ah, my bad. Wrong link. Here is the correct video.

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Yes. It's an LG-2.

Yes, I think that it's the same finish as on the Kalamazoo-brand equivalent. Thanks for reminding me!

Thanks, folks!

It was a privilege to conduct that interview (Guitar wisely kept me off camera). Irene turned 98 in January. What a treasure!

Here's another video that ran with the same story,...

Thanks! It's transparent. Although Gibson applied a similar finish to the 1920s and 1930s all-mohagany L-0s, this finish is limited, as best I know, to the 139 Banner LG-1s. A couple of better pics...

All Banners from about late 1943 to mid 1944 had these triangular maple inserts in their necks instead of metal truss rods. The War Production Board issued an order limiting stringed instruments to...

Hello, folks, John Thomas, the Kalamazoo Gals guy, here. My ears were burning.

To answer a minor question in this thread, yes, the first issue LG-1s were X-braced. Gibson only shopped 139 of them,...