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Originally Posted by abn556
LG meant Little Guitar - not Ladies Guitar.
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This has been said for years. Have also seen Ladies Guitar and Learner Guitar but I've never seen a single bit of evidence that it's true. It doesn't appear in any Gibson advertising or literature from the day. There's also the issue that when it was introduced in 1942, The LG wasn't a terribly little guitar by anyones standards. Gibson had been using the "L" designation on tons of models, large and small, starting in 1902 and I believe the LG designation was just an extension of that. The guitars they were replacing in the lineup were the L-series flattops and although I have no idea what it stood for, if anything, I think the G was just a way to signify the newer models from the old ones.