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1930's Gibson
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Go for it and enjoy
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A lot of sellers proclaim Gibson made, such as original Kalamazoo brands etc.
I don't know much about them but if they were as good as a Gibson, then Gibson would surely put Gibson on the headstock. It look slike a nice guitar at a great price. Just don't let the seller oversell it.
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Gibson made several brands for other companies during the era. Gibson constructed them to a companies specs, and put the companies name on it.
Manufacturers still do this today. Does it make it as good as a Gibson? Not necessarily, but it distinguishes the guitar from the more budget archtops of the day the Regal/Harmony ones. I have both a 1937 Gibson archtop, and a Kalamazoo(Gibson) archtop both are the same model except for a binding/pickguard difference. In a blind test you couldn't tell them apart. If I covered just the headstock you still couldn't. When I compare the quality of these to a similar Harmony model I own the Harmony feels like a toy. Edit; Only the Gibsons of the era will have a truss rod. Is this one built by Gibson? Heck if I know.
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The only problem is that the guitar pictured in that listing is a Kay, not any of the Gibson "off-brands" like Kalamazoo, Carson J. Robinson, etc. The shape of the body and the f-holes is a dead giveaway, distinctly Kay.
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These old archtops are interesting. A decent player would player might be worth having.
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