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1936 & 1942 Gibson Signatures

I believe the Nick Lucas guitar was the first artist-endorsed model Gibson made. It was introduced in 1927 and they had a photograph of his face on the inside label. These days, the Nick Lucas model is more closely associated with Bob Dylan, who played a refinished one with a Guild bridge between 1963 and 1966.

“Over the course of the production run Gibson never quite settled on the specs. The first body shape is different and resembles

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