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Gibson Super 300 ( 1948 - 1955 )
Price Update For 2008
While gibson was enjoying their success with their gibson super 400 guitars , they also produced a more simple version with the same performance of the super 400 and named it the gibson super 300 . ( click pic to enlarge )
They are extremely rare today because these guitars were mostly on special /custom orders .
There is no solid literature on how many of these guitars were sold but good sources indicate that only under 300 of them were produced and shipped .
The gibson super 300 has raised black edged pickguards , brazilian rosewood fingerboards with parallelogram inlays ,
black face peghead w/ crown gibson logo , 18" wide body ,beautiful finished maple back and sides ( birds eye view on most of them ) ,
2 f-holes , bound body , neck and headstock, nickel tailpiece , and were made in sunburst finishes . Discontinued in 1955 .
In 1954 gibson also introduced the gibson super 300c which was basically the same guitar with the same specs except for a rounded cutaway and some natural versions were optional . Discontinued in 1958 .
If anybody has a gibson super 300 for sale I would be interested , I played on this guitar at a trade show and was quite impressed . ( Nice warm woody tone )
Vintage Price Value For 2008 :
1948 - 1955 > $5500 to $6400 ( super 300 )
1954 - 1958 > $5500 to $7000 ( super 300C )
Avg Upward Trend Of 7% A Year Since 2000 ( for both )
If you have any vintage gibson guitars that are posted on this site ,you are always welcome to post a review,comment or detailed features ,im sure other guitar players who visit us would love to know ... Domenic
Important Note : Due to the overwhelming amount of comments on this blog i cannot answer all the questions although id love to . You can still post questions hopefully some of our viewers can help you out ... Thank You
Important Note : Due to the overwhelming amount of comments on this blog i cannot answer all the questions although id love to . You can still post questions hopefully some of our viewers can help you out ... Thank You
Gibson Super 300
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According to the Gibson website, the serial number on my Super 300 places it somewhere in late 1956 (it's a straight 300, not a c)
And no, I'm not selling :)
Its possible ,
on some occasions gibson would discontinue their guitars from their catalogs but still would take "on demand orders" .
if you post your serial number maybe i can tell you if its really a 1956 super 300.
i have a gibson super 300 made around nov 1954 with a p-90 pick-up factory installed...any idea on value?...i'm interested in selling it....joe
according to the price guide its worth anywhere from $3900 to $4500 .
you should post your email if you want to sell the guitar .
I have an old guitar (30's or 40's). sunburst with f-holes. acoustic , archtop, small circular m.o.p. inlays on fretboard. headstock says 'kalamazoo' label inside of body says 'made by Gibson , inc . no visible serial number.Genuine Gibson or not ?
from your description im pretty sure its a genuine gibson . During the late 20s through the 30s some low end gibson guitars had no serial numbers .
Is there any way you can provide a picture ? it would be much more helpful.
My Super 300 only has an ink stamped number inside. I have been unable to date it. Also it's black which I have been told all were sunburst but your comment about most being special order leads me to beleive it was ordered as such. The only way I could tell is was a Super 300 was by the 18" body. Any help to date it would be appreciated. The # looks like 5642. I can be reached at info@acousticpreamp.com
most gibson guitars during world war 2 have 4 digit Factory Order numbers stamped in ink followed by 2 digits in red pencil.
after the war the 2 digit in red wasn't used anymore .
If the numbers you indicated
"5642" is stamped in ink on the neck block inside the guitar it was made in 1950 .
all 4 digit FON numbers from 3000 to 5999 were manufactured in 1950 ...
I'm selling my 1954 Super 300. Non-cutaway, and has a factory installed P-90 pick-up. (I'm not Joe, but I've exchanged emails and photos with him several times...)
sean@adairproductions.com. It's also on craigslist NYC now with pictures, but that will only be for 6 more days.
Do you know of any prominent Super-300's? Celebrity owners or conspicuous recordings, that sort of thing. I've been playing mine for 35 years and have yet to encounter any really 'famous' Super 300's.
But I will add this: We were playing the Harbourfront stage in Toronto and after our set this little old man came up to the stage and asked, in a thick yiddish-sort of accent, "Is that a Super 400, or a Super 300?" -- I said, "It's a Super 300" and he replied, "Best guitar ever made." and walked off.
I didn't even need to hear him play. I already liked his style ;)
Mine has an oval sticker inside the upper f-hole, "GUARANTEED" it says, but the form entries are pretty faded -- it looks like 'A-' written in pencil, and a very faded 8409 or maybe 84095 barely visible stamped beside it.
consider yourself lucky , there are not to many super 300 around .. very rare , even more so than the super 400 .
maybe one of you gibson guys can clear this up for me. I am a fender guy, so shot me if you wish. I have had this ols flat top around for a long time, there is a number stamped inside, when looking through f holes,( X471-34 )
anyone clear the air for me??
Russ0115@yahoo.com
Joe, I might be interested in your Super 300, where are you located?
3/27/08
Selling my 57 Super 300C. goes on ebay tonight for a week.
This guitar has been featured in a number of publications including The History of the American Guitar From 1833 to the present day by Tony Bacon (pg. 67). Apr. 1957 serial # A25494 MY GUITAR is this one formerly in the CHINERY COLLECTION.
I have only occasionally played this guitar as I usually play either my 54 J200 or 53 Super 400 but it is extremely playable. There is one fret that the high E string will catch under if you bend it too far, there is no pickguard (as pictured in the book and I have not attempted to find one) there are however the holes from where it once resided. I was told that they believed Mr. Chinery had had some neck work done and a minor headstock repair (see photo). I can only assume this was done professionally since he was not known to cut corners.
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