2023 Gibson 1942 Banner LG2 – £2749

Aug 6, 2025 | Gibson

2023 Gibson 1942 Banner LG2 – £2749

NEW ARRIVAL From Gibson’s Custom Shop comes this tribute to one of their unsung heroes. The LG2 essentially replaced the better known L-00 as the main 00 size acoustic in their portfolio, in production from 1942 until 1961. In that time it gained the nickname ‘the mini J45’. For me it’s one of the surprisingly most versatile Gibson acoustics. Although it doesn’t have the driving bass of a dreadnought, it makes up for that with amazing versatility. It’s clear, balanced tone gives the player the ability to skip between musical genres with ease, handling just about everything you throw at it with style. The guitar features a Thermally Aged Red Spruce top with Mahogany body, and a full but comfortable neck mimicking the WW2 necks. There’s a Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, with a period correct teardrop pickguard and Script Banner headstock logo. The guitar is in excellent condition, with great playability, and comes in it’s original vintage style deluxe hard case.

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