No image yet | GIBSON B-15GIBSON produced the B-15 between 1967 and 1971 |
No image yet | GIBSON B-20The B-20 was made between 1971 and 1972 |
No image yet | GIBSON B-25Production of the Gibson B-25 began in 1961 and ended in 1977 |
No image yet | GIBSON B-25 12 Historic ReissueGIBSON made the first B-25 12 Historic Reissue in 2005 |
No image yet | GIBSON B-25 3/4GIBSON produced the B-25 3/4 between 1961 and 1968 |
GIBSON B-25-12GIBSON made the B-25-12 between 1962 and 1977. It was a traditional grand concert size instrument offering fine resonance and response, Gibson quality and workmanship at an relatively affordable price. It featured a selected two-piece spruce top, Honduras mahogany back and sides, ivoroid binding and ivoroid soundhole purfling ring. The twelve-string, fast, low action neck was made of one-piece mahogany and fitted with an adjustable truss rod. The B-25-12 had a special adjustable twelve string bridge and tailpiece. | |
GIBSON B-45-12Gibson introduced the B-45-12 model in 1961. This 12-string was both the first B-45 model guitar available and the first B series model. The Gibson B-45-12 had a mahogany body and neck, spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, and a cherry sunburst finish (or natural finish from 1963 onwards), and was made with "round" shoulders for the 1961 – 1962 model year and "square" shoulders until it was discontinued in 1979. Famous B-45-12 players include Gordon Lightfoot and Leo Kottke. The 1961 Gibson catalog describes the B-45-12 as follows: |
Specifications:
Model | Image | Finish colors | Finish effects | Number of strings | Made in | Scale length |
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GIBSON B-15 1967 to 1971 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-20 1971 to 1972 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 1961 to 1977 | No image yet | natural finish, red finish | sunburst finish | 6 strings | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 12 Historic Reissue 2005 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 3/4 1961 to 1968 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25-12 1962 to 1977 | natural finish, red finish | sunburst finish | 12 strings | USA | 24.75 inches scale-length | |
GIBSON B-45-12 1961 to 19791991 to 1992 | natural finish, red finish, tobacco finish | sunburst finish | 12 strings | USA | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Model | Body back material | Body top material | Pickguard material | Soundhole | Body depth | Body sides material | Body style | Body width | Pickguard shape |
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GIBSON B-15 1967 to 1971 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-20 1971 to 1972 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 1961 to 1977 | mahogany body back | spruce body top | tortoiseshell pickguard | round soundhole | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 12 Historic Reissue 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 3/4 1961 to 1968 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25-12 1962 to 1977 | mahogany body back | spruce body top | tortoiseshell pickguard | round soundhole | 4.5 inches body depth | mahogany body sides | grand-concert style | 14.25 inches body width | - |
GIBSON B-45-12 1961 to 19791991 to 1992 | mahogany body back | spruce body top | tortoiseshell pickguard | round soundhole | - | mahogany body sides | dreadnought-size body | - | pickguard |
Model | Body fret | Neck joint | Neck material | Number of frets | Peghead (headstock) | Tuner layout |
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GIBSON B-15 1967 to 1971 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-20 1971 to 1972 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 1961 to 1977 | Neck joins body at 14th fret | set neck | mahogany neck | 20 fret | black face headstock | three-each-side |
GIBSON B-25 12 Historic Reissue 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 3/4 1961 to 1968 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25-12 1962 to 1977 | Neck joins body at 14th fret | set neck | - | 20 fret | black face headstock | six-per-side tuners |
GIBSON B-45-12 1961 to 19791991 to 1992 | Neck joins body at 14th fret | set neck | - | 20 fret | black face headstock | six-per-side tuners |
Model | Bridge pins | Bridge | Tailpiece |
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GIBSON B-15 1967 to 1971 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-20 1971 to 1972 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 1961 to 1977 | white pins | plastic bridge, rosewood bridge | - |
GIBSON B-25 12 Historic Reissue 2005 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 3/4 1961 to 1968 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25-12 1962 to 1977 | white pins | rosewood bridge, strings-through bridge | trapeze tailpiece |
GIBSON B-45-12 1961 to 19791991 to 1992 | - | rectangular bridge, reverse belly bridge, rosewood bridge, strings-through bridge | trapeze tailpiece |
Model | Fingerboard inlay material | Fingerboard material | Fingerboard position markers |
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GIBSON B-15 1967 to 1971 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-20 1971 to 1972 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 1961 to 1977 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
GIBSON B-25 12 Historic Reissue 2005 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25 3/4 1961 to 1968 | - | - | - |
GIBSON B-25-12 1962 to 1977 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
GIBSON B-45-12 1961 to 19791991 to 1992 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |