i bought my first Gibson classical what do you think ?

[FRANK]

says Gibson Kalamazoo Michigan USA i got it for $10 with a gator skin case fan braced in the lower face but cracked from the bridge area to the sound hole not to bad of fix it will always be there unless I go for the new top what would you recommend please for the top crack like this look here are the serial #s can anyone tell me the year and or teach me to read serial #s from Gibson on the back of the neck it says 954689 ?what dose this stand for ?model #or style # is c-1d classic can someone teach me what this means please

[Ron Frazier]

Good luck on the serial # !! I have been trying for some years. Some times they even use the same serial # over again Go figure!!
would buy a martin! They keep good records

Ron

[Tim Mace]

more pics

[FRANK]

you want what pictures

[Magnus Hultin]

Zerofret?

How usual is that on Gibsons?

Magnus

[FRANK]

yea 0fret on a classical hunh ?

[Magnus Hultin]

Have seen this before on a few nylon strung guitars from Czekoslovakia and actually sweden, from small volume manufacturers.

But My reaction is on a Gibson, didn´t think Gibson ever had zerofrets.

[Antonio Cotichini]

Probably FF can even tell you if it was built on a Monday morning sunny day!!

[FRANK]

you think so i will give him a try

[Ned Knepp]

Don't hold me to this but I think this is one of the lower end / student models of Gibson's classical guitar. I really wouldn't know but the color of the finish and the look of the label make me think it was made in the mid '60s. It seems to me that there was something about the "Union Made" labels that is significant but I can't remember. I could be confusing it with something completely different.

I've only really looked at couple of these but both also had a zero fret and I'm under the impression that all the classicals had them The two I saw played and sounded pretty good. I think this one is worth a lot more than 10 dollars.

Ned.

[Tim Mace]

headstock makes me think 70's....

[FRANK]

with out looking some one suggested 60s from my local music store