First Variant Melody Maker with a '59 Les Paul Neck Profile and 'Wide' Pickup.

This very early 1960 super light guitar weighs just 6.00 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a full scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a huge '59 style profile. Rosewood fretboard with 22 original jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Gold silk-screen "Gibson" headstock logo. Open-back strip tuners with oval white plastic buttons. Serial number stamped in yellow on the back of the headstock. Black plastic "all-on-one-plate" pickguard with the words "Melody Maker" in white at the end of the fretboard. Single 'early-style' Melody Maker pickup (black plastic-covered 7/8 inch thick single-coil without adjustable polepieces) with an output of 7.25k. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and jack input, all mounted on pickguard. CentraLab potentiometers stamped "134 5950" (December 1959) and single Sprague "Bumble-Bee" capacitor. Gold plastic bell-shape "Bell" knobs. Combination wrap-over bar bridge/tailpiece. This super little guitar is in excellent plus (8.75) condition, with just a minimal amount of belt-buckle wear on the back and a few small marks on the edges. Housed in a later SKB black hardshell case with black plush lining (9.25).