GIBSON

GIBSON’S NEW GENERATION

ollection is designed for players of all sizes, skill levels and bank accounts that are in the market for a genuine American acoustic built with solid woods in the venerable manufacturer’s Bozeman, Montana factory. These four no-frills instruments all share one distinctly outside-the-box feature: the Player Port on the top side above the upper bout. All feature walnut back and sides, a Sitka spruce top, and a striped ebony fretboard as well as Grover tuners, a Tusq nut and saddle, and a slim utile neck. There are two models with electronics (EC) and two without, ranging in size from parlor to jumbo. All are on review here, and all have slightly thinned bodies for comfort. From smallest to largest, they include the G-00 parlor, G-45 round-shouldered dreadnought, G-Writer EC square-shouldered cutaway