1930's KALAMAZOO KG-14 Sunbust A SUPER RARE original Lefty version, EX code LH353

No truss rod, ladder bracing instead of x-bracing and small cost cutters like an ebony wooden nut.. This was without a doubt the same model guitar that Robert Johnson played and it makes not only a great blues fingerpicker but an incredible slide guitar.It's light as air, very responsive and has a rich midrange, strong treble notes, Gibsonesque thuddy bass and not a whole lot of sustain. The 14 fret access makes it ideal when I backup other blues musicians because I can capo on the 2nd fret and still have 12 frets exposed and more of the lead notes are reachable to play chords high on the neck.The neck profile on this one is slightly more manageable than some other K'zoo guitars, it has a vintage V shape. It's actually very comfortable to play with low action and has a very loud pure acoustic sound.Built using quality timbers and in the case of the KG-14- solid spruce top with ladder bracing and solid mahogany back and sides. The KG-14 is very similar in size to the Gibson L-0.The headstock shape on this guitar suggests that it would have been made between 1938 and 1940. The “Kalamazoo” brand seems to have disappeared in 1942, when the US joined World War Two and Gibson’s production became focused on the war effort. Now the other aspect to this story is that the old Kalamazoo is rather an iconic instrument in that it figures in the story of one of the earliest bluesmen, Robert Johnson.