Late 40's Gibson LG-2

Dulcimer · Newbie Alert Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Hi there (my first post).

I have what I believe is a 1947-48 Gibson LG-2. I have had a hard time verifying exactly what year it was made because there is little go on. I have no numbers inside the guitar to read.

This guitar was an import into Canada. I do not know if that makes a difference in the numbering system, or if they just did not put any data on this particular year. I did see one other LG-2 from 1946 which was a Canadian import that also did not have any information.

The reason I think it is a 47 or 48 is because of some strangeness going on with the headstock logo. It has the modern style Gibson logo, yet if you look in the right light, you can see an older style Gibson logo under in the finish!

I found this to be truly strange. I believe they had fazed out the old logos by 1948, so this is my best guess.

The guitar itself is in excellent shape.

I have always had the hard case, but I believe it is not original (maybe it is?) I am not really concerned with the case.

Any ideas on what something like this would be worth these days? Thanks.