1965 Gibson Trini Lopez Custom

Here comes something special this stunning 1965 Gibson Trini Lopez Custom – 1 of only 45 Guitars shipped that year in absolutely stunning preserved condition. The guitar was probably built early 65 with a 1 piece mahogany neck. It still has the original USA Pat. No. Grover nickel tuners and a nickel ABR-1 tune-o-matic bridge with nylon saddles mixed with two Pat. # stickered humbuckers with early chrome covers (a typical transitional feature of that year). The guitar has highly flamed maple top, back and sides ! Even the tortoise pick guard didn’t shrink and looks like new. It´s fairly light for being such a big 17″ archtop ! The two sharp Florentine cutaways gives it a wild look. The lower cutaway toggle switches the pickups and the upper one functions as a standby switch. Its orange label is clean & states all the facts. Other than 2 tiny screw holes under the bridge base, she’s near mint & comes in its factory Black Tolex / Yellow lined hard case.

From the internet about this Trini Lopez…

Very cool and rarely seen example of on of the more outlandish Gibson designs of the sixties, the wonderful Trini Lopez Deluxe. Part of the Artist series of Signature guitars alongside models for Johnny Smith, Barney Kessel and Tal Farlow. The Trini Lopez Custom was accompanied by the Trini Lopez Standard with both models quite different in design whilst sharing certain features: the Firebird-style headstock, split diamond neck inlays, Trini Lopez emblem tailpiece and bound diamond sound holes. Released in 1964 a total of 335 Trini Lopez Deluxe shipped before the model was discontinued in 1971. Featuring a large 17 inch body that shares the same deep double cutaway silhouette as the Barney Kessel Regular that Lopez used himself in the early sixties. A Mahogany neck with Firebird style headstock with a six-on-a-side tuners. The Ebony fingerboard has split Diamond position markers, a detail that is continued with the Diamond F-holes. Appointments include a bound body. neck and headstock, a trapeze tailpiece with raised diamond and Trini Lopez wooden insert. Electronically the Lopez Deluxe is traditionally Gibson with the exception of the additional three-way standby switch on the bass bout.