The "One-and-Only"

The "sequel" to the original Everly Brothers model. This narrow-waist 16-inch-wide jumbo guitar weighs just 4.30 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 3/4 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Spruce top, maple back and sides, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl star position markers. The body is triple bound on the top and back. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Gibson" logo and pearl star inlay. Individual Gibson Deluxe tuners with single-ring Keystone plastic buttons. Double tortoiseshell pickguards. Combined mahogany reverse-belly bridge/tailpiece with mahogany and pearl dot pins. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition. Housed in the original Gibson brown hardshell case with purple plush lining (9.00). With the original label inside the soundhole: "Gibson Model J-180 AE27/100 Len Ferguson [ink signature] Number 90881002...Gibson Guitar Corporation/Bozeman, Montana U.S.A."

"In 1986 Gibson introduced the J-180 acoustic, a Nashville-built, imitative 'sequel' to the original Everly Brothers model, whose production run extended from its debut in 1962 until its discontinuation in 1972. In 1991 production of the J-180 was transferred from its Nashville facility to the Montana plant, where the model became part of Gibson's successful 'Limited Editions' reissue series...The model has remained a popular stage guitar because of its unique and striking appearance and how it 'mikes.' The J-180, with its body size and shape, responds beautifully to any kind of electronics; the tone is loud, clear, and rich, but without the boominess that is a characteristic problem with the wide-waist instruments. The J-180 has also been a popular model for customizing, and stunning examples exist...The J-180 has been the '55 Chevy of the Gibson flat-tops. The customers aren't the only ones taken with this model: Gibson liked the guitar so much that they turned it into a special-run instrument, which they named the J-180 Artist" (Eldon Whitford, David Vinopal, and Dan Erlewine, Gibson's Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars, pp. 149-150).

"The 'one-and-only' with its distinctive Mother-of-Pearl star inlays and dual pickguards" (http://montana.gibson.com/guitars/J-180/j-180.html).