1999 Gibson Super 400CES Sunburst with Charlie Christian Pickup, Robert Yelin Collection. UNRESERVED. Serial#: 91569901. The Gibson "Super 400" is a high-end carved solid wood archtop guitar. The largest, fanciest- adorned, and highest-priced factory built archtop / hollowbody guitar in the Gibson portfolio. A highly-influential model which inspired many other master luthiers, it was first sold in 1934 and named for its $400 price, as was the custom for Gibson guitars during that era of the company. There have been slight variations on the model since its inception, and this example comes with the Charlie Christian (C.C.) pickup that Gibson offered as a limited run in 1999/2000.

The Super 400 has an 18" wide body, an adjustable bridge, gold-plated hardware, and manufactured with a carved Spruce top, with figured Maple, back, and sides. The tailpiece was a gold-plated Y-shaped model. The F-holes are triple-bound and the pickguard is a brown pearloid. The beautiful bound ebony fretboard is adorned with split-block inlays, and the peghead has the trademark diamond inlay with open-backed Grover tuners.

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