Detail 01
Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing with hide glue
This is part of the stated construction behind its clarity, focus, and balanced response.
Product detailSKU #1500000320092
Gibson Custom1942 Banner LG-2 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
The 1942 Banner LG-2 is a compact, right-handed six-string acoustic with a Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a rosewood fingerboard. Its design is described as fast-playing and well balanced, with clear, focused individual notes and a full dynamic range. Folk, blues, and fingerstyle are central uses here. Keep its acoustic-only configuration in mind: it has no onboard pickup or preamp.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Folk, blues, and fingerstyle parts where clear, focused individual notes are central.
- Players seeking a compact acoustic with the described full dynamic range.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who require an onboard pickup or preamp.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01Confirm that a right-handed, six-string acoustic without a pickup/preamp matches your setup.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Does the LG-2 have built-in electronics?
No. It is specified without a pickup or preamp.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
1 detailsPickups & controls
- Pickup/preamp
- No
7 detailsPlayability
- Saddle & nut
- Bone
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Number of strings
- 6
- Number of frets
- 20
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Number of Strings
- 6
- Scale Length
- 24.75"
8 detailsBody & build
- Back & sides
- Mahogany
- Color
- Brown
- Top Material
- Thermally Aged red spruce
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck wood
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material
- Rosewood Neck wood: Mahogany Scale length: 24.75" Number of frets: 20 Electronics Pickup/preamp: No Other Tuning machines: Open-gear Bridge: Rectangle, open slot Saddle & nut: Bone Number of strings: 6
- Top wood
- Thermally Aged red spruce
- Body finish
- Thin finish nitrocellulose, VOS
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 24.75"
- Nut width
- 1.69"
11 detailsOther
- Neck shape
- Gibson historic neck profile
- Bracing pattern
- Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing with hide glue
- Tier
- platinum
- Category Source
- detail
- Fingerboard
- Rosewood
- Cutaway
- No
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Open-gear
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Source Id
- site51500000320092
- Bridge
- Rectangle, open slot
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