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Southern Jumbo (serial no. 92303004)
ca. 1954
Gibson
The Southern Jumbo is a powerful flat-top guitar favored by many country and western musicians. This one was Don Everly's main songwriting instrument from the age of sixteen, which he used to cowrite many of the Everly Brothers' hits, including "(‘Till) I Kissed You" and "Cathy's Clown." The duo was famed for their close vocal harmonies and driving rhythm-guitar playing. Their music, including their characteristic open tunings (when a guitar's open, or unfretted, strings are tuned to a major chord), had an impact on the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Rolling Stones, among others. |