Product Description
2004 Jim Triggs San Salvador
- 17″ x 3″ x 21″ Body dimensions
- 25″ scale length
- 1.75″ (1 3/4″) nut width
- 2.125″ (2 1/8″) width @ 12th fret
- 2.1875 (2 3/16″) width @ 21st fret
- 42.5 (42 1/2″) Body length
- Bookmatched handcarved tap tuned solid spruce top
- Solid highly figured bookmatched tiger flame maple back and sides
- Solid 1-piece maple neck with solid, triple-bound ebony fingerboard.
- All original hardware including solid ebony bridge
- Bound tortoise pick guard
- Gold adjustable finger tailpiece
- Gold Super Rotomatic 16X1 tuners
- Floating Kent Armstrong humbucking pickup with volume control and endpin jack.
- Original deluxe hardshell case included.
In the mid-80’s, Gibson’s new management inherited a proud company with it’s reputation in tatters. Wasting no time, company brass hired master luthier Jim Triggs to head up the newly revitalized Gibson Custom Shop. Drawing on his extensive experience in high-end luthiery, Triggs almost single-handedly revived the firm’s reputation as the industry leader in archtop guitars, carved mandolins, and extravagant custom creations for Gibson’s celebrity clientele. Working on his own since 1992, Triggs quickly made a name with his superlative recreations of the classic Stromberg and D’Angelico archtops, as well as custom guitars for discriminating players worldwide.
Built in the style of the classic L-5C, the Triggs San Salvador has the 17″ Venetian cutaway body and parallel bracing of the legendary Gibson jazz boxes of the 40’s and 50’s. The Triggs is built from all solid woods throughout, with dramatic curly maple back and sides. The guitar is in superb condition, with all original hardware and case, and the solid ebony fingerboard has elegant Super 400 split block inlays. The voice is clear and even, and the neck profile is a slim gentle “D”, comfy in the hand with its nicely radiused fingerboard.
This instrument is currently strung with light gauge bronze roundwound strings (.012-.054). The guitar will accommodate lighter or heavier gauge strings, according to preference. String action is set at 3/64″ to 5/64″ at the 12th fret, with moderate relief. The action may be lowered or raised to your requirements with the adjustable bridge
