 GIBSON | | ELECTRIC: MELODY MAKER SERIES | | Melody Maker notes apply to all variations in this section, unless otherwise noted. | | MELODY MAKER | | - single or double sharp cutaway mahogany body, black pickguard with model name stamp, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, wrapover stop tailpiece, 3-per-side tuners with plastic buttons, nickel hardware, covered single coil pickup, volume/tone control, available in Walnut, or Sunburst finish, approx. 24,500 mfg. 1959-1970. |
| Melody Maker 3/4 | | - similar to Melody Maker, except has 3/4 size body, available in Golden Sunburst and Sparkling Burgundy finish, approx. 3,350 mfg. 1959-1970. |
| Melody Maker-D | | - similar to Melody Maker, except has two pickups, available in Golden Sunburst finish, approx. 19,500 mfg. 1960-1970. |
| Melody Maker III | | - similar to Melody Maker, except has 3 pickups, available in Pelham Blue or Sparkling Burgundy finishes, approx. 350 mfg. 1967-1970. |
| Melody Maker-12 | | - similar to original Melody Maker, except has twelve strings, 6-per-side tuners, 2 mini humbuckers, approx. 210 mfg. 1967-1970. |
| MELODY MAKER DOUBLE | | - double rounded cutaway body with horns pointing away from neck, mahogany slab body, laminated mahogany bolt-on neck (early models) or set neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, narrow headstock with 3 per-side tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, two Melody Maker pickups, four knobs (two V, two tone), 3-way pickup switch, chrome hardware, available in Cherry or Sunburst finshes, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. 1977-1983. |
| MELODY MAKER REISSUE | | - single cutaway mahogany body, black pickguard, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, narrow peghead, tune-o-matic bridge/stop tailpiece, 24 3/4 in. scale, 3-per-side tuners with pearloid buttons, chrome hardware, covered high-output humbucker pickup at bridge position, volume/tone control, available in Alpine White, Ferrari Red, Ebony, or Frost Blue finish, mfg. 1986-2000. |
| LES PAUL MELODY MAKER (LPMM) | | - single cutaway Santa Maria (or equivilant) body, Spanish cedar neck with rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, single vintage P-90 pickup, tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, includes gig bag, available in Satin Cherry, Satin Ebony, or Satin Yellow finish, mfg. 2003-06. |
| MELODY MAKER "RAW" (MMP1) | | - single cutaway Les Paul-style mahogany body, mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, black headstock overlay, three-per-side Vintage tuners with white buttons, one single coil pickup, black pickguard that surrounds the pickup and has "Melody Maker" engraved right under the fingerboard, two black top hat numbered knobs (v, tone), jack on face of guitar, chrome hardware, available in Ebony, Vintage Sunburst, or Worn White finish, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. 2007-present. |
| JOAN JETT SIGNATURE MELODY MAKER (MMJJ) | | - symmetrical double cutaway Melody Maker-style mahogany body, one-piece rounded mahogany neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, skinny headstock with black overlay and Joan Jett signature truss rod cover, three-per-side mini Grover special tuners, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, black pickguard, single Burstbucker 3 zebra coil pickup, two black witch-hat knobs with chrome inserts (v, tone), kill switch, chrome hardware, available in Worn White finish, 24.75 in. scale, mfg. summer 2008-present. |
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