This is a very nice playing and sounding guitar. The original owner took great care of this guitar. The binding has seen better days, but this binding deterioration has happened to all of the 70s Gospels. It is actually pretty cool looking in person. The frets and neck are in great condition. There is a small crack near the sound hole which you can see pictured. It does not affect playability or stability. It's just part of this guitar's story now. This guitar belonged to my elderly neighbor's husband who passed a few years ago. The guitar has been kept in a case ever since, and my neighbor decided it was time for it to find a new home and asked me to help move it. I'm pricing this to sell, and hope that it goes to a good home. Here is some stock info on the model:

The Gibson Gospel is an acoustic guitar by Gibson Guitar Corporation. It has a flat top, hard square shoulders and a unique arched back. The guitar is good for acoustic, folk, blues and used for practice by several musicians. The guitar has a natural finish, solid wood sides, laminated arched back and a tortoise-shell design pickguard.

There are two main batches of this guitar, the originals (1972-1979) and the re-issues (1992-1997). The 100th anniversary model (1994) is included in the re-issues. The original issue had maple sides with an arched, laminated back, as well as a maple neck. The reissue, however, varied greatly in that all maple was replaced with mahogany on the neck, sides and back, though the back did keep its arched shape.