1992 Gibson Chet Atkins Celebrity SST - Gloss black w/original case

1992 Gibson Chet Atkins Celebrity SST (S/N 90232304) built in Nashville, TN, in January 1992. All original parts.

Chet Atkins played mostly nylon string or classical guitars for their expressive capabilities, and brought Gibson the idea for a model that could function at full stage volumes. The result was like a Les Paul – a chambered Mahogany body with a solid Spruce top, and a six-element piezo bridge pickup with a preamp, and controls mounted on the upper bass side near the neck. The neck is Mahogany with an Ebony fingerboard. It does what Chet intended – it can be played at high volumes with no feedback.

Gibson created the steel string version – the SST ("Solid Spruce Top"). The key differences are the standard steel-string pin bridge, solid peg head, and an under-saddle, single element pickup. A simple preamp based on an LF353 op-amp is powered by a single standard 9v battery.

This is part of a limited series of 200 Gibson Chet Atkins Celebrity SST models. If features a gloss black finish, 5-pointed Mother of Pearl star inlays for position markers with two more on the bridge wings and one on the headstock. The fingerboard is Ebony, while the neck and body are Mahogany with the Solid Spruce top. The top also carries a distinctive curled white pick guard.

This guitar is in very good condition with one minor ding on the top and some scratches and a superficial finish crack on the back. It plays great, feels and sounds similar to a steel string acoustic guitar, but with no feedback regardless of stage volumes.

The original brown Gibson hard shell case with a pink liner is included.