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Gibson manufactured the Howard Roberts Custom between 1973 and 1981. Designed for jazz session guitarist Howard Roberts (who recorded the themes for the Munsters, the Twilight Zone and many other TV classics), this signature model was originally built as an Epiphone in the ’60s. In the ’70s, Gibson made two versions of this guitar, the Custom and the Artist. The two were essentially the same with a distinct oval sound hole, but the Custom featured a Rosewood instead of ebony fingerboard and chrome hardware.

The Epiphone Howard Roberts was discontinued by 1968, but revived under the Gibson logo in 1970. A full-sized floating humbucking pickup was produced for this model alone, and unique separate treble and bass tone controls. Three years later, Gibson premiered this version of the model, the Howard Roberts Custom. Produced in limited numbers, the Howard Roberts Custom was offered for less than a decade.

Features –

Hardware: includes custom trapeze tailpiece; original compensated adjustable ebony bridge with mother of pearl foot inlay; unique full-sized original floating pickup; master volume with separate treble and bass tone controls; original black barrel knobs.