About the Gibson GK-55 - Greatest Guitar Gibson ever Built

The Gibson GK-55 was made in 1979 and sold through 1980. A one year stretch which turned out to be a more sought after guitar than imagined. Gibson only made 1,000 of these guitars and many have been trashed over the years. We have no idea how many of them are left or who has the original one I bought back then that was stolen. Just like the Musicman amplifiers were that of great quality, these two influential items were taken out of production. I know the Music Man amplifier vanished because of the high manufacturing cost. Can't beat the quality. I still have a Music Man today totally revamped and sounding great.

The GK-55 has a bolt on neck with a Les Paul type body and the finish in tobacco sunburst. Single cutaway, slab Mahogany body. Open dual coil pickups also known as "dirty finger pickups" with beige trim. The body is like a Les Paul only flat. Tune-O-Matic bridge. with a TP-6 tailpiece. Grover tuners. Slightly wider neck than the Les Paul with a curve to it. Unbound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay.

According to Gibson there were two Gibson factories prodiucing the GK-55. If the last 3 numbers of the serial are between 001-499 then your GK was built at the Kalamazoo plant. If the last three numbers are 500-999 then it was built in the Nashville plant. So far all the ones i've seen are from the Kalamazoo plant. We would like to hear from you about your GK and send us a picture. You can be in it also if you like. We want to put you on the site.

Schematic of the Gibson GK-55

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