FS: Gibson Howard Roberts III guitar

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Up for sale is this exceptional beauty a Gibson Howard Roberts III guitar in perfect condition, well handled and preserved.

The Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion III added a gold-plated Oettinger-style ‘finger’ tailpiece with an adjustment screw for each finger. This tailpiece also appears on Le Grande models. However, the adjustment screws on this tailpiece are for string tension, not pitch; they allow balancing of the ‘feel’ of each string. The Oettinger style tailpiece dates back to the 1920’s when it was a relatively common but higher end banjo tailpiece.

fally upgraded the woods and binding used, and gold plated the metal hardware. The Howard Roberts Fusion model is quite different from its predecessors, with thinline semi-hollow construction; the body has F-holes instead of an oval hole, is thinner and has a center block of ‘Chromyte’, a Gibson marketing term for what’s basically lightweight balsa wood. 

This adds significant feedback resistance without also adding a lot of weight. With these changes, a pair of humbucking pickups were added, the 490R and 490T models. The body is laminate Maple, with a Mahogany neck and an Ebony fingerboard; neck binding was added in 1978.

Early models, the Fusion and Fusion II, used a combination tune-o-matic bridge and TP-6 fine tuning stop tailpiece, though some models use a basic stop tailpiece.

Model: Howard Roberts Fusion III
Finish Gloss Black
Class: Used
Condition: Good
Including original Hard case
Instrument Weight: 7.48lbs 3.4kg
Scale Length: 24.75in 628.6mm
Nut Width: 1.694in 43.03mm

Gibson introduced the Howard Roberts Custom in 1973, based on the Epiphone models, and this was built until 1981. The Howard Roberts Artist, built from 1976 to 1981,

The asking Price is USD$3500

If you are interested do reach out via PM or send me an email for fast response
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Thanks for your time..!!!

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Price reduced to $3,400 for this beauty☺️