SINGLE PICKUP MELODY MAKERS
PG 42508: GIBSON 1964
MELODY MAKER
1 thin pu, 2 knos & jack, straight shape by bridge,
7 screw holes, No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
6-25-19: SOME OF THIS MODEL USE THE SAME PICKGUARD AS THE EPIPHONE OLYMPIC SINGLE, PG 139; ONLY DIFFERENCE IS A COUPLE OF SCREW HOLES. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, PLEASE PROVIDE A TRACING OF YOUR ORIGINAL GUARD OR ORDER WITHOUT SCREW HOLES.
PG 42502: GIBSON 1959 MELODY MAKER
1 large pu, 2 knobs & jack, curved shape by bridge,
7 screws, No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
PG 42512: GIBSON 2007 MELODY MAKER REISSUE
1 thin pu, 2 knobs & jack, curved shape by bridge,
8 screw holes, No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
PG 42514: GIBSON JOAN JETT MELODY MAKER
1 hum, 2 knobs, switch, & jack, 9 screw holes
PG 425142: GIBSON 1963 MELODY MAKER
for doublecut body, 1 thin pu, 2 knobs, straight shape by
bridge, 7 screw holes, No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
PG 42516: GIBSON 1959 MELODY MAKER 3/4 SCALE
1 large pu, 2 knobs & jack, curved shape by bridge,
7 screw holes, No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
PG 42518: GIBSON 1961 MELODY MAKER
Thin pu, 7 screws. 2 knobs & jack, no "Melody Maker" printing
OEM Material: color 70 .090 black no bevel: $40.00
WE ALSO HAVE:
PG 42520: GIBSON MELODY MAKER PICKUP RISER PLATE
The oval plate shown above (not the pu), 2 screw holes
OEM Material: color 70 .090 black no bevel: $15.00
Thanks to Erik Epstein for letting us tool up from his beautiful 1961 Melody Maker!
PG 29: GIBSON 1962
MELODY MAKER
for doublecut body, 1 thin pu, 2 knobs & jack, curved shape
by bridge, 6 screw holes, (the above pic shows 7 screws,
ours does not have the one above the pu by the high E
string), No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
2 PICKUP MELODY MAKERS
2 large pu, 4 knobs,switch, &
jack, curved shape by bridge,
8 screw holes
No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
2 thin pu, 4 knobs, switch,
& jack, curved shape by
bridge, 8 screw holes
No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
for doublecut body, 2 thin pu,
4 knobs, switch & jack,
straight shape by bridge,
8 screw holes
No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
2 single coil pu, 2 knobs, switch on
horn & jack, curved shape by
bridge, 8 screw holes
No "Melody Maker" Stamp on Guard
EPIPHONE OLYMPIC GUITARS
1 thin pu, 2 knobs & jack,
straight shape by bridge,
7 screw holes
OLYMPIC SINGLE
large shape, 1 thin pu,
2 knobs & jack,
8 screw holes
No "E" Logo on Guard
OLYMPIC DOUBLE
large shape, 2 thin pu,
4 knobs, switch & jack,
8 screw holes
GIBSON SG MELODY MAKER
MELODY MAKER
thin pu, 2 pu version has
square slider switch,
10 screw holes
For the single PU version,
please order your guard with
no neck PU & no switch. The
guards are exactly the same
otherwise.
Also, some of the 2 PU guitars
came with a regular Gibson-style
toggle switch instead of the slider.
Please let us know if you need
your guard made this way.
batwing shape, 1 hum,
1 knob & jack, 9 screw holes
This page features pickguards for Gibson Melody Maker & Epiphone Olympic Guitars. The Melody Maker was introduced in 1959 and was Gibson' best selling guitar in the company's "golden era". The ones from the early 1960s have that fantastic neck shape, and are super lightweight Honduras Mahogany. The pickups are a little weak, but you have a pedal for that, right? Anyway, in the late 1960s Gibson changed the body shape to be more like an SG.
The Epiphone Olympic was introduced in 1960 with a doublecut shape, but they are basically the same guitar as the Melody Maker. Around 1965, the shape was changed to the cool, offset style. These bodies are a little bigger & balance better than the earlier ones.
If you can find a trashed one, these can be made into wonderful work guitars with some juicy pickups; just ask Pat Travers or Joan Jett! The pickguards can be cut to fit most humbuckers, P-90, or Strat-size pickups while retaining the original look. Ask us if you want your guard customized!
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