It might be a little imposing to play Robert Johnson's guitar -- even a facsimile of it. But Gibson has a version of the L-1 that the legendary bluesman played (see this post).Gibson says the L-1 "captures the haunting, timeless sound of the man whose genius has inspired generations of blues artists" and it even has period hardware. It also has Johnson's signature at the base of the fretboard. I wouldn't have expected Robert Johnson to have such nice penmanship.
The guitar goes for about $2,250 online but I hear you can usually work out a barter arrangement with the proprietor of Lou Siffer's Vintage Guitar Shop, located at the intersection of highways 61 and 49 outside Clarksdale, Mississsippi. It's open past midnight.
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