Gibson Melody Maker D

Über Gibson Melody Maker D

The Melody Maker D is the two-pickup Melody Maker (the D means the pickups, not the double cutaway), Gibson's student model built in Kalamazoo: a thin slab mahogany body, a one-piece mahogany neck, 22 frets on a 24.75 inch scale, and two single coils with two volume and two tone controls and a three-way switch, all mounted on the pickguard.

The body changed several times. It arrived in 1959 with a single cutaway; in 1961 it moved to a double cutaway with rounded horns, usually sunburst. In 1965 came a body with more pointed horns, usually cherry, and the last version used the SG shape. During 1965 the nut narrowed from 1 11/16 inch; later necks measure about 1 9/16 to 1 5/8 inch, slim near the nut and fuller toward the 12th fret. Mid-1960s examples have the compensated lightning-bar wraparound in place of the earlier slanted one. Measured 1960s necks are about 0.79 to 0.87 inch deep at the first fret and 0.92 to 1.03 inch at the 12th; weighed examples come in at about 5 to 6.9 lb (2.3 to 3.1 kg). The original case is chipboard, often faux alligator, and pot date codes are the usual way to date one.

Look under the pickguard before buying: many were routed for humbuckers or P-90s. Replacement tuners leave extra or enlarged holes in the headstock. Replica wraparounds compensated for a plain G string, or adjustable bridges, are frequent swaps, often with the original included. Headstock cracks and neck breaks are the usual repair, so check under a blacklight.

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Gibson Melody Maker D wird derzeit für 1.850 € verkauft (letzte 90 Tage, 10 erfasste Verkäufe; die meisten zwischen 1.450 € und 2.350 €), das sind 9 % mehr als die 1.691 € der 90 Tage davor. Aktuell gibt es 32 Inserate auf eBay USA, Reverb, ab 616 €; der mittlere Angebotspreis liegt 20 % über dem Median der Verkaufspreise. Zahlen berechnet am 18. Oktober 2026 von Doirado aus Inseratsdaten mehrerer Marktplätze.