This entry from the Gibson Artist Collection comes from a musician with a true love for Gibson acoustics. Nathaniel Rateliff, solo folk musician and member of the band Night Sweats knows a thing or two about Gibson guitars. This expertise with a Gibson acoustic guitar in hand shines through with this unique Artist model.
The Nathaniel Rateliff LG-2 Western combines the form and function of the Gibson LG-2 and the Gibson Country Western acoustic guitars. This one-of-a-kind instrument features a shorter scale length and smaller-sized mahogany and Adirondack red spruce body. Fitted to Rateliff’s specifications, LG-2 Western features a mahogany neck in a Historic V profile, an Indian rosewood fingerboard, and a bone nut and saddle. The voice of this signature model can be brought to the stage with an LR Baggs VTC under saddle pickup for performance night after night.
With Rateliff’s expertise with Gibson guitars and all-American music, this unique Artist Collection entry blooms with authentic Gibson style and substance. Player and performance ready, the LG-2 Western does it all.