Gibson Melody Maker - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Melody_MakerThe Gibson Melody Maker was first launched in 1959 and discontinued in 1971. It had a thin slab-style mahogany body and a one-piece mahogany neck. All the electronics, from the small single-coil pickups to the cable jack, were assembled on the pickguard and installed in a rout in the front of the body. The strings ran from a straight-sided simplification of the traditional Gibson headstock at one e…
Melody Maker | SG Wiki | Fandom
solidguitar.fandom.com › wiki › Melody_Maker1967 Gibson SG Melody Maker - Cardinal Red, Part1. The Melody Maker was Gibson's most inexpensive solid body electric model, slotting below the Junior.It was originally introduced in 1959 with a body shape similar to the single-cutaway Les Paul Junior, and a narrower headstock design that makes it cheaper/easier to build by not requiring wings to be glued on like the regular open book headstock.