#GIBSON AMP KEY HOLDER SERIES#
They were used extensively by Fender for the Coronado series and they will fit a 335 pretty well. Finally, I have seen 335’s from the 60’s in Victoria cases but I don’t believe that Gibson ever supplied them. I have a grey Epiphone case from the early 60’s that uses it as well. I have a black with purple interior 70’s case made by Lifton that uses the same H345 or 6K11 key. Good luck.Īfter 1969, the cases changed but some of the same keys still work. The key that I have that works on an Ess & Ess has no writing of any kind and it looks like a generic luggage key. like a Stone, have a spring type latch for the lock. These usually have a label inside up by the headstock (but not always) and they also. If it doesn’t have a Gibson badge on the outside or a Lifton badge on the inside, it’s most likely an Ess & Ess (also of Brooklyn). (of Brooklyn) was either gone or Gibson stopped using their product. I don’t know what key opens these.īy the early 60’s Stone Case Co. There are also brown Stone cases with a different spring latch. The key for the Stone case will have the number 301 on it but it is for the type of latch pictured. The key for some Stone cases will also be an Excelsior (which means “ever upward” in Latin in case you care-and it’s the state motto of New York). The latches usually still work and the key, if you can find one will still work. They are a really good case but, unlike the Gibson and Lifton, they have one spring type latch for the locking piece and usually the springs get broken. Stone cases were widely used in the 50’s and a lot of 58, 59 and 60 335’s have them. The Excelsior keys that fit the Gibson and Lifton cases don’t fit these. That key will open most 335/345/355 cases but not all of them.Ĭases for 335’s were made by Stone during the 50’s and early 60’s and Ess and Ess in the mid 60’s and later. They are pretty easy to find and will usually cost you around $15 or so. Gibson badged cases and Lifton cases have the same lock and the same key will open them I have brown cases from 58-61 and black cases from 61-68 and all can be opened by an Excelsior key numbered either H345 or 6K11. But the good news is that all the locks from a given case maker are opened by the same key. At least 90% of the original keys are long gone by the time these guitars get to me.
Your kids are probably going to figure out where you keep the key anyway.Īs collectors, having the original key in its little manila envelope is a nice thing, along with the little screwdriver and the other nice case candy items that came with the guitar when it was new in 1958. I think the only function of a working lock on a vintage case is to keep your kids from messing with your prized instrument while you’re at work or out shoveling the driveway. I was going to steal this guitar but the case is locked so even if I do, I won’t be able to open it.” You all know it takes about ten seconds to break the lock off a guitar case.
You will never hear this statement: “Oh, crap. If I’m playing a gig in some dive bar and someone in the bar is bent on stealing my guitar, they will not be deterred. First off, let me point out that locking your guitar into its case and thinking it’s more secure that way is kind of dumb. I’ve written about case keys before but I’ve had some reader questions lately and I’ve got a bit more information than I had back when I first wrote about case keys. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.Got a Lifton or a Gibson badged case with a lock that looks like this? The right key says 6K11 or H345. Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).
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