A few “Banners.”

1944 SJ, Factory Order Number (FON) 2735-12.

The LG family: 1942 LG-1 (1 of 139 ever shipped), 1942 LG-2 (1 of 4,815 ever shipped), 1942 LG-3 (1 of 130 ever shipped).

John in the old Gibson factory playing a 1943 SJ that a young, US soldier took to the European Theater during WWII.

John and Kalamazoo Gal Irene Stearns in the old Gibson factory.

Went-to-WWII 1943 SJ in the old Gibson factory.

John with Buddy Holly’s Banner J-45 (FON 907).

Went-to-WWII SJ in rural Tennessee.

The second Banner Gibson ever shipped (August 24, 1942). FON 7080H-2, the second guitar in the first known batch of Banner Gibsons.

John outside the old Gibson factory at 225 Parsons Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Jeff Beck with the 1943 went-to-WWII SJ and John at Ronnie Scott’s in London.

John playing the 1943 went-to-WWII SJ at Ronnie Scott’s with Jeff Beck sitting in the front row.