Gibson Custom Citation Review

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Overall Rating 3.3

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Features 2.8

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Quality 2.15

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Reliability / Value 3.2

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Gibson Custom Citation Specs

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  • Body Shape: L5S  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Hollowbody  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Maple  
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  • Body Top Wood: Spruce  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Cloud  
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  • Number of Frets: 20  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Number of Pickups: 1  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Bound f-holes. Headstock is inlaid with an abalone fleur de lis.

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Gibson Custom's Citation is fairly good guitar. Not a brilliant one, but Citation will serve you until you decide it's time to go for a bit more expensive guitar. You will not go wrong if you go ahead with Citation.

Some say that the average is golden, and maybe that is true for Gibson Custom's Citation as well. There are musicians who would like to see more features on Citation, but Gibson Custom felt that Citation provides enough features for a given price and the market that Gibson Custom aims for. Perhaps there are better equipped guitars then this one, but Citation will deliver what it's built for.

A bit more care and time would make this instrument a class better, but Gibson Custom's Citation doesn't look bad, nor does play badly. It stays in tune reasonably well, and can provide a not-too-demanding musician some good experience. Was it the price, or some other factor, but it feels that the hardware could have been done better; nevertheless, Citation is after all a good guitar which is not too hard to handle and set up.

This guitar will hold on really well as it is built well. Not to be battered as it is not the ultimate gigging tool; still, Citation will perform OK in most live situations. You might feel that it will let you down in you hour of need, but in reality this guitar will do just well. Should you feel unconfident, have a backup guitar ready and you'll have no worries with Gibson Custom's Citation.