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GIBSON GIBSON POST WWII ARCHTOPS

Here is a table depicting Gibson production numbers for Post WWII flattops.

Production Numbers

Model '48 '49 '50 '51 '52 '53 '54 '55 '56 '57 '58
S-300 28 20 30 33 22 26 16 11 9 6 3
S-400 64 31 12 10 19 10 6 2 - - -
S-400N 27 13 13 8 11 1 6 1 - - -
S-400C - - 14 5 10 5 17 6 11 11 11
S-400CN - - 7 17 7 - 7 6 3 14 9
L-4 125 118 85 163 87 87 41 20 2 - -
L-4N 28 69 53 75 36 38 7 1 - - -
L-4C - 140 157 201 88 12 66 68 66 73 56
L-4CN - - 42 49 41 44 34 28 30 26 34
L-5 49 29 17 29 20 15 12 5 7 7 3
L-5N 38 17 4 11 7 1 3 8 - 4 2
L-5C 23 23 18 17 17 19 26 11 9 16 15
L-5CN 21 22 23 9 15 4 13 25 11 16 3
L-7 266 153 158 116 56 77 23 27 1 - -
L-7N 125 71 43 54 17 14 8 8 - - -
L-7C 39 97 115 99 70 172 62 52 56 49 34
L-7CN - 33 28 53 28 63 33 41 31 21 14
L-12 57 12 7 18 13 11 1 1 - - -
L-12C 61 19 5 - - - - - - - -
'48 '49 '50 '51 '52 '53 '54 '55 '56 '57 '58


Model '59 '60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69
S-300 - - - - - - - - - - -
S-400 - - - - - - - - - - -
S-400N - - - - - - - - - - -
S-400C 16 10 13 16 14 12 16 3 25 24 33
S-400CN - 9 6 5 9 2 4 2 3 3 22
L-4 - - - - - - - - - - -
L-4N - - - - - - - - - - -
L-4C 66 71 52 60 70 38 61 41 22 61 63
L-4CN 23 11 19 19 16 11 12 17 3 2 20
L-5 - - - - - - - - - - -
L-5N - - - - - - - - - - -
L-5C 33 26 19 21 41 23 15 25 10 36 70
L-5CN 22 13 5 12 4 9 1 9 - 3 19
L-7 - - - - - - - - - - -
L-7N - - - - - - - - - - -
L-7C 89 81 79 66 140 119 49 31 34 95 58
L-7CN - - - - - - - - - - -
L-12 - - - - - - - - - - -
L-12C - - - - - - - - - - -
'59 '60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69