Quote - Solid mahogany neck and body? Sounds heavy! Got any pics? ^ ^

Pre 1965 Gibson had their wood stored and matured for forty years before making them into a guitar. In order to cut costs, that policy was stopped. You might be lucky and get a late 60s or early 70s model where the wood is decent, but you might be unlucky and get one straight from a tree - that would weigh a ton!

So you can buy any pre-65 Gibson blind. It'll be fabulous. Pickups, machine heads etc. may be rubbish, but you can easily replace them.

So, my pre-65 Gibsons are all as light as a feather.

My workhorse, a 1963 twin pickup model, refinished in white when I got it, gold hardware and two original PAFs added by me in a LP Custom stylee.