Gibson Vintage 1952 Custom L4C L5 neck, ebony fretboard w inlays, L5 Tuners Headstock & Tailpiece #A11254 SOLD

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If you are seeking a Vintage 16″ thin body Gibson L5 with a warm woody vintage tone we have another professionally modified Gibson from our recently acquired collection. This custom Gibson L-4 C carved archtop 16″ body has a professionally installed  L5  ebony fretboard with L5 inlays and L5 headstock and vintage L5 tailpiece and 2.36″ at the rim.   The fast full C shaped mahogany neck is capped with a buttery bound ebony fingerboard and the gold hardware – L5 Tuners including the iconic L-5 tailpiece,  routed  gold  hum bucker pickup- completes the setup .  Glorious clarity warmth and tone, effortless playability.1.67″nut, 2.01″ at the 12th fret, .91″ depth at the 3rd fret, and .99″ depth at the 12th fret.  If you have ever wanted to build your dream guitar,  this can be yours at approximately 1/2 of the price it cost to produce.

This guitar was owned by a collector who was very passionate about archtops and about jazz. His favorite archtops were vintage gibson L5’s and L4’s. So naturally he owned all the Gibson carved models Johnny Smith, Gibson L5 , Gibson L4 models. He also loved other Gibson models and had a Vision – His guitars had to be Gibsons and variations of these models because only jazz was going to be played with these models and he believed these were Gibsons best. He also favored thinner body guitars, and loved many of the other Gibsons models. Driven by his love for these two specific Gibson models all his guitars would be variations of these two models. he commissioned a talented Luthier to convert some of his many vintage Gibson L5s and L4s to the specs of the other Gibson models that are not traditionally Jazz Guitars and make a jazz version of other Gibson models. He would start with a vintage L5 or vintage L4 and design the guitars of his dreams. Every guitar was sent to his luthier with a specific description of his intentions, and he also required each guitar to be checked thoroughly first for any needed repairs so that it was structurally perfect and to his standards. The workmanship is excellent. Everything had to be the best possible.

Many players would love a guitar like this, but will never spend the money to get it made this way, primarily because you would never get the extra money back. We estimate he spent over $900 on this guitar. If you have ever dreamed of having a custom Gibson L5, or L4 we probably have one that fits your every desire. This is your chance to own one at a reduced cost to creating this guitar, and enjoy the wonderful version he had designed and modified that was much too costly for anyone to undertake. I know he loved these Gibson’s and we are making our best efforts to get them to players who will play and cherish them.

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