Gibson Vintage 1948 L7C Hank Garland style Carved Archtop Guitar w/ Case

his guitar was owned by a collector who was very passionate about archtops and about jazz. His favorite archtops were vintage gibson L5’s L7s, 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.

This 1948 Hank Garland L7c is another specia. l unique Gibson archtop from our recently acquired collection. Born as a 1948 L7, the body now has a cutaway and is 2 1/2″ at the rims.The fretboard was modified to look exactly like the Hank Garland L7C. Feels, sounds and plays amazing. This collector referred to this guitar as the Hank Garland Guitar and his only L7 in his collection. Great acoustic tone, fabulous full fat amplified tone with clarity and character.    We will do our best to answer your questions and consider reasonable offers.

. The body is delightfully resonant and the guitar is really quite loud acoustically, due to the quality old woods and fully hollow design. There is something about the fit of these old gibsons that just jumps out at you; so finger friendly! She will be perfect for the professional studio, player or even collector for whom the real this really matters. Plays like a dream, no repairs needed.

Fingerboard: Rosewood with Dot large inlays
Figured woods: Figured maple top and back
Fingerboard binding: shouts Gibson with Bound fret edges
Truss rod: Historic truss rod
Pickups: Dimarzio single coil floating with custom P90 cover
Bridge: Original compensated Rosewood
Finish: High-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer -Scale: 24 3/4, 1.76″ Nut, 2.12″ at the 12th fret