Gibson Custom L-5 CES

Archtop Electric Guitars by Gibson Custom

L-5 CES by Gibson Custom
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L-5 CES is a fully hollow jazz guitar with vintage styling. It`s made by Gibson Custom and it`s a part of the Archtop section of the catalog. This exquisite jazz guitar is made of maple back and sides with spruce sound board on top. Top panel on this single cut semi-acoustic is bound in creme binding, finished in gloss and covered with a tortoise shell pickguard. Also, it features a pair of "f" holes, one on the each side of the bridge. Tune-o-matic bridge has an ebony base and it`s followed by a decorative tailpiece. '57 Classic humbuckers are active and controlled with separate volume and tone knobs. Five-piece maple neck is set-in and topped with a 20-fret ebony fingerboard.

L-5 CES Full Specs

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Binding Multi-ply
Body Construction Semi acoustic
Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Shape L5S
Body Top Wood Spruce
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Wood Maple
Bridge Tune-O-Matic
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Finish Lacquer
Fret Size Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Abalone Blocks
Hardware Gold
Neck Construction 5-piece neck
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Shape Series Standard
Neck Wood Maple
Number of Frets 20
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard Yes
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 25-1/2"
String Nut Corian
Custom Features: Pickups: Two '57 Classic humbuckers.
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Binding
Multi-ply
White
Body Construction
Semi acoustic/Single cutaway
Single cutaway
Body Shape
L5S
L5S
Body Top Wood
Spruce
Spruce
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Bridge
Tune-O-Matic
Tune-O-Matic
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Ebony
Finish
Lacquer
Lacquer
Fret Size
Jumbo
Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Abalone Blocks
Abalone Split Trapezoid
Hardware
Gold
Gold
Neck Construction
5-piece neck
1-piece neck
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Series Standard
Series Standard
Neck Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Number of Frets
20
20
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
No
Pickguard
Yes
No
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
25-1/2"
24-3/4"
String Nut
Corian
Corian
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