LP335175L5 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Cheers, For the fun,a few pictures of my L-5 :) Have a nice day, C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP335175L5 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 ... with new Thomastik-Infeld Flat Wound 0.12 , CR9 Yes, yes, It's very good strings, I like this for many decades. Elixir is just different, perhaps better when pure acoustic played (for me .. ;) ) ( see > "My String Choice" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Very pretty L-5, mate! The natural finish allows for a deep look at this beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP335175L5 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Yes it's true . . really a very nice -and fragrant, it's one of the first things that are noticed- wood :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 That is one beautiful instrument. What year is it? The Crimson ones are from the last few years I believe and I was wondering does yours have an ebony board? I read that Gibson made some with rosewood recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP335175L5 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 That is one beautiful instrument. What year is it? The Crimson ones are from the last few years I believe and I was wondering does yours have an ebony board? I read that Gibson made some with rosewood recently? Hi, This guitar is 2015 made,with ebony board,not rosewood,effectively . This is good too, especially for the forest :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 . Nice pics of your great looking L-5. Gorgeous back flame. . . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinlander Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Very nice guitar and yes TI are very good strings, huge fan of JS112 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Gorgeous instrument - thank you for sharing ! I wanted one of these guitars since the late 'sixties. The term "L-5," spoken or written, gets my immediate respectful attention, LOL. Natural finish archtops, to me, suggest that the top has been carefully selected for uniform, flaw-free grain. Some might disagree, opining that a uniform grain structure is neither necessary nor desirable (perhaps using the example of Bob Taylor's "oak pallet" guitar) arguing that more complex and desirable harmonic overtones are produced from a non-uniformly-grained top. Perhaps that's true but my old ears can't detect subtleties like that. I believe that the longevity of any guitar is extended with a straight grain top because stresses are distributed evenly across the top as it moves with age, humidity and temperature. I also think that tonal qualities will likewise be more consistent as the instrument ages as opposed to the inconsistently changing dimensions of a non-uniform top due to unequal stresses. These are personal opinions, based only on intuition and NOT on measurements or audible comparison. I'm not fortunate enough to own a L-5CES with that flawless natural finished top, I have a WesMo with the traditional sunburst. But I DO have a natural finish L-4CES that I love. It doesn't possess the tonal qualities of the L-5 but it is a very versatile instrument ! (That second pickup at the bridge dampens top movement a bit, in my opinion.) Here is a posed photo of the two: (FWIW, at the lower right of the photo is a picture of Johnny Cash with his arm around my Grandmother. I grew up in northeast Tennessee and he was "almost" our neighbor.) Mostly from curiosity, because it was a new product from an American manufacturer, I purchased a chambered, thin Carvin guitar with natural finish a few years ago. It was a bit gaudy for my taste so I soon divested it although it was a satisfactory instrument in some ways (for blues, especially - sort of ES-335'ish). A guitar with a maple top isn't mellow enough - for me - to produce the tonal qualities that I prefer for jazz. Having said that, I am an admirer of Larry Carlton. I also own a very pretty Heritage Golden Eagle (#248 of 250) in natural finish. We all know that Heritage is a Gibson step-child, right ? Here is a photo of that instrument, posed beside my WesMo L-5: I have to admit that there is an inner conflict regarding the finish of the L-5CES (but not other guitar models). Maybe I was conditioned in the late sixties, after hearing and seeing Wes, to think that a sunburst finish is "correct" for the L-5. Weird, huh ? Still, any natural finish arch-top is a fine thing to see and admire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 P.S. Early recordings of Wes were made with an ES-175. As we know, the ES-175 is dimensionally identical to the L-4CES but has a laminated top and back. There is an old rumor that, not long before he died, Wes wanted Gibson to make him a custom L-4 with a single neck pickup. Can't confirm that, it's just something that I read. My L-4 is about one inch greater in body depth than my L-5 although the lower bout is one inch less than the L-5 - the sound chamber volumes were about equal. Maybe Wes thought the tonal qualities of the two models could be similar if the L-4 lost the bridge pickup (and the L-4 could be more comfortable to play). That is IF the above is even true, LOL. Sheer speculation on my part ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Congratulations...your guitar is gorgeous. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I posted my NGD over in the lounge a couple of weeks back, but since replying to this thread I was lucky enough to get a great deal on a 2015 L-5 CESN Custom Crimson. I set out to get an L-4CES, but ended up with an L-5 and it really is a beautiful & outstanding guitar. Here's a picture of mine; Btw, love your Wes Montgomery and L-4CES randyc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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