[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

That is beautiful.. well done!

 

Thanks very much Ray, I appreciate it!

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

You may not be good at taking pictures, but that beautiful guitar said “I got your back!” Just kidding man, you did a fine job taking pictures... and picking up that wonderful guitar of yours. Congratulations and many years of enjoyment! Just to set the record straight, I like your NGD the best. Just love that finish in the Wes Custom 😁

 

Thanks Chris!

 

You're right, how bad can the pictures look when a guitar is as beautiful as that one! I love the "Vintage Burst" cool myself too. It just has the "right" look to me for some reason?

 

 

Thanks for the post and

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

You have the same L5CESN as me...great choice you made. Mine is a 2015 Custom Crimson one, what year is yours?

 

Here's mine from the NGD thread I posted back in 2015. Scroll to the top to see pictures.

 

http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/125885-l-5-ces-ngd/page__p__1714712__hl__cody78+l5ces__fromsearch__1#entry1714712

 

 

You have the same L5CESN as me...great choice you made. Mine is a 2015 Custom Crimson one, what year is yours?

 

We're hijacking the OPs thread - but mine is also Custom Crimson built in 2013. Unlike many other models they don't mess with perfection and they don't change from year to year!!

 

 

 

Not a problem cody/TG, all L-5s are welcome here!

 

Mine is a Custom Crimson as well!

 

 

Thanks for the posts and

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

That is a beauty. 5 years old and from the photos looks brand new.

 

Enjoy it. I too had wanted one for a long, long time so when some unexpected funds came along I had to finally get one. Don't play it as often as I should, but couldn't give it up.

 

As long as we're not being bashful about posting L5 photos:

 

 

Thanks TG! What a lovely example of an L-5 your's is! I can see why you had to take the plunge!

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

Well I did not see a picture of the input jack but hey that is cool!! It is a very nice guitar!!

 

Oh man, I forgot that one! What an idiot!

 

 

Thanks bigtim and

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

That is absolutely beautiful, enjoy it and take good care of it.

 

Of course, drilling holes in it to add a Bigsby and maybe a few extra pick ups with push/pull active circuitry knobs would pep the old thing up so if you must you must.

 

Thanks Steve!

 

I was thinking about adding those, plus a B-Bender and locking tuners. Also, I was thinking about getting it aged as well. That should just about take care of it I think?

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

Wow! Can't beat that!

 

Thanks Cougar! Certainly doesn't get much better IMHO.

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

Incredibly beautiful guitar and all the photos are great. L5's are truly wonderful instruments. I'm sure you will enjoy it.

 

Thank you cody! I'm not really good at taking pictures, but these aren't bad for someone as inept at it as I am and I'm enjoying every minute of having her around!

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

Very, very nice indeed - I'm envious.

 

Congrats!

 

Thanks very much jdgm, I appreciate it!

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

 

 

Lastly:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

 

 

Some that I took:

 

 

 

After a good cleaning with some Virtuoso cleaner and I thought I'd take a few pictures. That's a picture of Wes from an old Guitar Player magazine (as if you couldn't tell! ) that I framed and had in my office at work for years. Now that I'm retired, it's home where it belongs:

 

 

 

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

 

 

A few more:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NGD 2014 Wes Montgomery L5]

 

 

Well, a few weeks ago anyway...

 

I've wanted one of these for years and I finally found one that I couldn't resist, so I just had to buy it! The seller is a GREAT guy and these are the pictures he took (apologies that I'm posting so many, but if it's any consolation, I'm not posting them all: