What is this guitar?

[Lime]

I don't have a camera, so I can't give pics, but i can give info.

 

INFO:

 

Cherry red Color, 2 pickups, fairly small pick-guard (rounded on bottom, pointed at the top, straight on side.), cable port on front of body, Gibson logo printed in black on head, serial number stamped onto back of head: 514454, has MADE IN USA stamped below, tuning heads are grey metal which say "Gibson Deluxe" imprinted into the back of them. Looks sort of like a Les Paul but is not hollow in the center (completely solid) and the strings go down into circles which are in a diagonal line.

 

???

 

I was told it was a Blueshawk but I don't think it is.

[rmngretsch14]

Well here's what I can do for you, I couldn't get a model on it but according to the guitar dater project

Your guitar was made at the

Kalamazoo or Nashville Plant , USA

approximately in: 1974 or 1975

that's very vague, I know, but you are right by the description that doesnt sound like a blueshawk. There is one other option that doesnt sound good, it could be a fake, but I dont think so it's likely just a rare model or I could just be an idiot at deciphering your description

[Lime]

okay, i'll try to get a pic up as soon as possible so that I can be sure.

[KSG_Standard]

If it's all maple body and neck, then it's probably an L6 deluxe...does it look something like this?

 

[youngchevy]

If it's all maple body and neck' date=' then it's probably an L6 deluxe...does it look something like this?

 

[img']http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/kellyg7809/30U-9020_body-front.jpg[/img]

 

 

I'll say the same your description says l6-s deluxe

[Lime]

That looks exactly like it, except the pickups are grey and the pickguard is rounded off on the bottom.

But those are just things that don't really affect what model it is, right?

I was told it was rare, but since it was identified so quickly, I don't think it is.

Is it?

[KSG_Standard]

That looks exactly like it' date=' except the pickups are grey and the pickguard is rounded off on the bottom.

But those are just things that don't really affect what model it is, right?

I was told it was rare, but since it was identified so quickly, I don't think it is.

Is it?[/quote']

 

I don't know if they are rare or not, but in my 35 years of playing guitar, I've never seen one in real life. There was a thread here on the forums a while back regarding L6 guitars, some folks here have knowledge about them.

[elantric]

If it has a Rotary switch and rounded Pick guard - sounds like you have a transition model - here's a 1st generation L6-S

 

http://www.robwesley.com/guitars/listings/Gibson%20L6-S%20Custom%201975/

[lpdeluxe]

"Rare" in this case doesn't mean "valuable;" it means "unpopular."

[gearbasher]

Here's an L6-S on ebay:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Vintage-1974-1975-L-6S-Midnight-Special-Guitar_W0QQitemZ250349501732QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Lime]

Here's an L6-S on ebay:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Vintage-1974-1975-L-6S-Midnight-Special-Guitar_W0QQitemZ250349501732QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

That one looks EXACTLY LIKE IT. The fretboard and head look like that, the pickguard is like that and the pickups are like that.

 

However, the color is Dark Red, not Cream.

[Lime]

UPDATE:

This is a picture of it:

 

http://www.guitarsandeffects.com/images/j15new_088.jpg

 

Well, it's a picture of the exact same model and color.

So, IS it a Midnight Special or a regular L6?