pamontaldo Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Hi all members, I recently purchased a second hand L00 Blues King with serial # 91095054, manufactured in Bozeman, Montana, in 1995. Supposedly it has solid Bubinga (or mahogany?) back and sides. It comes with a particularly luxurious hard case with an inside cover with the 100 years anniversary logo. Googling all the images for L-00 Blues King, however, didt yield any pic of the model I own (see pics). Particularly, on my sample, the headstock logo is different, there is stylized fleur-de-lis and, most importantly, the pickguard has a totally different shape, with its lower edge being slightly convex instead of the traditional lightly concave edge. The guitar has orange label, for what in Gibsonic chaos it may mean. Can somebody help me understanding the origins of these peculiarities? Is it a limited edition? Thanks to all, Paolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) The 100th anniversary was, of course, in 1994. These had the Anniversary label inside the guitar. My wife owned a '94 but it did not come in that sexy case which indates there was something special about this run of guitars. . That said I found a '95 Blues King with the same headstock and pickguard albeit in a burst which had been sold by Dave's Guitars. No photo of the case though. Blues King '95 - Dave's Guitar Shop Edited December 16, 2020 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamontaldo Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thanx zombywoof, but the shape of the pickguard is different. That remains a mistery to me. Maybe it has been replaced on my guitar's one is not original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I haven't seen that pickguard before, but the rest of the guitar looks like the one zw linked to. It is possible someone replaced the pickguard at some point during the last 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamontaldo Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thanx, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I had a '94 with the same headstock decals, mine was Sunburst though. Yours has had the pickguard replaced with something that looks very reminiscent of the guards from the great Mossman guitars from the '70s and early '80s. I liked my '94 but it was pristine and a little tight sounding...I don't think it had been played much. It really needed someone to wail on it nightly for a few years, but I don't reach for a smaller guitar often enough to open it up-I'm a big guy and always lean towards my dreads and Jumbos-so it went to a new home in the end. A shame really, as it would have opened up into a real sweetheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 32 minutes ago, Jinder said: I had a '94 with the same headstock decals, mine was Sunburst though. Yours has had the pickguard replaced with something that looks very reminiscent of the guards from the great Mossman guitars from the '70s and early '80s. I liked my '94 but it was pristine and a little tight sounding...I don't think it had been played much. It really needed someone to wail on it nightly for a few years, but I don't reach for a smaller guitar often enough to open it up-I'm a big guy and always lean towards my dreads and Jumbos-so it went to a new home in the end. A shame really, as it would have opened up into a real sweetheart. Jinder, as an aside, could you keep us posted on your progress with health issues? We all hope you are getting better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) I just went and did a little looking and quickly came up with a burst 1993 BK which also had the script logo and doodad on the headstock. So obviously those features were not excusive to an Anniversary guitar. If the pickguard is not original to the guitar perhaps the case also is not. Edited December 16, 2020 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) I think what you have there is a Terrapin Guitars replacement pickguard, style UA-5. Along with being reminiscent of the old Mossman style, Washburn has used something similar for many years. Edited December 16, 2020 by bobouz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I believe this is from 2000 http://web.archive.org/web/20010618220529/http://www.gibson.com/acoustics/guitars/L-Series/l-00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75 Hummingbird Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I think Gibson had the doodad on the Gospel of the same 90`s era . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, 75 Hummingbird said: I think Gibson had the doodad on the Gospel of the same 90`s era . Here's the '94 Gospel I had Edited December 17, 2020 by Dave F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 8:38 PM, j45nick said: Jinder, as an aside, could you keep us posted on your progress with health issues? We all hope you are getting better. Thankyou Nick! I'll update in the other thread. Things are a bit of a mixed bag at the moment but inching forwards, which is of course preferable to inching backwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamontaldo Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Thanks you all, guys! You've been very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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