telecaster Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Melody Gardot on Swedish TV Can somebody please identify this Gibson? Rumors say its a very rare guitar, with a wonderful tone! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 A Byrdland. And yes, they are rare. Fortunately I have one and have only ever played one other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qblue Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 That guitar is a L5-CES with two pickups, likely to be a variation of the Wes Montgomery version, which has one neck pickup. The finish is Wine Red. The Montgomery is $11,056; the original version had 2 pickups, but Wes only needed the neck pickup, so the version sold is a 'tribute' model. So for a few more dollars you can order a two pickup model. The 'mother of pearl' neck inlays are the best clue. They are not the parallelogram inlays as found on the Byrdland. There is another possibility. It may be a Pat Martino model, now discontinued. It was a single cutaway guitar, related to the Paul Jackson Jr. model(which was a double cutaway guitar). However, the headstock was made to handle higher gauge strings, and did not look like the typical 'open-book' headstocks on other Gibsons. This also came in the Wine Red color. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/pmartino_guitar.jpg The Byrdlands, even in cdntac's avatar image, have florentine bouts (the pointy lower bout). There was a time Gibson made Byrdlands with a rounded bouts; find an early picture of Chuck Berry and you are likely to find him 'duckwalking' with one. http://www.morethings.com/music/chuck_berry/RRC50ChuckB.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I still say it's a Byrd. Byrd's are currently made with the Venetian or Florentine cutaway. I've seen wine coloured Byrd's exactly like the one she is using (for sale online, not in person). The tailpiece and thickness of the body (seen on a few angles) tells me it's a Byrd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecaster Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks both of you, it seems like cdntac is right :-) , a member of the TV crew confirmed that its a Byrdland. Ms. Gardot was really proud of it he said. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R LYELL Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hello, it's a BYRDLAND. Have a look at YouTube 'Baby I'm a Fool Live at Faddergalan 2009' 0:26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R LYELL Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hello, it's a BYRDLAND. Have a look at YouTube 'Baby I'm a Fool Live at Faddergalan 2009' 0:26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Duck Season Wabbit Season It won't play in my region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 apparently its an upper case byrdland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 hours ago, merciful-evans said: apparently its an upper case byrdland So not the one loudmouth Ted Nugent plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) On 9/2/2020 at 2:16 PM, Sgt. Pepper said: So not the one loudmouth Ted Nugent plays. After 1978's 'Weekend Warriors' didn't he bail on his Gibson Byrdland and his Fender amps? Edited December 13, 2020 by 01GT eibach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 hours ago, 01GT eibach said: After 1978's 'Weekend Warriors' didn't he bail on his Gibson Byrdland and his Fender amps? I saw him in 2006 and he was playing a PRS. I can't remember if a Byrdland came out to play in concert that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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