Pitchpocket Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 First post, just wanted to show off this beauty. It's a blond 1954 L7C-P. Ordered by a local shop in '54, but never picked up and never sold. It was one of 40 guitars band instruments I sold for his estate. Check the figured back! I kept this and a '61 ES 175. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBooka Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Interesting.. was is the P for? Didnt know they had Bowtie inlay back then either.. Nice collection piece :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Interesting.. was is the P for? Didnt know they had Bowtie inlay back then either.. Nice collection piece :) I'm guessing the 'P' stands for Plectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Interesting and unusual Is it a bass, or is the tuning special?.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I believe it is a tenor guitar, and tunes like the bottom four strings of a "regular" guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitchpocket Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 It is a plectrum guitar. Scale length is 26 to 27". It's a transitional instrument designed to ease the move from banjo to guitar. The bow ties are not placed like a regular guitar but for a banjo. See the marker at the 10th fret instead of the 9th. Throws me off a little. There are many ways to tune it. Old school is to tune like a banjo CGBD or DGBD, but it can be tuned to the bottom four, top four or middle four strings of the guitar. I've got it strung with the bottom four strings of a flat wound set of guitar strings, my favorite so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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