JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Folks , Jack is a blues fan so I guess it would be natural for him to have an L1 I have read it's a 1918 model not sure can anyone shed some light on what time frame it might be from ? JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 My vote is with L-Jr. The same basic guitar as an L-1 but without the inlaid rosette. As far as I know they were made from 1919 -1926. The L-1 Robert Johnson is associated with is a flat top version - the archtop L-1s are very different sounding guitars, kind of cool but not a classic acoustic guitar sound. I have one from 1911, and a flat top version from 1926. Others may wince at the sight, but I love the fact that Jack White is willing to take these instruments out and gig them. When the White Stripes played Glastonbury he had a beautiful early black top Gibson F-2 on hand for Little Ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just did some Googling and there are other pitures of him with the guitar in better lighting - definately an L-Jr. In the other photos you can see the bare headstock, where L-1 archtops have an inlaid "The Gibson" logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyl Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 i bloody love that guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 The mandolin was an F4 not an F2 ;) .but yeah it sounds fantastic . Thanks for the info on the L1 junior JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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