JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 10, 2013 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
Jayyj Posted January 10, 2013 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.
Jayyj Posted January 10, 2013 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.
JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 10, 2013 Author 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
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