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iced-tea sunburst. From the McCarty-era, the best of the best: an
ultra-gorgeous florentine-cutaway L-5 CES. Conditions are unbelievable, as
close to near-mint as anyboby could imagine, and you know we don't
use these terms
very often.
Iced-tea is more reddish than a regular brown sunburst, and less red
than a cherry sunburst. Hand-carved solid spruce top with
exceptionally fine grain, mild-flamed maple back and sides with nice
vertical grain, three-piece flamed maple neck with two mahogany
laminates, multi-bound ebony fretboard with pearl block inlays. After
a close inspection, we believe that also the back is still made of
solid woods, instead of the laminated backs used by Gibson in the
mid-late 60s. The tune-o-matic bridge with rosewood base is the
pre-'63 style without the "retaining wire" to hold the
saddles in place, and this detail makes us think of very early '64 as
production date.
Two humbuckers with the Patent Number decal, with exactly the same
specs as late PAFs ... with the only difference in the decal!. Tuners
are gold Kluson Seal-Fast. Gold hardware, with worn plating especially
on pickup covers. Spectacular conditions, almost no playing wear, no
checking, no belt-buckle wear, rich and beautiful unfaded color. Very
minor cracks near the jack socket, professionally stabilized and
oversprayed (in that area only), a very clean job that you'd never
noticed if I didn't tell. Perfect playability, easy action,
beautiful fretboard, warm and clean sound in the great tradition of
jazz guitar.
A great L-5, from both musical and collectibility point of views, with
a nice and clean original hardshell case, black with yellow lining
(repaired handle).
front
- in
case - body1
- body2
- body3
- back1
- back2
- body
back - headstock
- bridge1
- bridge2
- pickups
- flame
- knobs
- tuners
- jack
- case
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