What model Gibson is this?

[Philco]

‪There Will Never Be Another You‬‏ - YouTube

It has the body of a 175, the headstock of a Byrdland and the Ebony board with block inlays of a 355.
.........and it's..........green

Never seen one before.
Has anyone else?
Apart from the green I really like the look of this model.

[NSJ]

Here's the story of Chuck's guitar, from his site:

"Ultimately, two events reshaped Chuck’s career. The first was the theft of his Gibson L5 guitar. That instrument had played an important role in the development of Anderson’s technique and unique style. It was the one that had carried him through his studies with Dennis Sandole, noted Philadelphia jazz teacher. Without his favorite guitar, Chuck found it difficult to perform. Though he tried other instruments, he was never able to recapture the magic of that first guitar.

Chuck turned to composition. He was totally absorbed in his writing for the next twenty odd years. This was ultimately to be a major factor in differentiating Anderson from other jazz guitarists.

One of America’s greatest luthiers, Eric Schulte had taken care of Chuck’s L5 since he first purchased it at the age of 19. He approached Chuck and asked why he was no longer giving concerts? Of course, he already knew but he had something in mind. He said, “Look I’ll make you a deal. I know your L5 better than anyone. If you’ll agree to go back and give concerts, I’ll recreate your guitar”. Chuck could hardly pass that up and agreed on the spot. Months passed and the new guitar emerged. With guitar in hand, Chuck began to prepare for his return to the concert world."

So, it's a modded, privately made "L5" copy.

[Patrick2]

Originally Posted by NSJ

Here's the story of Chuck's guitar, from his site:

"Ultimately, two events reshaped Chuck’s career. The first was the theft of his Gibson L5 guitar. That instrument had played an important role in the development of Anderson’s technique and unique style. It was the one that had carried him through his studies with Dennis Sandole, noted Philadelphia jazz teacher. Without his favorite guitar, Chuck found it difficult to perform. Though he tried other instruments, he was never able to recapture the magic of that first guitar.

Chuck turned to composition. He was totally absorbed in his writing for the next twenty odd years. This was ultimately to be a major factor in differentiating Anderson from other jazz guitarists.

One of America’s greatest luthiers, Eric Schulte had taken care of Chuck’s L5 since he first purchased it at the age of 19. He approached Chuck and asked why he was no longer giving concerts? Of course, he already knew but he had something in mind. He said, “Look I’ll make you a deal. I know your L5 better than anyone. If you’ll agree to go back and give concerts, I’ll recreate your guitar”. Chuck could hardly pass that up and agreed on the spot. Months passed and the new guitar emerged. With guitar in hand, Chuck began to prepare for his return to the concert world."

So, it's a modded, privately made "L5" copy.

WOW . . . that's an interesting story. I wonder how Eric Schulte never ran afoul of Gibson. Is it possible he had their authorization to replicate Chuck's guitar? I also wonder what the mods were. It appears to be a basic florentine cut a way L5CES. I'm not real fond of the color . . . but, I am "green" with envy of his playing

[oldane]

Interesting story. I would have guessed that it was something from the Gibsons custom shop. On the clip it looked like a 17" instrument, though the sharp cutaway is shaped like the 175 and not like the sharp cutaways Gibson used on their L5s and Super400s in the 1960s (think of Kenny Burrells Super 400).

Did the luthier start out with a stock L5 CES which he modified og did he build it up from the ground?

Jim Triggs could have built such a guitar too (he made L5s and Super 400s when at Gibson 20 years ago), though he would not put the Gibson name on it, and he would omit the center dip at the top of the headstock as that would make it a "lawsuit headstock".

[rpguitar]

It is an interesting story, alright, but it sure takes the idea of gear obsession to another level. Not GAS obviously, but reliance on one single "magic" instrument as the only voice through which one can speak one's muse, the absence of which renders one artistically mute. Sad, really, if true. While his original guitar might have had important sentimental value, it would seem to have been something that could have been replaced and considered the tool that it ultimately is.

[oldane]

Originally Posted by rpguitar

It is an interesting story, alright, but it sure takes the idea of gear obsession to another level. Not GAS obviously, but reliance on one single "magic" instrument as the only voice through which one can speak one's muse, the absence of which renders one artistically mute. Sad, really, if true. While his original guitar might have had important sentimental value, it would seem to have been something that could have been replaced and considered the tool that it ultimately is.

True. Of course, some guitars won't do it for me, especially when we talk about unamplifed acoustic guitars. But there's an awful lot of amplified guitars out there, which I can bend to my will with a setup and mayby a new pickup. I can get what I hear as a good jazz tone from carved archtops, laminate archtops, semi solids and solid bodies. Even a Strat can produce a good mellow and clean tone with medium flatwounds and a not-so-low action.