Venetian or Florentine Cutaway?

[MaxTwang]

Doesn't matter, all the good notes are down lower.

[iim7V7IM7]

It's Jame's take on a Venetian (there are many variants)

Is there a name for cutaways like this? I've only seem them on acoustic guitars.

[pubylakeg]

IIRC, there was an interview in JJG magazine with the NY luthier who converted Kenny Burrell's Super 400 to a Florentine style c/away. Can't remember his name though.

[2bornot2bop]

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Gorgeous collection!

[Patrick2]

Florentine, almost always...

The exception is on an L5. Just don't look right.

I don't know, man . . . .

1999 Gibson L 5CES Cutaway Electric Spanish Guitar Print Ad | eBay

1961 Gibson L-5 CESN Blonde > Guitars : Archtop Electric & Acoustic - New Yorker Guitars, LLC

Can't find a photo of Danny W.'s former L5 CES Florentine . . . but, I'd have traded my grand children for that one!!

[2bornot2bop]

Can't find a photo of Danny W.'s former L5 CES Florentine . . . but, I'd have traded my grand children for that one!!

Here you go...I salivate over it every time I pay a visit to feebay...not a bad profit...at one time the seller was asking $12k for it...he keeps pushing the envelope...perhaps he only likes advertising it...didn't Danny sell it for $7.5k?

Gibson L5 L 5 L 5 Florentine Archtop Guitar | eBay

[Danny W.]

Can't find a photo of Danny W.'s former L5 CES Florentine . . . but, I'd have traded my grand children for that one!!

Which one?:





or even:



I no longer own any of these, but if I did, you'd have to come up with better payment!

Danny W.

[Patrick2]

Here you go...I salivate over it every time I pay a visit to feebay...not a bad profit...at one time the seller was asking $12k for it...he keeps pushing the envelope...perhaps he only likes advertising it...didn't Danny sell it for $7.5k?

Gibson L5 L 5 L 5 Florentine Archtop Guitar | eBay

Yeah . . . ain't it sweet? Danny said he sold it because the neck was way too big for his hands. What a lame excuse!! He could have at least tried to stretch his fingers and elongate his hands before he sold it. Tal Farlow had a special book out on it. It was titled . . "Get Tal's 6 Fret Span Over The Fret Board in Six Easy Weeks".

[Patrick2]

Which one?:





or even:



I no longer own any of these, but if I did, you'd have to come up with better payment!

Danny W.

Either of the first two. I'd thow in my neighbor's grand children too!

[wintermoon]

The Venetian Cutaway on my Guild Benedetto Artist Award is deeper then the Venetian Cutaway on my Gibson L-5, Gibson Super 400 or my 1971 Guild Artist Award.

Here is a picture of the two AA's with the Super 400. You can see the differences.:

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As Patrick says, they vary.

I prefer the look of the Venetian, but a 175 needs a Florentine. Putting a Venetian on a 175 would be...blasphemy!

wait a minute.
is it me or do the AA and S4 have the same lower bout width in that shot?
AA are 17" and S4's are 18", so what gives?

[Stringswinger]

Not true Wintermoon. Some AA's are 18 inch. That said, I think that is a camera illusion. My 71 AA is 17 inches ( I measured) and my S400 is 18 inches.

[wintermoon]

Not true Wintermoon. Some AA's are 18 inch. That said, I think that is a camera illusion. My 71 AA is 17 inches ( I measured) and my S400 is 18 inches.

pretty sure you could custom order one for a couple years in the early 70s, but I've never seen one.

[Stringswinger]

I have never seen one either...

[Danny W.]

Yeah . . . ain't it sweet? Danny said he sold it because the neck was way too big for his hands. What a lame excuse!! He could have at least tried to stretch his fingers and elongate his hands before he sold it. Tal Farlow had a special book out on it. It was titled . . "Get Tal's 6 Fret Span Over The Fret Board in Six Easy Weeks".

I used that book to get to where I am now

Either of the first two. I'd thow in my neighbor's grand children too!

We've lived in an active-adult community for the past fourteen years so we could avoid having the neighbor's grandchildren around.

Here you go...I salivate over it every time I pay a visit to feebay...not a bad profit...at one time the seller was asking $12k for it...he keeps pushing the envelope...perhaps he only likes advertising it...didn't Danny sell it for $7.5k?

A profit implies a sale, which I don't think this guy is going to get at $14k.

Danny W.