Gibson L-5 Double Cut Electric Guitar Thin-Line??

**Wildcat** · 12-30-2015, 01:06 PM

Is it my imagination or does this version have a thinner rim thickness than the stock version? BTW Why does looking at this guitar make my knees shake??

Hand-crafted by Gibson Custom with a view toward all the essentials of the finest archtop acoustic-electric guitars, the L-5 Doublecut has a carved Sitka spruce top matched to a back and sides made from highly figured maple, all rendered in a graceful double-cutaway body with a depth of 2 3/8. A five-ply maple and walnut neck is topped with a one-piece ebony fingerboard, while two Custom Bucker humbucking pickups purr with all the mellow warmth and defining clarity of the finest late-™50s PAFs.

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**Groyniad** · 12-30-2015, 01:08 PM

and mine

totally crazy looking thing

its the same thickness as the L5 CT is it not?

**Top of the Arch!** · 12-30-2015, 01:12 PM

Its quite the odd looking duck if you ask me!! I just dont see a market for it, but thats just me. Bob

**Wildcat** · 12-30-2015, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Groyniad

and mine

totally crazy looking thing

its the same thickness as the L5 CT is it not?

double-cutaway body with a depth of 2 3/8.

**Marty Grass** · 12-30-2015, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Top of the Arch!

Its quite the odd looking duck if you ask me!! I just don't see a market for it, but thats just me. Bob

You're right and you're wrong!

I don't think many would sell. But I wish someone would give me one. They look like a blast to play.

If you're going through all the trouble of a double cutaway, it would make sense to taper the heel more for better upper fret access.

**Top of the Arch!** · 12-30-2015, 02:52 PM

Well I guess if someone gave me one I might like it a bit more.

Bob

**Greentone** · 12-30-2015, 05:34 PM

Heck, I'd like one. Very Gretsch-like looking L-5.

**wintermoon** · 12-30-2015, 05:39 PM

why are the selector switches mounted like a 175?

**Greentone** · 12-30-2015, 05:55 PM

Winter moon,

Like I said, very Gretsch.

**Gitfiddler** · 12-30-2015, 06:08 PM

Great looking archtop, but it makes me do a double-take, and a few minutes to warm up to it being an 'L5'.

It reminds me of a similar custom, one-off that Heritage did, also a beautiful instrument.

**wintermoon** · 12-30-2015, 06:10 PM

it looks odd to me, but then again if double cuts were the norm since 1939, single cutaways would seem odd today.

**Dennis D** · 12-30-2015, 06:43 PM

Can't you just see some guy begging them to put a Bigsby on that bad boy ??

**icr** · 12-30-2015, 06:54 PM

Looks a little like a combination of a 1970s ES-150, ES-330 and L5.

**jads57** · 12-30-2015, 07:00 PM

To bad they didn't do it as Florentine Double Cut like a Kessel. I think the toggle switch makes better sense where it is, than moving it to the lower cutaway.

**Chimera1to1** · 12-30-2015, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Marty Grass

If you're going through all the trouble of a double cutaway, it would make sense to taper the heel more for better upper fret access.

I agree Marty.

To me a double cut like a 335 has remarkable upper fret access. Part of that is due to the heel that allows you to keep your LH thumb in the usual fretting position. It's a shame they did the L5 dub cut like that. But yeah, if you can't sell them Gibson, just put one in the post for me