2002 Gibson L-5 - Catch or Release?

[DMgolf66]

Haha, I do!

I'm glad you dont, Mark. You bought some truly unique guitars as a result.

[Jimmy Mack]

Damn Amberville, it looks exactly like mine, Tobaccoburst! Mine is a 1981. It has no lacquer suck or orange-peel, but also no stinger. Congrats on your find. Enjoy it.

[telephone]

I didn't know the pickguard was translucent. cool. Must be cellulose?

My pickguard is translucent as well. It appears that the red component has faded considerably. So much so that I made a new celluloid pg for my '97 CES. I'm not convinced the original is made from celluloid, as there is no discernible smell of camphor when scuffing up the underside.



Yours looks much like mine as well.



Enjoy your new guitar!

[v281]

Sweet guitar! Congrats, and welcome to the 2002 L-5 CES owner's club :-)
Still loving mine 2 years later...
( 2002 Gibson L5CES )

Cheers,
v281

[mad dog]

That's a real beauty of a guitar.

I used to think the hard part was finding excellent instruments. That is hard enough, but the harder part (having learned this the hard way) is knowing which of those excellent instruments to keep. Not parting with guitars that should have stayed.