Gibson L5 S

[Phil 52]

As I like 1 p/up guitars the L5 S recently came to my mind.
Anybody here who owns one of these 1 p/up black L5 S as played by Ronnie and Keith?
Any comments and pics are very appreciated.

 

[tooold]

As I like 1 p/up guitars the L5 S recently came to my mind.
Anybody here who owns one of these 1 p/up black L5 S as played by Ronnie and Keith?
Any comments and pics are very appreciated.

Maybe there's something I don't know, but all the L5S's I've seen have 2 pickups - early ones with low-impedance, later ones with humbuckers.

Do you have a picture?

 

[56jnr]

I believe the single p/up, black L5S was a custom order for The Stones. The L5S was always a twin p/up guitar as stock.
There's a pic of Keef playing his custom on page 280 of 'Gibson Guitars; 100 Years Of An American Icon' by Walter Carter.

 

[tooold]

Wikipedia can be very surprising:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_L5S

"In 2004, the L5S was briefly reissued by the Gibson Custom Shop Division; this reissue was partly based on the black-finished single-pickup L5S that Ron Wood and Keith Richards played. However, the model was discontinued by Gibson in 2005."

I had one of the original low-impedance L5S guitars back in the late 70's. Never would stay in tune. Nice neck, though.

 

[plaintop60]

Normal L-5S's have two humbukers. I've never seen another one single pup one besides keef's. They are nice guitars. There are some Ibanez branded Fugi gen copies out there that are pretty good too.

 

[Phil 52]

Wikipedia can be very surprising:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_L5S

"In 2004, the L5S was briefly reissued by the Gibson Custom Shop Division; this reissue was partly based on the black-finished single-pickup L5S that Ron Wood and Keith Richards played. However, the model was discontinued by Gibson in 2005."

I had one of the original low-impedance L5S guitars back in the late 70's. Never would stay in tune. Nice neck, though.

That's the one I'm talking about.

Dave's Guitar had one for sale back then. Now they come up on ebay now and then..
As I never had the chance to play one I would like to here some comments from people who own or at least played one before buying blind.

 

[Wilko]

Bon Jovi were playing some too back in 2004.

 

[tooold]

That's the one I'm talking about.

Dave's Guitar had one for sale back then. Now they come up on ebay now and then..
As I never had the chance to play one I would like to here some comments from people who own or at least played one before buying blind.

I think it would be a very cool guitar - sort of the Cadillac of LP Juniors... I personally love L-5 necks, and I suspect the newer ones wouldn't have the issues mine had - it just couldn't seem to hold tune well. Although you never know, it was probably a bad nut or something. It was certainly gaudy enough, which the black finish takes care of, and way heavy, which the black finish won't take care of.

I think the later ones had a stop tailpiece, which I put on mine after I bought it. Long gone now, traded for a J-200, which I traded for a '63 white Jazzmaster.

 

[edwina]

 

[Midnight Blues]

 

[Phil 52]

Yep edwina, that's what I was referring to.
Looks great. Is it yours?

 

[edwina]

Yep edwina, that's what I was referring to.
Looks great. Is it yours?

Yes. That is my guitar. I bought it off a guy on Reverb for a decent deal about a month ago. Great guitar!

 

[Phil 52]

Yes. That is my guitar. I bought it off a guy on Reverb for a decent deal about a month ago. Great guitar!

Congrats!
Yes, it's a great guitar.