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The remit was to create a guitar with as varied an array of sounds as possible, without overly-complicated electronics, and something that could compete with Fenders six string range. The Gibson L6-S was designed in 1972 by then Gibson employee Bill Lawrence. Two versions of the L6-S guitar, the Custom (top) and the Deluxe (bottom).

Neither were anything like as successful (commercially) as the L6-S Custom. The Midnight Special and L6-S Deluxe were aimed at a lower price point, using alder as a body wood, slightly simpler electronics and (in the case of the Midnight Special) a bolt-on neck. Initially the guitar was simply designated L6-S, though with the addition of two new models (1974s Midnight Special and 1975s L6-S Deluxe) the original L6-S became the L6-S Custom. Other finishes did exist (including a very fetching Cherry Sunburst) but were produced in vastly lower numbers.Įarly L6-S examples were built at Gibson's famous Kalamazoo plant, though by the mid 1970s, the L6S was being produced at Gibson's second plant, the newly opened facility at Nashville. Around a third of L6-S (Custom) guitars were black with an ebony fretboard, still with a maple body and neck. A real contrast to the mahogany and rosewood guitars of the fifties and sixties, with their Sunburst, Cherry or Walnut finishes. The use of maple bodies, necks and fretboards, usually with just a simple clear coat finish, made for an instrument quite distinct from earlier guitars, both visually and tonally. The L6-S was the epitome of Norlin-era Gibson output. It shipped throughout the 1970s and into the early 1980s, with a little over 18000 instruments produced in total certainly one of the most successful of Gibson's seventies guitars. It also featured a 24 fret two-octave neck. The Gibson L6S (usually Gibson L6-S, or L6 solid) launched in 1973 as the companies first all-maple solid body electric guitar.

Greg greco spacey sounds telecaster specs