Gibson L-4CN Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1954)
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Gibson L-4CN Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1954), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # A18006, natural lacquer finish, maple back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, original brown hard shell case.
The L4-C is a fairly unusual 1950's Gibson carved-top guitar with a 16" body and sharp Florentine cutaway-a feature rarely used on acoustic instruments. It is essentially the equivalent to an "unplugged" version of the popular ES-175, with the same size, shape and handling characteristics. It also shares the 175's cosmetics, with a bound fingerboard decorated with double parallelogram inlay, crown headstock inlay and triple bound top. This natural version is also quite rare with only 34 shipped this year (1954) and all of 320 in the entire decade of the 1950's. A very fine instrument, one of the better-kept secrets of the Gibson archtop realm and a very cool guitar. Early rock icon Eddie Cochran played a nearly identical guitar (with a floating DeArmond pickup) in his early act, the Cochran Brothers.
Overall length is 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm.), 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition overall; some small dings and finish checking with the most notable being a couple of deeper dings into the wood on the back of the neck. All original except for a nicely aged repro tailpiece, and possibly a little clear overspray around the heel. This is a great playing and wonderful sounding guitar, with an unusually warm sound for an archtop. Includes a very nice original brown HSC. Excellent - Condition.
The L4-C is a fairly unusual 1950's Gibson carved-top guitar with a 16" body and sharp Florentine cutaway-a feature rarely used on acoustic instruments. It is essentially the equivalent to an "unplugged" version of the popular ES-175, with the same size, shape and handling characteristics. It also shares the 175's cosmetics, with a bound fingerboard decorated with double parallelogram inlay, crown headstock inlay and triple bound top. This natural version is also quite rare with only 34 shipped this year (1954) and all of 320 in the entire decade of the 1950's. A very fine instrument, one of the better-kept secrets of the Gibson archtop realm and a very cool guitar. Early rock icon Eddie Cochran played a nearly identical guitar (with a floating DeArmond pickup) in his early act, the Cochran Brothers.
Overall length is 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm.), 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition overall; some small dings and finish checking with the most notable being a couple of deeper dings into the wood on the back of the neck. All original except for a nicely aged repro tailpiece, and possibly a little clear overspray around the heel. This is a great playing and wonderful sounding guitar, with an unusually warm sound for an archtop. Includes a very nice original brown HSC. Excellent - Condition.