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1954 L7C-P -- craziest back ever?

DrRobert

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I love blister, those 40s L5s have got to be the most extreme examples I've ever seen!
 

JimR56

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FTFY.

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Well played! :)
 

blauserk

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That is crazy wood, but I'm not sure that back is even in the top few things I'd mention about that instrument.

First thing is the inlays, which Gibson mostly used on banjos. And a decade later, on Barney Kessels. And starting in the 1970s, Hamer used on Rick Nielsen custom pieces.

https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/...lays-on-Gibsons-a-photo-essay&highlight=tenor

Second thing is that it's got four strings and a skinny neck, which leads me to speculate that it's a tenor.

https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?180953-Vintage-Gibson-Tenors&highlight=tenor

Great guitar. If anyone has a working link to a Craigslist posting for it, please send it to me.
 

Tom Wittrock

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Second thing is that it's got four strings and a skinny neck, which leads me to speculate that it's a tenor.

I doubt that's a tenor guitar. Assuming the thread title is correct, and it is marked [on the label] as an L-7C-P then it is a plectrum, not a tenor. :ganz
 
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