Gibson L-7 Guitar (c.1949)

Here is a beautiful 17" arch top from Gibson. It has a gorgeous crazed finish that you can only get from a long hard life. It has numerous nicks and scratches, but so would you if you were born in Kalamazoo in 1949. It has no cracks and the action is great. It even has an older after market pickup for that true Wes Montgomery sound. A big old archtop guitar with a big old arch top sound. View a YouTube clip of blues artist Otis Taylor (current owner) playing this guitar on tour a couple of years ago.

front body headstock       upper bout/side upper bout bridge & controls lower bout lower bout/side       side neck   heel       back body - lower back body - back headstock - back       case case - open guitar in case

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