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Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« on: May 13, 2009, 07:02:36 PM »
Mate had one of these for the life of me couldn't remember model number...but played like a dream..odd looks

although think his had rosewood neck
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 07:26:34 PM »
f'ing horrible!
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 07:28:57 PM »
Says the man with no taste must say prefer with rosewood fingerboard
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 07:52:52 PM »
How many positions does that selector? 5?
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 07:54:22 PM »
don't know think it's redifussion so prob get tynetees
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2009, 10:50:15 PM »
It's one of those guitars that's really ugly, but I'd still like to own one... if I could get it dirt cheap.  So I'll never own one.

Carlos Santana played one, for about 5 minutes:



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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 10:55:08 PM »
It looks rank.
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2009, 10:58:59 PM »
Quote from: sgmypod on May 13, 2009, 07:54:22 PM
don't know think it's redifussion so prob get tynetees

OMG - that takes me back to my Grandma's house :o - lived in Gateshead and had the rediffusion switch on the wall for the TV/Radio
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2009, 11:35:25 PM »
The L5S looks better, this is a Warmoth body on its design:


If it had double F hole I would be really in trouble :lol:
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2009, 11:56:34 PM »
The Gibson L-5 (solid body) was a very nice guitar.More expensive than a LP,at the time;it was kind of Gibson's"top of the line".
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2009, 12:21:50 AM »
Slightly off-topic, but has Carlos Santana ever endorsed an instrument he didn't call his "Rainbow"? I remember seeing ads for the Yammy SG-175, the Gibson above and the PRS with this exact line.
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2009, 12:26:16 AM »
Quote from: headtheball on May 14, 2009, 12:21:50 AM
Slightly off-topic, but has Carlos Santana ever endorsed an instrument he didn't call his "Rainbow"? I remember seeing ads for the Yammy SG-175, the Gibson above and the PRS with this exact line.

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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2009, 01:44:30 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q on May 13, 2009, 10:50:15 PM
It's one of those guitars that's really ugly, but I'd still like to own one... if I could get it dirt cheap.  So I'll never own one.

Carlos Santana played one, for about 5 minutes:





So did Al DiMeola


My Core Jazz is roughly based on this shape too (although it's more influenced by the L5-S than the L6-S)
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2009, 08:55:02 AM »
that is odd..but kinda like it.....and yeah feline remember the old days of the redifussion...am showing my age now
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Re: Couldn't remember but now I do Is a Gibson L6
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2009, 11:39:11 AM »
I have always had a liking for the Gibson L6. I guess its the body size, as I find Les Pauls a bit small. But even the obscure Gibsons are out of my price range now. I seem to remember used ones of these, and things like Marauders, Challengers and Sonex's selling pretty cheaply not so long ago. Not any more!

I had a nice bolt on neck lying around, and some nice timber. I wanted to make myself an LP Jnr. I sort of combined the LP Jnr and the L6 into one guitar and came up with this. An LP Jnr with an L6 sized body.



Fun guitar, with a lairy 22K pickup in the bridge slot!!!
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