The Gibson L-5 guitar was first produced in 1922 by Gibson Guitar Corporation, then of Kalamazoo, Michigan, U. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar S. A. under the direction of master luthier Lloyd Loar, and has been in production ever since. Lloyd Allayre Loar (1886-1943 was a Gibson sound engineer and master Luthier in the early part of the 20th century It was considered the premier rhythm guitar in the big band era. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late It was originally offered as an acoustic instrument, with electric models made available in the 1950's. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder
The L-5 was Gibson's first guitar with f-holes. A sound hole is an opening in the upper Sounding board of a stringed Musical instrument. The L-5 was first produced in a 16" body width and in late 1934 became the 17" body, compared with 18" for the larger Super 400. (Gruhn's Guide To Vintage Guitars, 2nd Edition, pg 140)
Wes Montgomery was a major guitarist commonly associated with the L-5. John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery ( 6 March 1925 - 15 June 1968) was an American Jazz guitarist He is generally considered Also, the RCA fifties recordings of Elvis Presley feature the sound of Scotty Moore's L-5. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931 near Gadsden Tennessee) is a legendary American Guitarist and Contemporary guitarists who have played an L-5 include Tuck Andress from the Tuck and Patti duo, Lee Ritenour, and Pat Martino. Tuck & Patti are an American husband and wife Jazz duo Oklahoma born guitarist Tuck Andress met singer Patti Cathcart, a native of Tuck & Patti are an American husband and wife Jazz duo Oklahoma born guitarist Tuck Andress met singer Patti Cathcart, a native of Lee Mack "Captain Fingers" Ritenour (born January 11 1952) is an internationally acclaimed guitarist recording artist composer and producer Pat Martino (born Pat Azzara on August 25 1944) is an Italian-American Jazz Guitarist and Composer within the Early players of the L-5 include Eddie Lang, and Maybelle Carter from The Carter Family, who played her now-famous 1928 model for the majority of her career. Eddie Lang ( October 25, 1902 &ndash March 26, 1933) was an American Jazz Guitarist, considered by many to be the finest "Mother Maybelle" Carter ( May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978) was an American country Musician. The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956 Maybelle Carter's L-5 is now kept at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Django Reinhardt played an L-5 fitted with a DeArmond pickup during a short tour with Duke Ellington during the November of 1946(1). Jean "Django" Reinhardt ( January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz Guitarist Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader.
Several different L-5 hollow-body models have appeared over the years, including the L-5 Signature and the L-5 Studio. The L-5CES was an electric version of the L5 introduced in 1951. These originally used P-90 pickups, but used humbucker pickups from 1958 on. The P-90 is a Single coil Electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal [1] In the 1970s, Gibson produced the L-5S, which was effectively a solid-body version of the L-5 archtop. The Gibson L5S is a solid-body electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Though it was not popular, it was used by several guitarists, including Paul Simon, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947 in Hillingdon London) is an English rock Guitarist and Bassist best known George Gobel had a special version of the Gibson L-5 archtop guitar built, featuring diminished dimensions of neck scale and body depth, befitting his own small stature; a series of several dozen of this "L-5CT" or "George Gobel" model was produced in the late 1950s and early 1960s. George Leslie Gobel ( May 20, 1919 - February 24, 1991) was an American Comedian, best known as the star of his own weekly NBC
1. Django, Michael Dregni, 2004 Oxford University Press
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