FEATURES INCLUDE WIDE 17-INCH BODY, AAA-GRADE SHAPED ENGLEMAN SPRUCE TOP WITH HAND-SCALLOPED X-BRACING AND FINISHED IN VINTAGE SUNBURST, AAA-GRADE EASTERN CURLY MAPLE BACK AND SIDES, MAHOGANY NECK WITH TOP-GRADE SELECTED ROSEWOOD FRETBOARD INSET WITH GENUINE MOTHER-OF-PEARL PARALLEL BARS, 1940-STYLE CROWN PEGHEAD INLAY, BEVELLED-EDGE ELEVATED PICKGURD AND GOTOH NICKEL TUNERS WITH KEYSTONE BUTTONS.
Overview
The Custom L-7C Acoustic Archtop is the only pure acoustic archtop ever built at Gibsons shop in Bozeman, Montana. This beautiful instrument"made under the direction of Gibsons master luthier Ren Ferguson"is based on Gibsons L-7 archtop of the late 1940s, offering the easy playability of a rounded Venetian cutaway, the huge sound of a 17-inch body, and the affordability of simple ornamentation.