1948 Gibson L-5 Premiere
$24,950
Emerald City Guitars
One of the finest archtops models ever produced, this vintage L-5P "Premiere" model sports the early designation for the cutaway body style that was later renamed the L-5C (for cutaway) in 1949. These guitars feature a large 17" archtop body, carved Spruce top, Maple back and sides, Maple neck with...
1939 Gibson L-5 Premiere
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Guitar Auctions at Gardiner Houlgate
1939 Gibson L5 Premiere archtop guitar, made in USA; Body: blonde finish, top adapted to fit later installed Charlie Christian pickup, lacquer checking, further minor dings and marks but very acceptable for age; Neck: good, neck heel reset, binding repairs; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, refret;...
1969 Gibson L-5CES
$8,995
Willies American Guitars
Sunburst, EX-. First, finding a nice Gibson L-5 is rare. They made almost a thousand Les Pauls for every L-5. Gibson does not currently offer the legendary L-5CES because you need to find someone with the skill to hand carve, tap tuning as you remove just the right amount of wood by hand. That same...
1936 Gibson L-30 Vintage Archtop Guitar
$2,499.99
Mahar's Vintage Guitars
No sales tax for customers outside California.
This week has a trend going - pre-war instruments. This 1936 L-30 arrived with a mid-20s Gibson mandolin and a mid 20's Martin parlor guitar. A few hours later, a late 1800's Washburn parlor guitar walked in the door. This business never ceases...
2022 Gibson L-5
$9,999
Thunder Road Guitars PDX
Freshly set up in-house by our esteemed Guitar Tech, this beautiful Custom Shop L-5 is dialed in and ready to join you onstage tonight. In Excellent condition with minimal wear and tear beyond the factory-supplied VOS finish which gives this guitar a true vintage vibe. VOS is a proprietary...
1929 Gibson L-5 Master Model
$22,500
Jet City Guitars, LLC
SN: 84679. FON: 9306 Friends, A Lloyd Loar L-5, like the Martin OM-28 and D-18/28, is one of the defining guitars of our time. It’s the first f-hole archtop guitar. Most all of the great jazz guitarists played one at some point or one of the many f-hole archtop offshoots from Gibson and other...
1935 Gibson L-5
$19,989
Dayton Vintage Guitars And Amps
Body size at lower bout: 17". Scale length: 24 3/4" Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Materials: Handcarved bookmatched solid Adirondack spruce top; solid bookmatched heavily quilted tiger flame maple back and sides; solid three piece maple neck with walnut center-stripe; solid ebony fingerboard; mother of...
1969 Gibson L-5 CES
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1941 Gibson L-5
$50,000
Matt Umanov Guitars
This is a most unusual, extremely rare and certainly unique Gibson guitar, a complete L-5 with the then brand-new “small diagonal pickup” introduced in 1941. The entire body, and all of its internal structural components and its pickup cover, are made from a clear plastic, almost surely Lucite, the...
1951 Gibson L5 C
$13,850
Jay Rosen
Gibson made only 17 of these in 1951 and another 9 in natural. This guitar is still in excellent condition. There is a floating custom made pickup attached to the pick guard. No screw holes have been added or modifications done to the guitar. The original brown hard case is included also in nice...
1973 Gibson L5 CES CUSTOM
$8,500
~1991 Gilchrist Model Five
$23,999
TR Crandall Guitars
1991 Gilchrist Model Five in good condition. Based on but not identical to a 1920's Gibson L-5, this 25.5" scale 16" archtop guitar was the 2nd L-5 built by Gilchrist. This guitar is constructed with a parallel braced Englemann spruce soundboard, flamed red maple back and sides, 3-piece flame maple...
1961 Gibson Johnny Smith
$18,999
TR Crandall Guitars
1961 Gibson Johnny Smith in excellent condition with minimal signs of wear throughout the instrument. This guitar is in all original condition except for the tailpiece, which is from a vintage Gibson L5 and similar in style to the original. It has a solid carved spruce top, maples sides,...
1962 Gibson L-5CES
$27,999
TR Crandall Guitars
1962 Gibson L-5CES in excellent condition with no history of major repairs. Featuring a carved solid spruce top, one piece laminated maple back and sides, a beautiful lightly flamed maple neck, bound ebony fingerboard, and two crystal clear PAFs, this florentine cutaway L-5 is a jazzers dream. The...
1951 Gibson ES-5
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Well Strung Guitars
This stunning, clean 1951 Gibson ES-5 in Natural is quite the world traveler with an amazing original owner story! This guitar was originally sold by Chicago Musical Instrument Co. and shipped to Roger L. Gibson, a US Air Force Sgt. who was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany at the Rhein-Main Air...
1943 Gibson L-50
$4,699
Copper Basin Guitars
Probably the cleanest War-Time L-50 and one of the cleanest L-5 Style Striped Tweed Gibson 16” cases on the planet.
Near Mint condition 9.5 out of 10.0. This is an amazing find.
Beautiful sunburst finish, with highly flamed back and sides, in amazingly clean condition. Bound top and back....
Gibson L-5CESN
$25,995
Imperial Vintage Guitars
1962 Gibson L-5CESN
This Guitar Is Located At Imperial Vintage Guitars Sherman Oaks
In Excellent Overall Condition (Please See Photos)
All Parts Are Original
Original PAF Pickups Sound Incredible
Professionally Reset Neck Done Years Ago, Neck Is Perfectly Straight
Original...
1980 Gibson L5CES L5CES
$8,495
Chicago Music Exchange
The following specs were carefully collected and recorded by a skilled technician. For a more detailed description and questions regarding sound, feel, or cosmetic condition, please call to speak to one of our experts.SummaryFinish: Original finish.Body Material: MapleTop Material: SpruceBody...
1917 Gibson Style O
$6,495
The Guitar Broker
This is an elegant Gibson Style O Artist Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar made in 1917, made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with what appears to be serial # 33695, its got a red sunburst varnish finish over its carved spruce top, its birch back and sides have a ton of cool figuring all over, its fat V...
1936 Gibson L-30
$949.99
Copper Basin Guitars
No sales tax to customers on Gbase.
These 1930’s L-30’s are classic vintage Gibson’s..pretty much the same V neck as on the same era L-00, and vintage Gibson craftsman ship, on guitars that probably fret better than a lot of new guitars. Brazilian Rosewood fretboard and original frets in good...
1980 Gibson F-5 L Fern Mandolin Jerry Rowland Label
$9,999
Thunder Road Guitars
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Up for sale is a 1980 Gibson F-5 L "Fern" Mandolin in its original sunburst finish. Label signed by Jerry Rowland. This instrument came out of a collection of guitars that came from an ex Kalamazoo Gibson employee. This is the first and only time this Mandolin has been on the market...
1976 Gibson L-5C
$9,999
TR Crandall Guitars
1976 Gibson L-5C in excellent condition with almost no signs of wear throughout the instrument. A very smooth ride with everything you would want out of an L-5. This guitar is in all original condition save for an aftermarket knob. Constructed with a spruce top, sycamore back and sides, maple neck,...
1945 Gibson L-7
$3,392
TCGAKKI
40's Gibson! Very fine vintage item!
Gibson / 1945 L-7This L-7 has the same wide sound of the 17" body as the L-5.The white label is attached inside the body, and the serial number indicates that it was shipped in 1945.The body top is made of spruce, side back is made of maple, and the fingerboard...
Fairbanks F-35 1934 'Martelle' De Luxe - Torrefied Adirondac
$14,500
Eddie's Guitars
This incredible Fairbanks F-35 1934 'Martelle' De Luxe model is closely based on a one of a kind guitar built by Gibson in 1934 for Kalamazoo-based Gibson dealer, Charles Martelle. In that era Gibson was known for building unique guitars specifically for different shops that carried Gibson Guitars....
Kluson Waffleback 3+3 Tuners Metal Keystone Button Nickel
$84
Chicago Music Exchange
This top of the line tuner is known as the Waffleback and has been absent from the market for 40 years. Kluson is proud to reintroduce this tuner, which was used on numerous high end Gibson Les Pauls, ES-355, Super 400, L5 and early Les Paul SG Customs. post diameter - 1/4 in. (.25 in.) set screw...
2015 Gibson Custom Shop Custom Crimson L-9
$5,131
TCGAKKI
The highest peak model of the highest peak, originally produced by "Mike McGaia" supervised by a selected craftsman in Gibson Custom SHOP, which boasts the highest lineup.The name of "Custom Crimson" is derived from the custom shop when the order of "ONE OF A Kind" flows to the production line, the...
1944 Gibson Banner J-45
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Guitar Exchange
Superlative & scarce 1944 Banner J-45 in exceptionally fine condition, rare original maple body and neck with spruce top. Hands down the best J-45 I've had the pleasure of playing, no doubt owing to the maple. Rare for '44, this one's got a truss rod - that's never been turned. Hard to say which is...
Kluson Waffleback Gold Keystone Tuners
$105
1957 Gibson Byrdland
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Well Strung Guitars
This 1957 Gibson Byrdland in Natural is a real beauty, and it plays even better than it looks! The Byrdland was Gibson’s attempt at making a more streamlined version of the L-5 but in a smaller package. With the help and input from Hank Garland and Billy Byrd, the “Byrdland” was born....