1922: L-5 archtop introduced. Gibson had shifted from Orville’s idiosyncratic creations to produce reliable models such as ...

As the L-5 celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, we take a look back at the evolution of Gibson’s seminal f-hole jazzbox with archtop historian Thomas Van Hoose and examine how this ...

With so much history carried by these guitars that helped shaped music from 1922 Gibson L-5 onwards, it's a good time to take stock with ten of many potential tonal archtop highlights. 1. D-Natural ...

The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer like Gibson. The winds of change would soon blow through the company’s ...

The Carters bought a 1928 Gibson L-5 archtop guitar, an instrument that was larger and louder than other guitars on the market. The guitar cost $275 in the late 1920s, a price that today equates ...

The Mavericks frontman thought his Gibson was gone for good after it was submerged in the 2010 flood. But thanks to a local luthier, the beloved guitar has been restored, ready for more rock 'n' roll.

The L-5 CES - the letters standing for ‘Cutaway Electric Spanish’ - was introduced into Gibson’s catalogue in 1951 with a carved spruce top, maple back and sides and two P-90 pickups. Phil Carwardine ...

Vintage guitar connoisseur Perry Margouleff has been working alongside him as his advisor, and since 1987, ... and the first production model of a 1924 Gibson L-5 archtop, ...

Now a part of the permanent collection, it joins an impressive group of country music's foundational musical artifacts, including Mother Maybelle's Gibson L-5 guitar, Bill Monroe's Gibson F-5 ...

Robert W. "Bob" McLean pledged the sum to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to allow the purchase of the 1928 Gibson L-5 guitar and place it permanently in the museum, Nashville's ...

Appraisal: 1924 Gibson L-5 Guitar, from Vintage Pittsburgh Appearance. Adjust the colors to reduce glare and give your eyes a break.