Very rare, very cool lefthanded circa 2003 Gibson Custom Shop L4-CES in a nice vintage sunburst. One owner guitar, with original certificate of authenticity and case. Overall condition is excellent, plays and sounds great, a handful of small dings and some finish swirls and wear as one would expect on a well-loved 22 year old instrument. Gibson no longer makes these, and you almost never see a lefty pop up.
Gibson says (or said in 2003, more accurately): “Even though Gibson had orginally created the laminated top ES-175 in 1948 to fill the need for an electric version of the acoustic, carved top L-4C, the demand still existed for an electric L-4 with a fully carved top. In the late 1950’s Gibson answered this call by releasing small runs of variously configured L-4 CES guitars:some with Charlie Christian pickups, some with Alnico pickups, and some with humbuckers. For today’s player, the Custom Collection offers the L-4CES in its final incarnation with 57 Classic humbuckers.”
Construction: Solid carved spruce top, laminated maple rim and back, and one-piece mahogany neck
Binding: Multi-ply white/black on top, single-ply white on back and neck
Hardware: Gold
Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1/L-4 style tailpiece
Pickups: Two ’57 Classic humbuckers
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
Fingerboard: 20 fret ebony fingerboard with pearl split parallelogram inlays
Scale length/ Nut width: 24 3/4″ scale length; 1 11/16″ nut width
Neck Profile: ES rounded”
Condition: Excellent; Body: Carved solid spruce top, laminated flame maple body; Color: Vintage burst; Pickups: 57 Classic; Scale: 24.75
