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bcrich
February 27th, 2007, 06:53 AM
Hey guys I am looking for info on a guitar that is owned by my Dad. My Dad owns an L-48 Gibson electric hollowbody and has a coaxal screw in cable instead of the standard plug in jack. All I know about this guitar is that it was made in either 1947 or 1949. This is a beautiful guitar. I have contacted Gibson about this guitar and their words to me were "How much does your father want for it" as they currently DO NOT have this model in their collection. I can't find any info on this guitar , so can anyone help? It was given to my Dad by my Grandfather in the 70's and was also the same guitar that Chet Atkins played at one time. Thanks Guys
Jstickley
February 27th, 2007, 09:15 AM
Oh man, you got a gem on your hands there. The L-48's are EXTREMLY nice playing guitars, when they are properly setup. Ive had the privliege of working on 1, and only 1. Got any pics of this?

Ill see what info i can dig up on it.

Jesse
bcrich
February 27th, 2007, 09:20 AM
Oh man, you got a gem on your hands there. The L-48's are EXTREMLY nice playing guitars, when they are properly setup. Ive had the privliege of working on 1, and only 1. Got any pics of this?

Ill see what info I can dig up on it.

Jesse

Ya I know they are nice playing. I played it a few times when I was younger when my dad wasn't home lol. The action on it is just phenominal! My Grandfather had it from new and used to play it all the time.
bcrich
February 27th, 2007, 10:50 AM
OK I have uploaded some pictures of the L-48 Gibson to my webshots page on the net. here is the link http://community.webshots.com/user/northlander30
dewd
February 27th, 2007, 12:26 PM
was also the same guitar that Chet Atkins played at one time. Thanks Guys

Do you mean your guitar was actually played by Chet Atkins or is it just the same model Mr. Atkins used to play?
bobthecow
February 27th, 2007, 01:21 PM
that looks quite a bit like the 1950's es-175
bcrich
February 27th, 2007, 01:59 PM
Do you mean your guitar was actually played by Chet Atkins or is it just the same model Mr. Atkins used to play?

No I meant it is the same guitar he used at one point in his music career lol.
bcrich
February 27th, 2007, 02:00 PM
that looks quite a bit like the 1950's es-175

Yes this model resembles quite a few of them but it is an L-48. Most of the L-48's I have seen were all acoustic and the odd one had a pickup.
Jstickley
February 27th, 2007, 02:18 PM
There is an adaptor that was made, by a third party company to convert the coaxial input into a 1/4 inch audio jack, to preserve the originallity of these guitars (and a few others).. Im almost positive i have one someplace in this house.. Ill see if i can track it down.

Jesse
swanson47
February 27th, 2007, 05:36 PM
Wow the guitar looks to be in exceptional condition given it's age! If Gibson wants to buy this from you, you're probably looking at a small gold mine.
Blewbyou
February 27th, 2007, 06:45 PM
That's a sweet looking guitar
chixdiggit
February 27th, 2007, 06:49 PM
Check out http://www.gruhn.com/
He's the man for your question.....

-Wayne
NickR
February 27th, 2007, 07:12 PM
I would milk them for every dollar they are willing to pay.
bcrich
February 28th, 2007, 08:54 AM
Ya that would be nice to know if they did want to buy it, but since it is an heirloom it would never be sold! Unless the price was right, everyone has their price and mine is $644,000,000.00 dollars lol lol. The guitar itself is in immaculate shape it has hardly been touched in the last 30 years.