Gibson L-6S Custom (1980)

Description

All-original and in good working condition! This example shows some light playwear and has a few minor dings here and there. Tough to photograph any guitar with a black finish. The 'Q System' electronics are the real star of the show here - the rotary switch lets you engage series/parallel and phase settings for tons of tonal options. This one plays and sounds killer hence it is one of mine I have kept the longest. From Gibson: The L6-S Custom has a six-way rotary selector switch, complete with "chicken head" pointer knob. Starting with switch position #1, in the most counter-clockwise position, the available pickup switching options are as follows: -Both pickups, in series -Neck pickup, alone -Both pickups, in parallel -Both pickups, parallel out of phase, with the neck pickup's bass response restricted through a series capacitor. -Bridge pickup, alone -Both pickups, series out of phase. The capacitor in the #4 position gives a fuller tone than the otherwise very nasal out-of-phase tone. The capacitor serves to limit the low end response of the neck pickup, and also phase delays the signal from that pickup, resulting in a fuller tone, not too unlike the #2 and #4 switch positions on a Fender Stratocaster guitar. Note that these switching options are for the original 1970s L6-S with sealed ceramic Bill Lawrence Humbuckers and are somewhat different for the 2011- reissue L6S, which use 490R/498T split coil pickup switching and different wiring. It comes with a perfectly functional but semi-jerryrigged Gibson Chainsaw case (see pics). * No trades unless you have interesting older digital rangefinder cameras (leica, Panasonic, Fujifilm etc.), thanks!