Gibson Vintage 1975 L6 Natural Guitar w/OHSC

This is a Gibson Vintage 1975 L6 Natural Guitar. This is in Excellent near mint condition.  It comes with the Original Hardshell Case This guitar has been kept in the case for the last 30 years. There are some lite signs of playing such as slight pressure dings and lite brush marks. But overall you would be hard pressed to find a better example of an almost 40 year old guitar. It features a Maple Body and a 3-Piece Set Maple Neck and the Famous Bill Lawrence Pickups. It is professionally set up and ready to play. The L6-S is now generally considered to be the most underrated of all the Gibson solid bodied guitars. The popularity of the L6-S gradually dropped after 1974, despite high profile endorsements from the likes of Al DiMeola and Carlos Santana. Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Keith Richards, Paul Stanley and Mike Oldfield also used the model during this period. 

The L6-S Custom is noted for its 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:

1. Both pickups, in series
2. Neck pickup, alone
3. Both pickups, in parallel
4. Both pickups, parallel out of phase, with the neck pickup's bass response restricted thought a series capacitor.
5. Bridge pickup, alone
6. 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