GIBSON

1948, STYLE L-5-P CES 'CONVERSION'

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GIBSON
1948, STYLE L-5-P CES 'CONVERSION'
Labelled Style L-5-P/Gibson Guitar/Number A 2597 is hereby/GUARANTEED/against faulty workmanship and materials./GIBSON Inc./KALAMAZOO MICH./U.S.A., re-fitted with circa 1954 Alnico V pickups and "bonnet" control knobs, length of back 21 in. (53.3 cm.); and original Gibson hardshell case and cover, the case with adhesive tape inscribed by Lee Dickson Gibson 1948 -Proto-Alnico P 90/'48 L.5 #A2597

This guitar has been a spare for Eric Clapton's main Gibson L-5 [not included in the auction] which has been used to date since the 1993 Blues Tour. (3)

Lot Essay

EC: I have two blondes [in my collection], the grain on the top is a little bit more accentuated than on the [one I'm keeping]. There's not a lot to choose between the two of them, they both had plenty of use. This would have been used on the Blues album.

LD: It's got fantastic... very distinct straight grain. This would have been used in the studio... in the early '90s [during] the Blues period From the Cradle, and definitely used on recordings... either by Eric or Andy... [Fairweather Low].

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