1936 Gibson L-00

A clean and crack-free 1936 Gibson L-00 that has the classic punchy mids-forward mid 1930s L-00 voice, perfect playability, and chunky neck. It’s an attractive guitar, and a great example of this famous model.

Completely original but for new frets and saddle by our shop, this guitar features very-cool Grover “Book Top” G-102 tuners and is fitted with its original nut and bridge pins as well. The finish is original throughout, although we suspect this guitar might have received a new fretboard at the factory very soon after it was completed based on the look of the original finish along the sides of the neck and the somewhat-common mahogany shim under the fretboard’s extension. Gibson was regularly doing small repairs to its guitars if they didn’t pass QC.

Red spruce top with X bracing, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard and bridge. Top-only bindings and simple appointments, firestripe pickguard.

This guitar shows very few repairs; the original braces are all well glued and there are no seam separations or cracks. We reglued the pickguard as it’s corner was loose, glued one loose related finger brace end, refretted the guitar, and set it up with 12-54 strings and a new aged bone saddle. The action is 5-6 64ths.

Full-feeling V neck carve with a nut width of 1-3/4” and a 1st fret depth of .982”. 24.75” scale, 2-3/8” string spread at the saddle.

With modern hardshell case.