Okay, so I’ve been playing a lot of acoustic guitar recently (mostly fingerstyle blues and general Americana,) and I’ve developed a serious crush on this new re-issue from Gibson — the 1937 L-00 Legend.
Talk about a looker… check out that striped tortoise shell pickguard! Sure, I’d love an original L-00, but unfortunately I don’t have a spare $25,000 lying around, so I have to look elsewhere.
Still, I recently figured out that at a whopping $6880 list price, if I put aside $10 a week, every week, in another decade I can buy myself one on my 50th birthday! Hahaha!
Seriously though, I’ve spent a fair amount of quality time with the lower-cost (but still steep,) Gibson Blues King, and while I love the general feel and sound (yeah, I’m a sucker for a slim waisted guitar!) the L-00 Legend shares all that tone and vintage vibe, but in a much prettier package.
Next up on my list is the Martin 000-18: also highly drool-worthy.
So — what’s your dream acoustic guitar?
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January 21st, 2009 at 7:51 am
My dream acoustic guitar is actually an Epiphone Emporer Regent. I’m not much for acousktic guitars in general, and even less of a fan of soundhole acoustics, so the ER fits in with my love of the archtop and the acoustic sound is really nice. I wrote a small review for it on my blog and even included a video to show off some of the tone (or what could be captured by my camera).
January 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
Nice :) I’ll check it out.
January 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Thanks. The exact address is: http://5th-fret.blogspot.com/2009/01/bitter-disappointment-ray-of-blinding.html
January 13th, 2010 at 10:31 am
You can get a vintage Gibson l-00 in very good to excellent condition for around $4-6K. (I know because I bought one.) Why anybody would buy a reissue at nearly $7K list is beyond me. In my experience, while new Gibsons are good guitars, they don’t measure up (yet) to the sound of the old ones (although I’m sure there are some old duds out there).