The Gibson L6S (usually Gibson L6-S, or L6 solid) launched in 1973 as the companies first all-maple solid body electric guitar. It also featured a 24 fret two-octave neck. It shipped throughout the 1970s and into the early 1980s, with a little over 18000 instruments produced in total; certainly one of the most successful of Gibson's seventies guitars. The L6-S was the epitome of Norlin-era Gibson output. The use of maple bodies, necks and fretboards, usually with just a simple clear coat finish, made for an instrument quite distinct from earlier guitars, both visually and tonally. A real contrast to the mahogany and rosewood guitars of the fifties and sixties, with their Sunburst, Cherry or Walnut finishes. Around a third of L6-S (Custom) guitars were black with an ebony fretboard, still with a maple body and neck. Other finishes did exist (including a very fetching Cherry Sunburst) but were produced in vastly lower numbers.

Early L6-S examples were built at Gibson's famous Kalamazoo plant, though by the mid 1970s, the L6S was being produced at Gibson's second plant, the newly opened facility at Nashville. Initially the guitar was simply designated L6-S, though with the addition of two new models (1974s Midnight Special and 1975s L6-S Deluxe) the original L6-S became the L6-S Custom.

This particular guitar has survived in very good condition. Except for the tailpiece being replaced for a finetune piece, all parts are original to this guitar. We also gave it a full setup so that it's ready to play! The guitar travels in its original case.