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the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
Posted by Matt on Mon, 11/18/02 - 08:34:38.
Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson L6S serial number 176481 I also have an old Gretsch stack amplifier in mint condition. Anyone out there that can help me out?
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
: Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson L6S serial number 176481 I also have an old Gretsch stack amplifier in mint condition. Anyone out there that can help me out?
Matt...KEEP THE GUITAR! I love em! They are very hard to come by and are quickly rising in price as a vintage instrument. Type Gibson 6Ls into one of your search engines and see what comes up on a search or type in Gibson Guitars for a search then go to their archives.
For the Gretsch...go to www.gretschpages.com/
You might find some info there on your amp.
Guitarguy
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
: : Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson L6S serial number 176481 I also have an old Gretsch stack amplifier in mint condition. Anyone out there that can help me out?
: Matt...KEEP THE GUITAR! I love em! They are very hard to come by and are quickly rising in price as a vintage instrument. Type Gibson 6Ls into one of your search engines and see what comes up on a search or type in Gibson Guitars for a search then go to their archives.
: For the Gretsch...go to www.gretschpages.com/
: You might find some info there on your amp.
: Guitarguy
Hi my name is nathan and I have L6s too. Your actually one of the very few people ive seen to have one. and i have been lookin pretty hard. Thier is something different with mine though. most Ive seen have a black headstock. Mine is natural straight from Gibson no changes ever to it. All original. If you find out anymore about them please e-mail me.Thanx
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Yes, I have an early one too and I love it, it can do everything! Keep it, but don't stop playing it...
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
: Hi my name is nathan and I have L6s too. Your actually one of the very few people ive seen to have one. and i have been lookin pretty hard. Thier is something different with mine though. most Ive seen have a black headstock. Mine is natural straight from Gibson no changes ever to it. All original. If you find out anymore about them please e-mail me.Thanx
Hi Nathan!
If your L6-S Deluxe has a natural headstock & the word "Gibson" is in black, you actually have a Gibson "Midnight Special"! This was a limited edition of the L6-S Deluxe during 1975 only. I used to have one of these myself. I missed it so much that I bought another L6-S... A Custom version with factory cherryburst finish. I'll never sell it... it's gorgeous.
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In 1975 I bought My first L 6 S. It was a natural finish with a black head stock. At the same time my friend bought a Midnight Special. It was basically an L 6 S with out the vari tone switch and it was finished in a deep purple metal flake. Bill lawrence did design the pick ups, but on a basic L 6 S the switching is basically a standard Gibson Varitone set up. The rarest color on these seems to be the Silver burst that they used after 1980. Also for a short time Santana used a L6S until he had a falling out with Gibson and switched to the Yamaha. These guitars are excellent players instruments, but for some reason the collectors don't give them a high resale value. They do some great though. Hope all this helps any one.
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Hi, I also have an L5S and was wondering if anyone can tell me where the serial # is located. I understand it's a small black, purple and white rectangular label. I am hoping it's not missing. Thanx.
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According to the serial number your L6s was manufactured in 1973 since it has a low 6 digit number.
I have seen these guitars on ebay go between $700 and $800 buckaroos.
These things are becoming a vintage item and I believe within the next 5-10 years they will be easily worth twice that much.
This guitar was by far an under rated and under priced instrument.
In my opinion there near the same quality as a standard Les Paul for that era and in some ways have an advantage espicially with the weight being light and the neck built for 24 frets instead of 22.
Don't get rid of it. You'll regret it.
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I have a Gibson L6S (Serial# 00143367) with oringinal non-bolted single piece neck and head...as well as the original Grover Tuning Keys, Hummbucking Pickups, 6-way switch, floating bridge and Gibson Hardcase...Fret board and neck are in perfect condition, as is all of this L6S...Gold-n-Black body, Neck and Head with Gold Lettered "Gibson" Log on head... I have been a guitar nut since I was a teen-kid in the 60's...Have owned some of the neater guitars during my 60's-70's...in the late 60's I bought a couple original Ventures-Mosrite guitars, a Single Pickup Rickenbacker Electric and a Gray Rickenbacker Amp, then there was the Very-First Electric Ovation Models, which '67 I played with a garage band member named Ladd Gurley, who's Dad was one of the founders of Ovation Guitars and Amps... From there I bought a Gibson GS, Melody-Maker, Fender Telecaster and a Stratocaster... I also had an original Ampeg (Blue Box-Single Speaker-Inversion Head)Tube Amp... In my later years bought a Les Paul and re-issue Strat... Wish I had them all back...but one thing for sure, my L6S is one of the best guitars I have ever played...the sound, action and look is astonishing...Les Paul, Strats and Tele have there places in great music sound, but the L6S is just so sweet to play any type of music...you just can't beat it without buying 6 different high-class quality guitars... I have had numerous musicians want to buy my L6S for some pretty big bucks...so much so that I have to say I was temped...very temped... So those of you that have an original L6S...it is worth more than the market reveals... Gibson was to make a re-issue from what I heard a few years back...not sure of that materialized... I hope not...because there is nothing like having the real McCoy... Enjoy... BZ...
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I'm in the market for a 6-LS. do you have and photos of it? Is if for sale?
: : Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson L6S serial number 176481 I also have an old Gretsch stack amplifier in mint condition. Anyone out there that can help me out?
: Matt...KEEP THE GUITAR! I love em! They are very hard to come by and are quickly rising in price as a vintage instrument. Type Gibson 6Ls into one of your search engines and see what comes up on a search or type in Gibson Guitars for a search then go to their archives.
: For the Gretsch...go to www.gretschpages.com/
: You might find some info there on your amp.
: Guitarguy
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
: Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson L6S serial number 176481 I also have an old Gretsch stack amplifier in mint condition. Anyone out there that can help me out?
It's worth about 500.00 in near mint condition. To be sure, make sure it's got the 24 fret fingerboard with duel humbuckers and a floating bridge. If it's got string through anchoring and a bolt on neck, it's worth about 375.00 in really good condition. I don't think it's that model, though, because the serial number indicates the '74 model. Gibson serials are sometimes hard to figure out.
Can't help you with the stack. Sorry.
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: Hi, i was wonderin if anyone out there had any idea what my guitar is worth? It is a Gibson Les Paul serial number 70548217. Anyone out there that can help me out?
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Hi, I also have an L6-S. Tobacco finish with some mods. It was my first electric back in 1979. I am getting ready to have it set up and straightened out because I changed the tailpiece, nut and bridge pickup. I will never sell it even if I am completely broke. From what I understand Bill Lawrence designed the electronics on it with the 5 position switch. To allow just about any sound from a single coil to a full humbucker. Love to find out more about it.
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I had one from 1981 - 1984. It was gray/smoke that faded into a black outline; beautiful looking guitar. It had a big chip out of the back of the head - if anyone's seen it, please let me know - I'm curious where it ended up. I traded it in for an ES-335, because the L6 wouldn't intonate properly. I have a Les Paul now, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I believe I bought the L6S used for about $400. It was a beautiful looking guitar, the best looking one I've had.
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Yo. Interesting reading dudes! I have an old Gibson L6s also ... and yes, I almost never see anyone out there playing one either. It certainly kicks. My has been hot-rodded (for good our bad?). It is definately not orginal material! The original pickups are gone and replaced with two semore duncan single coils run in series ... the five position swith is also gone and replaced with another tone rotary potentiomiter ... it has a "fender-strat-like" five position swith installed for pick-up selection along with an onboard phase shifter controled by an additonal three postion switch - baby, these last two unusual switches working together smash out some radical voicings! Also the entire fret board has been reworked and has "Nashville" fat frets installed in all 22 frets. The guitar cooks and sounds great with lots of distortion. The one downside is that the original humbucking pickups are gone. I have had this beast since 1982 (purchased for $250). Also of note: the "Nashville" fat frets make the string action outragiously fast, smooth, and a total blast to play. Please update me further with your experiences ...
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I have a midnight special also in 100% 0riginal from 75 mint and Ive been told its worth about a grand and strangeky enough the original gibson hardcase is worth about 400 if you have it also
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
: I have a midnight special also in 100% 0riginal from 75 mint and Ive been told its worth about a grand and strangeky enough the original gibson hardcase is worth about 400 if you have it also
Re: the value of my Gibson L6S guitar
According to Vintage Guitar price guide, they go for around 750.00. But Ive sen them sold for around 800.00 with the case. It mainly goes by what color and such. Rare colors tend to bring in more.
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: What colors are considered rare? I have a black in great condition and black and sort of silver/green sunburst.
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