What is an L5 guitar?
What is an L5 guitar? Design and construction. Worldwide, the L-5 was the first guitar to feature f-holes. Also released in 1934 was the larger 18" archtop guitar named the "L5 Super", which was later renamed the Gibson Super 400. These two highly ornate acoustic guitars are Gibson's top-of-the-line carved archtop instruments. Did Gibson Stop making Archtops? There are zero archtop models available now, unless you count the ES-275. Do you figure that Gibson has effectively withdrawn from the archtop market, at this point? What did Gibson do? Gibson Brands, the iconic guitar company based in Nashville, filed for bankruptcy...