Gibson L-00 Special Satin Vintage Sunburst

The most popular Gibson small-body acoustic gets the Special treatment

First introduced in 1932, the L-00 has remained the most well-known and popular small-body acoustic model in Gibson’s illustrious history. The new L-00 Special is crafted by Gibson’s expert acoustic luthiers in Bozeman, Montana, and offers players a USA-built Gibson acoustic guitar at a very accessible price. The L-00 Special is constructed using genuine, solid mahogany for the back and sides and has a solid Sitka spruce top with our traditional scalloped X-bracing for a balanced tone with excellent dynamic range for a small-bodied acoustic. Both the top and back feature single-ply binding around the perimeter. The narrower waist of an L-00 body shape provides a focused and nuanced sound, naturally giving it a leaner and tighter bass response that sits perfectly in the mix. The tone is ideal for fingerstyle playing and blues and works very well for other genres and playing styles, too. The utile neck is attached to the body with a compound dovetail neck-to-body joint, and like all Gibson acoustic guitars, it is affixed with hot hide glue. The neck has a comfortable and fast-playing SlimTaper profile, and the rosewood fretboard has a 12” radius and is adorned with simple mother-of-pearl dot inlays and is fitted with 19 standard frets. The closed slot rectangular rosewood bridge is equipped with a TUSQ® saddle, and the nut and bridge pins are also TUSQ. Smooth turning Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners ensure solid tuning stability. The L-00 Special is finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer in your choice of Satin Vintage Sunburst or Satin Wine Red. It comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze active under-saddle piezo pickup and active preamp with an easy-to-access soundhole-mounted volume control, so it’s stage and studio-ready from the moment you take it out of the included premium soft shell case.

Key Features

• Solid Mahogany Back and Sides

• Solid Sitka Spruce Top

• Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish

• Grover Mini Rotomatic Tuners

• Rosewood Fretboard with Mother of Pearl Dot Inlays

• TUSQ Nut, Saddle, and Bridge Pins

• L.R Baggs Element Bronze Under-Saddle Pickup and Active Preamp

• Soundhole-Mounted Volume Control

• Premium Soft Shell Case

Body

• Body Style: Small Body

• Body Shape: L-00

• Body Material: Solid Mahogany

• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce

• Back: Solid Mahogany

• Side: Solid Mahogany

• Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing

• Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top and Back

• Body Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck

• Profile: SlimTaper

• Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in

• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood

• Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in

• Neck Material: Utile

• Fret Count: 19

• Frets: Standard

• Nut Material: TUSQ

• Nut Width: 43.815 mm / 1.725 in

• Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Dot

• Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue

Hardware

• Bridge: Rectangular; Rosewood

• Saddle Material: TUSQ

• Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic

• Pickguard: L-00; Tortoise

• Truss Rod: Adjustable

• Truss Rod Cover: 2-ply Black

• Electronics

• Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

• Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume

• Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin

• Preamp: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

Miscelleneous

• Strings Gauge: .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053

• Case: Premium Soft Shell