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The CT model was first constructed for George Gobel, who wanted a less bulky guitar. Another variation of the L-5 is the Wes Montgomery model, named for the popular 1950s and 1960s jazz guitarist. The Wes Montgomery model has a single "Classic 57" pickup in the neck position, and a parallel bracing supporting the top.
MAYBELLE CARTER GIBSON L-5 In 1928, with money from the Carter Family's successful first recordings, nineteen-year-old Maybelle Carter paid $275 for the finest guitar she could find, this 1928 Gibson L-5 model. Until her death in 1978, “Mother Maybelle” used it on hundreds of recordings, radio and television programs, and live appearances.
Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, [1] with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument."
Carter Family picking, also known as the thumb brush, the Carter lick, the church lick, or the Carter scratch, [2] is a style of fingerstyle guitar named after Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family. It is a distinctive style of rhythm guitar in which the melody is played on the bass strings, usually low E, A, and D while rhythm strumming ...
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Gibson L-5 guitar (played by Maybelle Carter), "the most important single guitar in the entire history of country music," according to George Gruhn. There is controversy about its date. Commonly said to be a 1928 instrument, but researcher Joe Spann concluded, it couldn't have left the factory earlier than April 1929, and was shipped January, 1930.
Stella was an American guitar brand owned by the Oscar Schmidt Company. It was founded around 1899. [1] The Stella brand consists of low and mid-level stringed instruments. Stella guitars were played by notable artists, including Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Charley Patton, Doc Watson and Willie Nelson [2] who learned to play on one.
Gibson produced a Townshend Signature model SG based on the guitar he played at Woodstock in August, 1969. The Townsend model was a limited edition and was discontinued by Gibson in 2003. [164] In 2006 the Gibson Custom Shop started production of three different Les Paul signature models [165] based on the guitars he played in the late 1970s ...