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Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Oct. 26 2006, 16:49 has any one got a Gibson L6 or L5, Mr Oldfield played an L-6 for the exposed concert In seem to remember (and have seen recently on this board somewhere) I was just wondering what the sound difference is.  I know the L5 is the custom version but perhaps there is more.  I have borrowed an L-5 from a friend but they are pretty rare (well for sale on Ebay and the rest of the web they are) but I have seen more L6-s's. I know the theory about the wood difference etc, but has any one played both types of guitar and have any comments. Incidentally the L5 i have borrowed, when put through a Mesa Mark3 and a couple of effect pedals sounds remarkable like some of Mr Oldfields sounds, but you have to turn the volume control knobs to very low and the amp to very low to get it.   On the mesa MK3 you can set the volume to No2 and it's still too loud so no problems with Volume then....! Interesting to hear anyones contructive comments. Cheers Ray   -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Oct. 28 2006, 04:39 As far as I'm aware, Mike has never played an L-5, it's a semi-solid guitar. Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Oct. 28 2006, 15:28 David, The L5 CES is hollowbody, but the L-5s custom is a facy version of the L-6,  as used by mike for thr exposed concert.  It is the solid body version of the L5 CES and very different - you can look it up on the Gibson web pages. Ray -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

nushky Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Nov. 28 2006, 04:07 Mike used an L6S deluxe during the exposed concert, and I did not see where he used an L5S custom. Back to top

manintherain Group: Members. Posts: 546 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 28 2006, 05:51 "Well, I've got a Gibson L-5 electric ..." (Mike Oldfield, Guitar Player 1978) I cannot see that Ray mentioned Mike playing the L-5 although he once said he had one. As far as I can tell that Guitar is the L6-S Deluxe used during his first tour in 1979. It was customized by Tony Zemaitis in 1980 with a metal scratchboard which you can see in the Knebworth concert (The Essential). Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Nov. 28 2006, 13:19 The L5 and L6 appear to be the same shape.  Is the L6 a cheaper version of the L5? Ray -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

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