Gibson’s most popular small-bodied acoustic model 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. 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Back : Solid Mahogany
Binding : Single-ply Cream, Top and Back
Body Finish : Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material : Solid Mahogany
Body Shape : L-00
Body Styles : Small Body
Bracing : Traditional Hand-scalloped X-bracing
Side : Solid Mahogany
Top : Solid Sitka Spruce

NECK

Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count : 19
Frets : Standard
Inlays : Mother-of-pearl dots
Joint : Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
Neck Material : Utile
Nut Material : TUSQ
Nut Width : 43.82mm / 1.73in
Profile : SlimTaper
Scale Length : 628.65mm / 24.75in

ELECTRONICS

Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin
Preamp : LR Baggs Element Bronze
Under Saddle Pickup : LR Baggs Element Bronze

HARDWARE

Bridge : Rectangular; Rosewood
Pickguard : L-00; Tortoise
Saddle Material : TUSQ
Truss Rod : Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover : 2-ply Black
Tuner Plating : Chrome
Tuning Machines : Grover Mini Rotomatic

MISCELLANEOUS

Case : Premium Soft Shell
Model : MCSBL0SPCEBL
Headstock Inlay : Gibson Logo in Gold Silkscreen
Strings Gauge : 012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053