PG 202: GIBSON  ES-150 or L-7

string edge measures

9-15/16", pickup rout

located 3-13/16" down

from the neck, pickup

rout measures 1-9/16"

(neck to bridge) and cuts

5/8" into the guard

OEM MATERIAL: Color 122 with

wide bevel: $35.00


PG 2030: GIBSON L-5 

non-cutaway 1940s style, no screw

holes

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise w/binding -

we do not offer this color; best alternative

is color 122 w/wide bevel: $35.00

 

PG 2031: GIBSON 1936 L5

Screw hole by neck, long strip

on back running along straight

edge

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise w/binding -

we do not offer this color; best alternative

is color 122 w/wide bevel: $35.00

 

PG 20312: GIBSON L-4 REISSUE

2 hum, 3" gap between pu cuts, dimples

for pu screws, 1 screw by neck, tip of

guard to top of neck pu cut measures

7/8"

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise w/binding -

we do not offer this color; best alternative

is color 122 w/wide bevel: $35.00


PG 2044: GIBSON 1951  L4-C

no screw holes, uses brad by neck

& mounting bracket

OEM MATERIAL: Color 122 with

wide bevel: $35.00

PG 336: GIBSON 1947

L-7 "McCARTY" 

2 pu, 9 screws, 3 small holes

for weird pots

OEM MATERIAL: Color 122 with

wide bevel: $40.00

 

PG 341: GIBSON 1951 L-5 CEN

no pickup, no screw holes

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise w/binding -

we do not offer this color; best alternative

is color 122 w/wide bevel: $35.00

PG 390: GIBSON L-7 Archtop 

no pu, 1 screw hole by neck

straight edge measures 10-1/8"

OEM MATERIAL: celluloid with

binding; we do not have that

color available; best alternative

is color 122 with wide bevel: $35.00


PG 501: GIBSON  L-5 

1 hum, tip of guard to top of pu cut

measures 1-5/8", 1 screw hole by neck

 OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise with binding-

we do not offer this; best alternative is color

122 with wide bevel: $35.00

WE ALSO HAVE:

PG 5011: GIBSON 1969  L-5 CES
2 hum cuts with dimples for pu screws,

measure between pickup routs is

3 inches, measure from tip of guard

to top of neck pu: 7/8", screw hole by neck

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise with binding-

we do not offer this; best alternative is color

122 with wide bevel: $35.00

WE ALSO HAVE:

PG 50112: GIBSON 1971 L5 CES

Like PG 5011 above but 2 screw

holes, slightly larger profile &

measure from tip of guard to top

of neck pu: 1-5/8"

OEM MATERIAL: Tortoise with binding-

we do not offer this; best alternative is color

122 with wide bevel: $35.00

 

 

This page features pickguards for Gibson' "L" series Hollowbodies. These beautiful archtops really display Orville Gibson's concept of guitars built using the physics & engineering of violin-family instruments. Many of the unusual features on the instruments shown here were the result of Lloyd Loar's work at the Gibson Company.

 

In general, these are mounted either by a screw into the top of the body by the neck or with a small brad extending out of the fingerboard fitted into a small block on the back of the guard. At the lower end, they usually use a bracket with either a screw through the middle of the pickguard or threaded into a block glued to the back of the guard. Either way, the guard floats above the top of the body.

For the bracket, we have the threaded rod or screw-on type in chrome only. They are $12.50 & include all screws, etc. Just ask when you place your order.

 

If you don't find what you need here, check our related page of ES Jazz electrics.

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