Modern Collection L-00 Special

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.

• Serial Number

  20496065

• Brand Name

  Gibson

• Model

  L-00 Special

• Finish Color

  Ebony

• Finish Type

  Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

• Top Wood

  Solid Sitka Spruce

• Bracing

  Traditional Scalloped X-Bracing

• Binding

  Single-ply Cream on Top and Back

• Back & Sides Wood

  Solid Mahogany

• Neck Dimensions

  .850 1st - .910 9th

• Neck Wood

  Utile

• Neck Joint

  Compound Dovetail

• Neck Shape

  SlimTaper

• Neck Finish

  Satin Ebony

• Fingerboard Wood

  Rosewood

• Fingerboard Radius

  12"

• Fingerboard Inlays

  Mother-of-Pearl Dots

• Frets

  19 Standard

• Scale Length

  24 3/4"

• Headstock

  Black with Gibson Logo in Gold Silkscreen

• Nut Material

  TUSQ

• Width at Nut

  1.73"

• Electronics

  LR Baggs Element Bronze

• Controls

  Soundhole-Mounted Volume

• Saddle

  TUSQ

• Hardware

  Chrome

• Tuners

  Chrome Grover Mini Rotomatic

• bridge

  Rosewood Rectangular

• Pickguard

  Tortoiseshell L-00

• Case

  Gibson Premium Black Softshell