GIBSON L6-S/L6-S CUSTOM Description
- single smooth cutaway solid maple body with beveled edges, set laminated maple neck, 18/24-fret maple or rosewood fingerboard with pearl block inlays (1973-75) or dot inlays (1975-1980), narrow headstock with black overlay and screened logo, L6-S engraved on truss rod cover, three-per-side tuners, oversized rectangular tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, black pickguard, two five-sided humbucker pickups (1973-75) or two covered standard humbucker pickups (1975-1980), three knobs (v, mid-range, tone), six-way rotary switch, chrome hardware, available in Cherry (16 mfg. 1975 only), Ebony (common), Natural Maple gloss (most common), Tobacco Sunburst, Wine Red (25 mfg. 1975-77) finish, 24.75 in. scale, 13.5 in. body width, 16.5 in. body length, 1.25 in. body depth, case included, mfg. 1973-1980.
In 1975 the L-6S was renamed the L6-S Custom. The six-way rotary switch acts as a pickup switch and an in/out of phase switch as well: Position 1: both pickups in series and in phase, Position 2: front pickup only, Position 3: both pickups in parallel and in phase, Position 4: both pickups in parallel and out of phase, Position 5: rear pickup only, Position 6: both pickups in series and out of phase.