Tristan talks important music history and plays a beautiful 1969 Natural Gibson Byrdland. This Gibson has seen some things in its day but Tristan loves how it feels and it sounds great through a Victoria 5112 Tweed combo. The guitar has sold but be sure to check out more vintage Gibson linked above.
The Byrdland is the first of Gibson's Thinline series. Many guitarists did not desire the bulk of a traditional archtop guitar such as Gibson's L-5, one of Gibson's top models. The Byrdland, with its overall depth of 2+1⁄4 in (5.7 cm), is thinner than the L-5's 3+3⁄8 in (8.6 cm) depth. Gibson's president, Ted McCarty, sought opinions and ideas about new products. The suggestions from Byrd and Garland led to the development of the Byrdland. The Byrdland, first made in 1955, is essentially a custom-built, thinner, L-5CES (Cutaway-Electric-Spanish). Later, the two specified a shorter scale and narrower-than-standard neck. Guitarists who had an opportunity to play Gibson samples liked the Byrdland's short scale neck (23+1⁄2 in [60 cm]), which facilitated intricate single-note patterns and unusual stretched chord voicings. The Byrdland then became a regular production instrument. One thing which hampered the instrument's popularity in the ensuing years was the narrow neck width (1+5⁄8 in [4.1 cm] at the nut, as opposed to Gibson's standard nut width of 1+11⁄16 in [4.3 cm]). Gibson developed the ES-350T from the Byrdland using less-costly hardware and detailing, and offered it as a less expensive model.
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