Gibson Byrdland Thinline Electric Archtop was first available in 1955 and is still available today. This was a thin-body short scale version of the L-5CES. In her looks even a bit more luxurious reminding of the Super 400. Features included a thinline 17" Body with luxurious bindings and purfling. Originally the Byrdland featured a carved maple back, 2 Alnico V pickups, ebony fingerboard with block markers, narrow neck in a sunburst or natural finish. The Alnico pickups were replaced with humbucking pickups in 1957 and over time the neck grew a bit wider.

I wondered why this Byrdland plays so easy, but after measuring the nut width, i learned it's one of those with a wider 42.8mm (1 11/16") neck width, much more comfortable for the fingerstyle and jazz players who play their fast tunes on such a guitar as this magnificent and unique Byrdland. A superb looking and sounding vintage Gibson in overall very clean and original condition, serial number #559738, Dating back to 1969, and built to 1950s specs with solid carved flame maple back, carved spruce top, a short scale version of the L-5CES, with 17" wide body, and rarely seen during the 60s rounded/Venetian cutaway, 2 1/4" deep thinline body, 2 Patented Humbucker-pickups, triple-loop tubular tailpiece with "Byrdland" engraved on crosspiece, tortoise grain pickguard, 7 ply top binding, triple bound back, single bound F-holes, ebony fingerboard with block markers and 5 ply binding and pointed end, 597mm (23 1/2") scale length, very not-Gibson-60's-like wide 42.8mm (1 11/16") nut width, flowerpot peghead inlay, 7 ply peghead binding, gold plated parts, sunburst finish, Kluson Sealfast tuners, Excellent condition with no breaks/cracks whatsoever, and Lot's of typical Gibson weatherchecking to add to the mojo, some superficial playwear, refretted once with original specs frets, with the last tip-fret through the binding, original Pot and pot-cans, Electronics, Flamed maple 5-piece neck with nice C-profile, 5ply original pickguard with a bit of weatherchecking/erosion to the surface, fading to the gold, but all in all a very clean guitar in excellent condition with very little wear, comes with original Gibson deluxe Case