Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar in Tobacco Sunburst Satin
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The store is open 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays.
The stock information shows the quantity of units that are available to purchase at the Guildford store and the quantity of units that are available at our off-site Guildford warehouse. These stock levels are updated in real time.
Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
If you have placed your order online, you will receive a confirmation email of your order and a separate follow-up text or email to confirm when your item is ready for collection.
Please do not come to the store before you have received the follow-up message, as your order may not yet be ready at the store.
If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: L5TSS
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Product Description
Emitting classic 50s vibes, the Sire Larry Carlton L5 is an amazing-looking guitar that features a single-cut, Swamp Ash body with a Maple neck to produce a natural, clean sound. Its string through Tune-O-Matic bridge ensures maximum tonal transfer between the strings of the body and its trio of lipstick tube single-coil pickups perfectly capture this resonant tonality.
Key features
- Comfort and elegance - Sire’s Edgeless™ fretboard design features rolled, smoothened edges for a superior feel and playing experience.
- Single Coil Twang - The L5’s trip of lipstick single coils are perfect for dynamic players searching for a clear and twangy tone.
- Impressive sustain, tone and resonance - It’s Tune-O-Matic bridge feeds the strings through the Swamp Ash body to enhance the sound of the guitar.
Lipstick Tube single-coil pickups
The pickup configuration of the Sire Larry Carlton L5 guitars consists of three lipstick tube-shaped, single-coil pickups that not only look great but are the perfect pickup choice for capturing the balanced and focused tone of the L5. Crystal clear highs with the perfect amount of twang and a tight bass.
Enhanced sustain, tone and resonance
The Tune-O-Matic bridge with a string-thru body design helps to promote increased sustain throughout the guitar, improving the tone and resonance of the instrument. This boost in sustain allows the notes to hang in the air for longer.
Single-cut, Swamp Ash design
The Sire Larry Carlton L5 guitars feature a redesigned, single-cut body made of Swamp Ash – a wood material that is known to produce a distinctive, natural sound. Used in many of the most desirable guitars of the 1950’s it’s often favoured due to it equal balance across all frequencies and its rich harmonic sustain.
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Swamp Ash
- Body Shape: Sire L5 Body Shape
- Body Finish: TS.S (Tobacco Sunburst Satin)
Neck
- Neck Material: Hard Maple
- Neck Shape: C-Shape
- Scale Length: 24.75”
- Fingerboard Material: Hard Maple Edgeless™ (Rolled Fretboard Edges)
- Fingerboard Radius: 12”
- Number of Frets Total: 22 (2.7mm Medium Jumbo)
- String Nut: Bone, 43mm width
- Inlay: BK/Abalone Rounded Rectangular Block
- Neck Joint: Four Bolt Steel Plate
Electronics
- Pickups: LC Lipstick Tube Single Coil Pickup Sets (S-S-S)
- Controls: 5-way Lever Switch, Volume, Tone
- Knobs: Black Top Hat Knob
Hardware
- Bridge: Tune-O-Matic Bridge with String Body Thru
- Tuning Gear: Standard Diecast Tuner
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Pickguard: None