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Carlos Santana - Santana

Carlos Santana endorsing the L-6S. From the cover of the 1975 Gibson solid-body catalogue. Carlos Santana endorsing the L-6S. From a 1974 music publication.
Carlos Santana endorsing the L-6S. From a 1976 music publication.

Carlos Santana started playing the L-6S in 1974 - he heaped praise upon it in the November '74 issue of Guitar Player magazine, and by 1975 was on the cover of the Gibson solid-body catalogue, and further magazine adverts as an endorsee.

Oh, I just flipped over this Gibson L6-S. It's not like i'm endorsing it, but that axe is beautiful. It's got more accessible frets, and the pickups are just incredible. With the controls, I can make it sound like a Stratocaster, a Telecaster, an SG, or a Les Paul - I get them all. It has a very fast fingerboard, and it's clean sounding.

left: Carlos Santana endorsing the L-6S. From the cover of the 1975 Gibson solid-body catalogue, right 1974 and 1976 Gibson L-6S adverts

Johnny Borrell - Razorlight

Johnny Borrell of Razorlight playing his Gibson L-6S CustomJohnny Borrell of Razorlight playing his Gibson L-6S Deluxe

Johnny Borrell of Razorlight plays two L-6S guitars, left: a natural L-6S Deluxe, far left: Tobacco Sunburst L-6S Custom.

I just got a new guitar! And I got a new amp, so I’ve now got two amps onstage and two guitars exactly the same. And they’re very rare – not expensive, but very rare. It’s a Gibson L6S and they were only made for about five years in the ‘70s, and now I have two of them. So my life is fucking great! Hehehe. I’ve got a Marshal stack, a fucking Vox, and two beautiful guitars. KnowwhatImean? What more could I want?

Photos courtesey of photographer Sophie Jarry, quotation from an interview with Johnny Borrell on drowned in sound website

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