Gibson Byrdland

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The Gibson Byrdland guitar, named after its designers Billy Byrd and Hank Garland, is one of the most distinctive acoustic-electric guitars in Gibson history featuring the same hand-carved spruce top and solid maple rims and back as the elegant L-5. The Byrdland's overall depth of 2 1/4-in is thinner than the more traditional 3 3/8" of the L-5. In addition, its famous short scale neck (only 23 1/2") facilitates intricate single-note patterns and allows guitarists to employ unusual stretched chord voicings. For this reason, the Byrdland has been a favorite of master players as different as country-picker Roy Clark, hard rocker Ted Nugent, and free jazz innovator James "Blood" Ulmer.

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