Gibson Byrdland Guitar

The Byrdland, 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. Walter Hank Garland (November 11, 1930 – December 27, 2004) was a legendary Nashville studio musician. ... Roy Clark - March 2002 Roy Linwood Clark (born April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia) is one of the most versatile and well-known country music musicians and performers. ... Theodore Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka The Nuge, Uncle Ted, Terrible Ted,Sweaty Teddy, Ted the Almighty, Theodocious Atrocious and The Motor City Madman) is a hard rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes, and recently noted for his support...