Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Natural Satin
The Sire Larry Carlton L5 offers a vintage vibe with elegant, modern design. Featuring Swamp Ash body, Maple Edgeless neck, 3 LC Lipstick Tube pickups, & string-thru body. In Natural Satin
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Souful tones with natural and clean resonance. The Sire's L5 model gives the elegant '50s guitar vibe that can be found in higher tiered gears. It produces the most natural and clean sound resonating from Swamp Ash and Maple wood combination. It has a light profile suited best for traveling players who are into ballads, jazz, and pop genres.
Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Featues
A natural and clean resonance
An aesthetic and sonic impact with a clear and twangy sound
A redesigned single-cut body
Swamp Ash body with Hard Maple neck
Hard Maple Edgeless fretboard
3 LC Lipstick Tube single coil pickups
String thru body design for increased sustain, improved tone, and resonance
5-Way Switch with simple 2 knob controls
LC Lipstick Tube Single Coil Pickups Set (S-S-S)
Lipstick-shaped 3 single-coil pickups configuration creating an aesthetic and sonic impact, producing a clear and twangy sound. Combining the three of them cancels the familiar hum produced by a single-coil.
Tune-O-Matic (TOM) Bridge with String Thru Body
The TOM bridge with string thru body design promotes increased sustain throughout the guitar, improving tone, and resonance. More Sustain allows notes to sound audible for longer duration.
Sire L5 Body
A redesigned single-cut body made of Swamp Ash, a wood material historically known to produce natural sound, combined with the Edgeless hard Maple neck for more fun plays.
Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Specifications
Item #:
SIR ML6163
Manufacturer Part Number:
SML-6163
UPC:
810046138663
Product Specifications
Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Specifications
Body Material: Swamp Ash
Body Shape: Sire L5 Body Shape
Neck Material: Hard Maple
Neck Shape: C-Shape
Scale: 24.75"
Neck Joint: Four Bolt Steel Plate
Fingerboard Material: Hard Maple Edgeless (Rolled Fretboard Edges)
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Frets: 2.7 mm Medium Jumbo, 22 Frets
String Nut: Bone Nut, 43mm Width
Inlay: BK/Abalone Rounded-rectangular Block
Pickups: LC Lipstick Tube Single Coil Pickup Sets (S-S-S)
Controls: 5-way Lever Switch, Volume, Tone
Knobs: Black Top Hat Knob
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic Bridge with String Body Thru
Tuning Gear: Standard Diecasting Tuner
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Specifications
Product Specifications
Sire Larry Carlton L5 Electric Guitar Specifications
Body Material: Swamp Ash
Body Shape: Sire L5 Body Shape
Neck Material: Hard Maple
Neck Shape: C-Shape
Scale: 24.75"
Neck Joint: Four Bolt Steel Plate
Fingerboard Material: Hard Maple Edgeless (Rolled Fretboard Edges)
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Frets: 2.7 mm Medium Jumbo, 22 Frets
String Nut: Bone Nut, 43mm Width
Inlay: BK/Abalone Rounded-rectangular Block
Pickups: LC Lipstick Tube Single Coil Pickup Sets (S-S-S)
Controls: 5-way Lever Switch, Volume, Tone
Knobs: Black Top Hat Knob
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic Bridge with String Body Thru
Tuning Gear: Standard Diecasting Tuner
Hardware Finish: Chrome
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Benjamin L. 🇺🇸
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Like most lipstick pickups, these
Like most lipstick pickups, these are VERY THIN AND TINNY! I installed a Greasebucket circuit to help with the tone shaping and it’s still pretty unpleasant for me where I have to keep the tone low. Really disappointed and one last thing that coincides with the aforementioned complaint…. . I’d norma...
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12/15/25
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Stephan G. 🇺🇸
Sweet guitar (after a little work)
Playability is very good of which is my foremost requirement. I like a really low action and had to pull the bridge posts out and take the flange off as we as shortening the post bolts to get the action where I needed it and the only pickup I changed was the bridge, using a Curtis Novak along with a...
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