An early Gibson pickguard suitable for an archtop L5 - L7 model guitar, with short distance under the fingerboard extension, making it appropriate for a cutaway model instrument. Original McCarty design, it features a nice low output, low profile neck pickup mounted through the original 5 ply black pickguard. Original factory flathead screws mount the pickup, with touched up wiring through its 1/8" output jack. Smaller black cupcake knob appears original. The potentiometer is located *underneath* the knobs themselves (not on the bottom of the guard). Due to its fairly delicate nature, this has not been dismantled in anyway. The original holes through the guard itself appear to have been enlarged during its life, although it is possible that it is factory given the rarity of these to find other examples to compare with Orange drop tone capacitor present. Original tortise shell acrylic mount present, meant to host pick guard mounting bracket (which is not present with this guard). Small indentation visible from the face of the guard, where it appears to have been repaired.