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21st September 2021

Tops: thick or thin?

For a time in the 1930s, both the Gibson Super 400 and the L-5 models…

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9th September 2021

Paul Alcantara looks at custom-built Gibson l-5s from the prewar era

Though the Gibson Custom Shop wasn’t officially established until 1993, it has been possible to order…

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2nd September 2021

An alternative take on interpreting Pre-War Gibson Serial Numbers by Darryl Wolfe

The shipping dates quoted on this site are, for the most part, based on the…

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24th August 2021

Lynn Wheelwright discusses Gibson’s First Production Electric Guitar

“Alvino was the king of the electric guitar during the early to mid 1930’s” says…

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19th August 2021

Did Gibson use Sitka or Adirondack spruce for the tops of its Pre-war archtops?

Sally, of prewargibsonl-5.com emailed Gibson researcher Joe Spann with the following question: “We were very…

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19th August 2021

André Duchossoir obituary

We were sad to learn that guitar historian André Duchossoir passed away on November 17th 2020. A…

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11th July 2021

Welcome to Pre-War Gibson L-5

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      • K5 Mandocello database
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    • Lloyd Loar
    • Master Model Series
  • Players
    • Eddie Lang
    • Maybelle Carter
    • Les Paul
    • Roy Smeck
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    • Dick McDonough and Carl Kress
    • Marty Grosz
    • Tiny Timbrell
    • Allan Reuss
    • Alvino Rey
    • Howard Emerson
    • Ted Andrews
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    • Jack Shook
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    • Nick Lucas
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