Serial Number 85298 Marty Grosz

Year shipped 1929

FON 9418

Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo

Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end, dot inlays from the fifth fret with double dots at the 12th and 17th frets

Body: Maple back and sides. Master Model label.

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including Waverly three-on-a-strip tuners with engraved base plate and pearl buttons, mounted so that the cog is positioned below the worm gear. Short bound pickguard. Replacement tailpiece made by Mirabella Guitars

Notes: The back seam has a repair and there seems to be some moisture discoloration near the seam. The neck appears to have been refinished and recontoured to the more modern shape typical of an early 1930s example.

This guitar belongs to Jazz Rhythm Maestro, Marty Grosz. For Marty’s comments on this and his other L-5 guitars, see his entry on our Players’ page. Images by kind permission of Marty’s son, Toby Grosz.

Images courtesy of Laurence Wexer