Serial Number: 86138 Tenor Guitar

L-5 Tenor Guitar

Year shipped: 1930

FON: 9705

Headstock: Diagonal script ‘Gibson’ logo and three pearl inlays (no flowerpot)

Neck/fingerboard: 19 fret fingerboard with pointed end, dot inlays from the third fret with double dots at the 7th, 12th and 17th frets

Body: Maple back and sides

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including backward facing banjo tuners with pearl buttons. Short bound pickguard. Replacement tailpiece

Notes: TG-L5 tenor guitar, ‘Master Model’ label

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