Serial Number: 88786

Year shipped: 1932

FON: illegible

Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo

Neck/fingerboard: 19 fret fingerboard with pointed end and wide block inlays from the third fret

Body: Maple back and sides

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including wrap-over tailpiece and individual open-back Grover 98G ‘Sta-tite’ tuners with butterbean keys. Long bound pickguard

Notes: This L-5 is from the personal collection of George Gruhn

Images courtesy of George Gruhn and William A Ritter of Gruhn Guitars