Serial number: 89115
Year shipped: 1932
FON: 357
Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with a pointed end and dot inlays from the third fret – see Notes below
Body: Maple back and sides. Solid top braces
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including regular tailpiece and Waverly three-on-a-strip tuners with engraved base plate and pearl buttons, mounted so that the cog is positioned below the worm gear. Long bound pickguard
Notes: The brass truss rod cover is not original to the guitar
UPDATE
Since the above photos were taken, L-5 serial number 87506 has been fitted with a new 20 fret fingerboard with a pointed end and dot inlays from the third fret. The fingerboard work was done by Dimitri Tenev
Images courtesy of Tony Marcus