Serial number: 90405

Year shipped: 1934

FON: 322

Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo

Neck/fingerboard: 19 fret fingerboard with square end and narrow block inlays from the first fret

Body: Maple back and sides

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including regular tailpiece and individual open-back Grover 98G ‘Sta-tite’ tuners with butterbean keys. Ebony bridge

Notes: This L-5 was formerly owned by jazz guitarist Al Avola. It has been refretted and fitted with a replacement pickguard

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