Serial Number: 91239

Year shipped: 1934

FON:

Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo

Neck/fingerboard: 24 fret fingerboard with square end and wide block inlays from the third fret – see Notes below

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

Notes: A sharp ‘Florentine’ cutaway has been added and the pickguard replaced to accommodate this. The extended fingerboard may have been installed at this point. “It has undergone a Florentine cutaway modification, believed to have been carried out by Louis Gallo’s workshop. In addition to the cutaway, the fingerboard has been extended by five frets to increase the player’s range.

Images above courtesy of Charlie Deason

Images above courtesy of Guitar Auctions at Gardiner Houlgate