Serial Number 91478

Year shipped: 1935

FON: 1169

Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo

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

Body: Maple back and sides

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including regular tailpiece

Notes:  The guitar has been fully restored by Adam Berten (bertenguitars.com/) including removal of overspray from the body. It has been re-fretted and fitted with repro tuners, pickguard and bridge. This instrument does not appear in the extant Gibson shipping ledgers

This is one of 110 16-inch L-5s shipped in 1935

Images courtesy of Erwin van Waardenburg (photos by Adam Berten)