Serial Number: 92783

Year Shipped: 1936 

FON: 321A3

Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo, truss rod cover engraved ‘G.E.M.’ (possibly C.E.M.’)

Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block inlays from the first fret. 24 ¾ inch scale length. Wide neck heel

Body: 17-inch body with maple back and sides and small unbound f-holes

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including hinged tailpiece with silver centre insert and three engraved diamonds. Long bound pickguard

Notes: This guitar was refinished, refretted, and had the tuners replaced by Gibson in the late 1950s. A floating DeArmond pickup has been installed.

This guitar is one of 152 Advanced L-5s shipped in 1936

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Pictures courtesy of Carter Vintage