Serial Number: 93121
Year shipped: 1936
FON: 1356-18
Headstock: Horizontal ‘The Gibson’ logo
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block inlays from the first to the seventeenth frets
Body: Maple back and sides
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including regular tailpiece
Notes: The tuners, bridge and pickguard have been replaced (the original bridge and tuners have been stored with the guitar). The fingerboard has been refretted by Gruhn Guitars
This guitar was shipped on the 18th of June 1936 and is listed in Gibson’s shipping ledgers as “L-5 old.” The FON indicates a pre-1935 body. The fingerboard appears to have been replaced in the late 30s.
This is one of just seventeen 16-inch L-5s shipped in 1936
Images above courtesy of George Gruhn of Gruhn Guitars

Images courtesy of Glen Johnson