Serial Number 94329
Year shipped: 1937
FON:
Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo (lacks a dot over the letter ‘i’)
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block inlays from the first fret. Wide neck heel
Body: 17-inch body with maple back and sides and small unbound f-holes, X-braced top.
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including flat tailpiece engraved with ‘L-5’ legend. Original rosewood bridge
Notes: The nut, pickguard and tuners) have been replaced (original tuners stored in case, two strap buttons in the heel have been removed with finish touch-up, cracks in the side of the body and heel have been repaired with overspray on heel. The fingerboard has been re-fretted and the neck has been re-set
This guitar is one of 212 Sunburst Advanced L-5s shipped in 1937




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