Serial Number: 94535

Year shipped: 1937

FON: 

Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo

Neck/fingerboard:  20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block inlays from the first fret. Wide neck heel. 25 1/2-inch scale length

Body: 17-inch body with maple back and sides and small bound f-holes. X braced top

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including hinged tailpiece with silver centre insert and three engraved diamonds and Grover Imperial tuners. Has original long bound pickguard and rosewood bridge. 

Notes: Has been re-fretted, The tailpiece has been remounted. There are three repaired cracks – one on the top, one on the side and two on the back. There is finish touch-up on the back seam. The original pickguard has begun to deteriorate

This guitar is one of 212 Sunburst Advanced L-5s shipped in 1937

Images courtesy of Elderly Instruments