Serial Number: 95011

Year Shipped: 1937

FON: 546C followed by – 4 in red pencil

Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo

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 large unbound f-holes

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including hinged tailpiece with silver centre insert and three engraved diamonds and individual open-back Grover 98G ‘Sta-tite’ tuners with butterbean keys. Long bound pickguard and rosewood bridge

Notes: A strap button has been added on the heel

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

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Images courtesy of Craig Jones of Bay State Vintage Guitars