Serial Number: 95160
Year shipped: 1938
FON: 672 C-2
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 bound f-holes
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including individual Kluson tuners with metal buttons, Varitone tailpiece. Long bound pickguard and rosewood bridge
Notes: Label dated ‘3-7-40’ – this appears to have been written through the f-hole and ,ay have been written by an early owner. Has original hardshell case
This guitar is one of 146 Sunburst finish Advanced L-5s shipped in 1938







Images courtesy of The National Music Museum