Serial Number: 95720

Year Shipped: 1938

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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 Varitone tailpiece and Kluson Sealfast tuners with Catalin buttons. Pickguard shows some signs of deterioration

Notes: Replaced nut and strap button added on heel

This is one of 146 Sunburst Advanced L-5s shipped in 1938

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Images courtesy of Christian Leger