Serial number: 95751
Year shipped: 1938
FON:
Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and narrow block inlays from the first fret
Body: 17-inch body with maple back and sides. Natural finish and large bound f-holes
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including hinged tailpiece with silver centre insert and three engraved diamonds and Grover Imperial tuners. Rosewood bridge
Notes: There is a small crack on the upper part of the neck, near the nut along the left side. The pickguard is missing. Has original hardshell case
This guitar is one of 13 Natural finish Advanced L-5s shipped in 1938

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