Serial number: 95759 (possibly 95753)

Year shipped: 1939

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:  Has replacement pickguard

This L-5 belonged to Tony Bradan from Toronto and was featured in the ‘Gibson Galaxy of Stars’

This guitar is one of 48 Natural finish Advanced L-5s shipped in 1939

Images courtesy of Glenn Murch