Serial Number: 95833

Year Shipped: 1939

FON:

Serial No is hard to read

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 and large unbound f-holes 

Hardware: See Notes

Notes: The tailpiece, tuners and bridge are not original, and the pickguard is missing. The truss rod cover appears to be a replacement or has been modified

This guitar is one of 101 Sunburst Advanced L-5s shipped in 1939

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Images and information courtesy of Frank