Serial Number: 96137

Year shipped: 1940

FON 332 F1 (the 1 at the end is written in red)                       

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 with Natural finish and large bound f-holes. Parallel top bracing

Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts including Kluson Sealfast tuners and Varitone tailpiece

Notes: The pickguard is a replacement and the guitar has been fitted with a strap button on the heel. Has original hardshell case

This guitar is one of 38 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1940

Kluson guarantee leaflet (above)

Original sales receipt for this guitar, dated 1940

(Left) tailpiece showing the Patent Applied For stamp and (right), underside of bridge showing handwritten serial number

Original truss rod and Varitone tailpiece wrenches

Pictures courtesy of Eddie Reed