Serial Number: 96179
Year shipped: 1940
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 with Natural finish and large bound f-holes
Hardware: Gold-plated metal parts
Notes: The tailpiece and pickguard are replacements and the guitar has been fitted with a DeArmond pickup
This guitar is one of 38 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1940

Pictures courtesy of Imperial Vintage