Serial Number 972xx (the label is partially torn missing the last two digits of the serial number)

Year shipped: 1941

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, Natural finish and large bound f-holes

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

Notes: The centre-seam of the neck has been resealed along much of its length with some minor touch up applied

This guitar is one of 41 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1941

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