Serial Number: EA 5376
Year Shipped: 1939
FON: 441 E
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. Rosewood bridge and long bound pickguard
Notes: Gibson’s shipping ledger provides the following information: “September 20, 1939 to dealer Volkwein Brothers in Pittsburgh, PA.” The guitar is listed as EA-5376 with added “natrl” abbreviation for a natural finish
This guitar is one of 48 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1939

Images courtesy of Eric Schoenberg, Schoenberg Guitars