Serial Number: FA 5015
Year Shipped: 1940
FON: 706E
Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret ebony 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 Kluson Sealfast tuners with metal buttons ((two of which have been changed). Rosewood bridge
Notes: Reproduction tailpiece. The pickguard is missing
This guitar was delivered to guitarist Dave Barbour on April 2nd 1940
This guitar is one of 38 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1940

Special thanks to André Duchossoir for additional information on this guitar
Images courtesy of François Charle