Serial Number: FA 5166
Year Shipped: 1940
FON:
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 Varitone tailpiece and Kluson Sealfast tuners with Catalin buttons. Rosewood bridge and long bound pickguard
Notes: This L-5N was first shipped on 20th March 1940 to Lyon & Healy in Chicago
This guitar is one of 38 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1940



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