Serial Number: FA 5172
Year Shipped: 1940
FON:
Headstock: Horizontal ‘Gibson’ script logo
Neck/fingerboard: 20 fret fingerboard with pointed end and custom ordered ‘Super 400’ style 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. Bound pickguard
Notes: Has a near mint tweed/pink plush lined ‘luggage’ case made by Geib of Chicago
This guitar is one of 27 Natural finished Advanced L-5s shipped in 1940


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