By Paul Alcantara. You have bought or inherited a prewar Gibson archtop and are not…
Tag: Gibson L-5
Almost all 16-inch Gibson L-5s have a narrow, pointed neck heel as do the earliest…
A question often asked by vintage archtop guitar enthusiasts is: “When did Gibson abandon its…
Gibson’s catalogue O (issued in either late 1924 or early 1925) stated: “Sounding boards are…
With the help of Gibson historian Darryl Wolfe, we take a look at the evolution of Gibson’s…
The Gibson L-5 went through a number of modifications before it was relaunched in 1935…
Introduced in 1912, the Gibson L-4 had a 16-inch wide body, an oval soundhole, a…
Nitro Nightmare One of the first thermoplastics, Celluloid – a material produced by combining nitrocellulose with camphor and added…
“The 1941 L-5 guitar pictured below (Serial Number 97291) was purchased at the Southern California…
By George Gruhn and Joe Spann Today the Gibson L-5 guitar and F-5 mandolin are…