The Gibson L-5 went through a number of modifications before it was relaunched in 1935…
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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…
How many fakes are out there? British artist John Myatt created around 200 forged paintings…
A few words to remember our friend Paul Hostetter, who died of cancer, on February 13th,…
Though the Gibson Custom Shop wasn’t officially established until 1993, it has been possible to order…
The shipping dates quoted on this site are, for the most part, based on the…