![]() It has the name "Bill Ashley" engraved on the truss rod cover this appears to be factory work but it is impossible to verify if this was the original owner. This one would have appealed to a player who wanted the new features of the new Advanced model but preferred the smaller body and shorter scale used earlier. Only top professional users with steady salaries could afford the indulgence of a $275.00 (plus case!) instrument in the 1930s, and many L-5's were either custom-built or factory altered to fit a particular player's preferences. This is a very rare L-5 variant only a few were built to this hybrid spec, and this is the first one we have ever seen "in the wood". ![]() It is one of the very last built on the original 16" wide body, but all the other features match the new "advanced" 17' wide L-5 phased in in 1935-6. This particular guitar dates to 1938, nearly 15 years later, when the design had evolved greatly from its original form. This model was the original f-hole archtop guitar, debuting as a completely new and revolutionary design in 1923-4. This is a very interesting and unusual example of the pre-eminent orchestra guitar of its era, the Gibson L-5. ![]() ![]() Gibson L-5 Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1938), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 95575, sunburst lacquer finish, flame maple back, sides and neck, spruce top, ebony fingerboard, black hard shell case. ![]()
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