Gibson L-5 PN Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1940)

Gibson L-5 PN Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1940)

$29,500

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Gibson L-5 PN Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1940), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # FA-5170, natural lacquer finish, maple back and sides with spruce top; laminated maple neck with ebony fingerboard, original tweed hard shell case. This guitar is both a fantastic sounding instrument and an important piece of Gibson history: one of the earliest cutaway L-5's ever made. This then-novel body design with the rounded "Venetian" cutaway on the treble bout became a Gibson staple, copied by virt