Gibson L-1 Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1917)
$3,500
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Gibson L-1 Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1917), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 38456, natural top, cherry stained back and sides finish, birch back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, black chipboard case. The small-body L-1 was the lowest priced guitar in Gibson's 1910s line, but still had the company's trademark fully carved top and back. Intended originally primarily as accompaniment for Mandolin orchestras, some early L-1s eventually saw use with first-gene