Gibson L-1 Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1918)

Gibson L-1 Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1918)

$3,750

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Gibson L-1 Model Arch Top Acoustic Guitar (1918), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 44371, natural top, cherry stained back and sides finish, birch back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, brown chipboard case. The small-body L-1 was the lowest priced guitar in Gibson's early 1910s line, but still had the company's trademark fully carved top and back. Intended originally primarily as accompaniment for Mandolin orchestras, the early L-1 eventually saw use with early