frettedamericana | 2 decades ago
Weighs 5.80 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Carved spruce top with two-piece book-matched curly maple back and curly maple sides, two-piece book-matched curly maple neck with center mahogany strip, and multi-bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with a small, graceful point at the end of the fretboard, 20 frets, and inlaid pearl block position markers. Five-ply binding on the top of the guitar, three-ply binding on the back, and single-bound f-holes. Multi-bound headstock with the pre-war "Gibson" thick script pearl logo inlaid across the face of the headstock and with the pearl "L-5" flowerpot inlay. Bound plastic bell-shaped truss-rod cover. Individual Kluson Sealfast tuners with single-ring tulip-shaped Keystone buttons. Style number ("L-5") and serial number ("XXXXX") on the white oval printed label inside the bass f-hole. Multi-bound pearloid pickguard. Rosewood bridge with pre-set compensating saddle and gold-plated flat plate tailpiece with engraved "L 5" and small hole at the bottom center (for allen wrench tension adjustment). All hardware gold-plated.
