frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
This exceptionally fine 16 inch wide and 3 3/8 inch deep, highly important and very rare archtop guitar weighs just 4.90 lbs. Two-piece carved spruce top with two-piece book-matched birch back and curly maple sides. Original "Virzi Tone Producer" attached to the underside of the soundboard, stamped in black on each side: "VIRZI Tone Producer U.S and Foreign Pats." Two-piece book-matched curly maple neck with center mahogany strip, and single-bound ebony fretboard with a small, graceful point at the end. Twenty original thin frets, and inlaid pearl dot position markers and black dot side markers. Earliest style 'unbound' f-holes. Triple-bound 'snakehead' headstock with the "Gibson" script pearl logo inlaid diagonally across the face of the headstock and with the pearl "L-5" flowerpot inlay. Original Waverly three-in-a-row strip tuners with oval pearl buttons. Original triple-bound celluloid pickguard. Original height-adjustable ebony bridge on ebony base. Original earliest style 'trapeze' tailpiece. There are two labels inside the treble f-hole, one of them is actually signed by Lloyd Loar. Original Gibson black five-latch hardshell case with burgundy plush lining (8.00).
