Wide neck, white pick guards

All-Original.

 Gibson Country-Western, 
With the exception of some finish crazing this guitar is virtually like new.  It has full  saddle height and is in superb condition in every respect.   The tuners look like new ....wait a sec, they are new ( the originals are in the case pocket.) OHC.

No serial or FON #, but I'm going to suggest 1947 from the tuners, clear knobs and case.  A lovely guitar in a great hard case, it has some neck wear but is in splendid  condition otherwise, has a lovely deep tone and plays well.

Just a couple of pinhead size nicks on the top keeps this one from being mint.  Really quite remarkable unplayed condition.. Converted to Spanish style, very playable 1 7/8" nut.  Appears as if it had just left the factory.  Plays effortlessly and sounds amazing.  Without question the nicest one on the planet.  I'm calling this a 1940, there is no FON, it has a very lovely unusual  sunburst that I associate with the early 40's and a roundish neck that you see from that period.

Elevated fingerboard, black with white 'guard, sent back to Gibson in the '50s for a neck reset

This L5 features parallel bracing rather than 'X' bracing, they came both ways that year.  It is a fine player with the deep dark sound that is hoped for from this period.  It has been played, but is in very good shape, one tight short hairline crack in back and missing the easily replaceable pickguard, most of those nitrocellulose pickguards from that period disintegrate.    Really a great sounding guitar, comes with a nice '50's Gibson brown case.

Custom Shop 120th Anniversary 'Quilt'.

Abalone-Bound top and back.

The top has some light scratches.

Tenor version of Gibson's B-25.

X-braced,

Plays and sounds great.

A few dings and a well-repaired back-crack.

Easily accomodates regular tenor-banjo tuning, Kingston Trio [baritone-Uke] tuning,

or Celtic tuning.