The 1935 L-5 Advanced is a archtop acoustic guitar built by Gibson. This 17" wide body guitar was manufactured in Kalamazoo, MI in the United States and is a Vintage Archtop Guitar model. Key features include a Hand-Carved Spruce Top, Hand-Carved Highly Figured Maple Back, Wide Block Fingerboard Markers, Small Unbound F Holes, X-Braced Top and Sunburst finish. The specs listed below pertain to the 1935 product year model pictured on this page.
Factory Specs
- Hand Carved Adirondack Spruce Top
- Hand Carved Highly Figured Maple Back
- Maple Sides
- Two Piece Figured Maple Neck
- Ebony Fingerboard
- Wide Block Inlays
- Straight Script Logo
- Grover Sta-Tite Open Gear Tuners
- 20 Frets
- Pointed Neck Heel
- Small Unbound F Holes
- Rosewood Bridge
- Engraved Flat Trapeze L-5 Tailpiece
- X-Braced Top
- 24 3/4" Scale Length
- 1 3/4" Nut Width
- 17" Wide Advanced Body
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