Description

1942 Gibson L-5 in excellent condition. Carved spruce top, flame maple back, sides, and neck, ebony fingerboard with pearl block inlays, Brazilian rosewood bridge, replacement gold plated Grover Imperial tuners, and a sunburst nitrocellulose lacquer finish. This was Roy Smecks personal guitar and has appointments showing the custom nature of the instrument including the abalone vine motif on the peghead, and the hand engraved tailpiece bearing Roy Smecks name. Other than the replaced tuners this instrument is all original and has no history of major repairs. Evidence points to a pickup being previously installed on the guitar which is not present now. Neck is 1 3/4" wide at the nut, depth is 0.91" at the 1st fret, 1.02" at the 10th fret. Weight is 6.26lbs. Comes with the original hardshell case.

TR Crandall Guitars

TR Crandall Guitars

1942
Gibson
Excellent
Sunburst
Original Hard
11 Years
$23,999
TR Crandall Guitars
New York, NY
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Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm

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