Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1941 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Guitar, Style L5
Serial 97176
Factory Order number: 35276
Description
Brown Sunburst. FON maybe 3527-G
Source
From Gryphon Strings.
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