Vintage 1935 Gibson L4

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Super rare all Original vintage Gibson L4
This one Created in 1935 when Gibson were truly on their A game.
Hand carved spruce Archtop and hand carved solid Maple back and solid maple sides.
The Gibson L Archtop range were all hand carved from solid blocks of wood and then went through the process of tap tuning by luthiers as opposed to the later ES range that was several layers of plywood glued together and machine compressed moulded into Archtop shapes.
Solid Mahogany neck, Rosewood fretboard with Mother of Pearl block inlays.
Ebony bridge.
Original factory fit open gear tuners, Still with the original slot head screws that collectors go crazy for.
Gibson script logo with the L4 signature ‘fleur de lis’ headstock logo.
Original Gibson trapeze tailpiece.
Period correct tortoiseshell pick guard.
It’s in amazing condition considering it’s coming up 90 years old next year.
And speaking of years….1935 the height of the Prohibition /Big Band Jazz era was also the year Gibson changed their top of the line L5 from a 16” width body to a 17” width to compete with the other big Jazz guitar manufacturers of the day, Stomberg and Epiphone who were snapping at Gibson’s heels for a bigger market share. And as I’m sure as a lot of you know The early L5 models are widely regarded as the Holy Grail of Jazz guitars with some going for five and six figures. The fact that this particular L4 has similar fretboard block inlays to an L5 could be it may have started out as a 16” L5 but was switched later in the year to an L4, Possibly, Or maybe it was done afterwards. It’s a beautiful instrument nonetheless with all the mojo and patina you can only get from proper vintage miles, A great addition to someone’s guitar collection.
Tone wise it’s got a really nice sonic balance, It has Great note separation and projection when strumming chords (These instruments were made to hold their own in a Big Band situation with no amplification) And obviously it’s got that very vintage vibe a la Charlie Christian/Grant Green/Wes Montgomery guitar style.
Aesthetics wise the patina is amazing, Surprisingly very little lacquer checking. It’s got normal play wear from an instrument that’s clearly been played, loved and taken care of, And judging by the finish on the sunburst it looks like it’s always been stored in a case when not being played.
There is one blemish on the top close to the end of the fretboard where I’m presuming a floating pickup was fitted at some stage and possibly the heat from it melted the varnish. (See photos) It hasn’t damaged the top itself in any way just the finish looks slightly well, melted. It obviously doesn’t affect the sound and you could get it refinished but personally I think it just adds to the guitar’s history. It was some musicians tools of the trade.
Originality wise it’s pretty much how it left the Kalamazoo factory back in the day.
Includes non original hard case.
Not looking for trades on this one
Thanks for looking.