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AN ACOUSTIC ARCH-TOP GUITAR, L-7
AN ACOUSTIC ARCH-TOP GUITAR, L-7
AN ACOUSTIC ARCH-TOP GUITAR, L-7
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AN ACOUSTIC ARCH-TOP GUITAR, L-7

GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, 1945

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AN ACOUSTIC ARCH-TOP GUITAR, L-7
GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, 1945
The logo Gibson inlaid at the headstock, labelled internally Gibson GUITAR Style L7 / Number 98349 is hereby / GUARANTEED / against faulty workmanship and materials. Should / this instrument, with proper care and usage, prove de- / fective, we agree to repair it free of charge at our / factory, or to replace it with another of the same value. / GIBSON, Inc. / KALAMAZOO / MICHIGAN, U.S.A. and faintly ink-stamped ?25?-20, the top of spruce, the back and sides of maple, the two-piece laminated maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and split parallelogram pearl inlay, of black finish, fitted with a truss rod, together with a Lifton hardshell case of the period
Length of body: 2015⁄16 in. (53.2 cm.)
Literature
J. Marr, Marr’s Guitars, Thames & Hudson, London, 2023, pp. 226-227.

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Johnny Marr acquired this 1945 Gibson L-7 from ATB Guitars in Wiltshire in 2021 and kept it for occasional studio use. Marr told us that he collected these vintage Gibson acoustics with the intention of playing them when he becomes a proper old geezer, retired guitarist.

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