Used Gibson 1934 / 1935 Vintage L7 Archtop Gibson

Vintage 1930’s Gibson L7 Archtop in Great Shape

An extraordinarily well crafted instrument crafted a few years after prohibition!

1934 / 1935 model year Gibson L7 Archtop acoustic guitar

This guitar is here on consignment and it is truly special. The guitar is in amazing shape for its age as though it has been pampered through out its life. It is a fantastic playing guitar with a tone that only age can provide. Whether you are playing Jazz, Rockabilly or trying to keep up with some Django lines, this instrument is beyond fun. The craftsmenship is something to behold, particularly the Rosewood and Mother of Pearl inlays. They are quite striking, unlike anything you’ll see these days. This guitar is incredibly well built. It feels very stable yet resonates like it KNOWS that resonating is its job.

Gibson Serial Numbers were sketchy at the time but to the best of our knowledge we have been able to approximate this to a late ’34 or 1935 Model according to its serial number and components. It has a white oval label inside the bass-side F Hole with the serial number and model still legible. The finish is Weather Checked and there are a few dings and dents across the body as well as hairline crack by the tip top of the bass side f-hole. Not serious but there. We have seen far younger guitars showing much more severe signs of wear than this vintage L7. The neck is straight and the frets are in nice shape but have some wear. It appears the guitar may have been refretted. Who ever did the work did a great job as the guitar is playing like butter! The nut also looks to have been changed and shimmed at some point. I suspect that this is also a repro pickgaurd as guitar from this era typically had original nitrate pickgaurds that were known to disintegrate with age

This guitar is in very nice shape overall, but very old. What you see is what you get. Like all our used / vintage gear this is priced to move and sold as-is. We do not claim to be experts in the minutia and details of Gibson guitars from the 1930’s- so if there is anything not described here that you have questions about please ask and we will do our best to let you know the answer.

Included with this instrument is what we believe to be the original hardshell case.

Features and Specifications of this Vintage Gibson L7 Archtop guitar:

• Solid hand carved maple back, sides and neck
• Hand carved bookmatched solid spruce top
• Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and compensated bridge
• Ornate mother of pearl “picture frame” fingerboard inlays
• Older fat script Gibson peghead logo with “vase and curlicue” inlay
• Triple-bound body
• Bound fingerboard and headstock
• Hardshell case.