Members astroturf Posted June 9, 2007 Members Share Posted June 9, 2007 I had a friend roofing his house and found this guitar in his attic (lucky bastard). Anyway, we were wondering what it might be worth. We think this is a 1919 gibson acoustic. We believe the serial/fond number is 49849 and the inside label says it is Style #13. A few pieces on the guitar say things like patented Feb. 1898, etc. Here are the pictures. It has a few scratches that look like somebody tried scratching a star but I don't think they make it through the finish to the wood. I'll have to check next time I am over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jmannatl Posted June 9, 2007 Members Share Posted June 9, 2007 Looks perhaps like their "L" series, I had an L1 that was a fun guitar... try this site: http://www.provide.net/~cfh/gibson2.html#styleo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Treborklow Posted June 9, 2007 Members Share Posted June 9, 2007 Try this site, this guy knows old guitars. www.gruhn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted June 9, 2007 Members Share Posted June 9, 2007 It's definately a L series gibby, I have the Vintage buyers guide, but it's from 05. You can call customer service at gibson at 1800-4 GIBSON and get the exact year. The L's can in both round hole and oval hole style and the buyers guide says it may be worth somewhere between 2000-2200 bucks, I believe the model is a L-4 to be more exact. Cool little guitar, play it in god health. It will cover much Robert Johnson territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Hiller Posted June 10, 2007 Members Share Posted June 10, 2007 I have a friend who had one of the L series but I don't know if it was this exact model or not. This one looks to be in better shape than his was, though. They're really a fun little guitar to play with a unique but cool tone. I wish I could find cool stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fingerpicker Posted June 10, 2007 Members Share Posted June 10, 2007 You may know this already but don't try to mess with the finish. Re-finishing a guitar to make it look better hurts the resale value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Burns Posted June 10, 2007 Members Share Posted June 10, 2007 Their are scatch covering touch up stuff that luthiers can apply - Id be super careful with that , if you even touch the finish with anything that could hurt it , it will drop the guitars value down to less than half- By the way , that is a very beautiful instrument - Thats what i consider a keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 10, 2007 Members Share Posted June 10, 2007 That's an L-3 based on the headstock inlay. They sell for about 1,000 to 1,200 in real dollars on the vintage market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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