aaroncutchin Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I purchased an oddball 1931 L-4 last year and am wondering where the tailpiece came from. It has DOUBLE parallelogram design, which I cannot find any record of online. The guitar itself has a label serial number of "L-4 / 88627", which indicates 1929, and a FON of "274", which indicates early 1930's. It has an F-hole top, curiously. I've heard that 10% of instruments that left the Gibson factory during this period were "odd", so this is probably one of them. Can anyone help me identify this tailpiece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Very good question. I feel like I've seen this design before, but I'm not sure where. I do think you're right that Gibson was doing some "odd" things at the time, with a lot of different tailpiece designs which didn't seem to be exclusive to specific models (or consistent in that sense). A quick search turned up another example on a 1939 L-12: https://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Gibson-L-12-1939-Sunburst-68604 Just out of curiosity, is the serial number stamped or hand-written? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncutchin Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Serial number and model are hand-written on the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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