Today, we are honored to present a real Master Model if there ever was one: a Loar Era Gibson L-5. Archtop acrobat Jonathan Stout @campusfive found himself in the shop just in time to take it for a spin.

This beautiful, iconic early Gibson represents one of the most historically important guitars of the 20th century, and a considerable rarity. It is a 1924 Master Model L-5, the label signed by "Master" Lloyd Loar on November 17th of that year. It was not only the pre-eminent professional guitar of its era, but THE original f-hole archtop guitar, the progenitor of a century of similar guitars to come. Beyond this it remains an extremely fine-sounding instruments by any standard.

Learn more about this exceptional instrument here: https://www.retrofret.com/product.asp...

Check out Jonathan's music here:
https://www.campusfive.com/
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