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Originally Posted by Shuie
That's what the guys on the Gibson forum are saying. 'F' = 1940. The '/3' is the 3rd guitar in the batch.
The logo is obviously prewar, but the guitar has some post war features (large f-holes). It appears to be an L50, but has some features not common to an L50. Sometimes all bets are off with vintage Gibson guitars. There were so many transition periods and changes over the years.
Here's the thread I started on the guitar forum if anyone is interested. The membership on this site has an astounding amount of vintage Gibson knowledge.
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Thanks guys! I posted this on the Gibson forum already, but thanks for the post on the LesPaul forum!
After really zooming in on the pic of the serial or FON number it is definitely an "F" before the red "/3". There is a date hand written on the inside below the other "F" hole that was probably written by my great grandfather as i've yet to read anything about Gibson hand writing dates? I never put much weight into it other than it might have been the date of something significant or possibly the purchase date? It's " Dec. 17,1940" in black ink. i'll try to get a pic.
ps. it does sound pretty amazing. very rich tone as far as I know...i'm an amateur.