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1. #Venetian body tenor guitar identification serial
2. #Venetian body tenor guitar identification professional

The 4-string tailpiece, bridge, and narrower pickguard are all specific to this instrument. The single-bound body has a dark sunburst top and deeply shaded back and sides - a bit of a shame in this case as the back shows some very nice curly maple figure. The bound headstock has a script Gibson logo and fleur-de-lys inlay. The TGL-7 features a narrow bound fingerboard with "Nick Lucas" style shaped pearl inlay, shared at the time with the F-7 mandolin. It is basically a four-string version of the first-edition L-7, in production for a limited time even in 6-string form. This guitar was made in early 1934 and has typical features for that exact period only. By that time, the tenor guitar had pretty much fallen from favor among orchestra guitarists so there was a very limited market for such an instrument.

#Venetian body tenor guitar identification professional

This 4-string version of the early 16" L-7 was originally priced at $125, the most expensive tenor listed and a substantial professional grade investment during the Depression. This model was listed in the 1934 catalog only as available "in stock", but was so rarely produced it was essentially a custom order piece. This instrument is a very rare and particularly attractive pre-war Gibson archtop tenor guitar, the TGL-7.

#Venetian body tenor guitar identification serial

Gibson TGL-7 Model Arch Top Acoustic Tenor Guitar (1934), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 90987, sunburst top, dark back and sides finish, maple back and sides, spruce top mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, black rigid foam case.