Hole drilled through the original pickguard, back refinished, no original case. This is one of the two L-5s purchased by Les Paul, then going by the name Rhubarb Red, at Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with his friend and bandmate Sunny Joe Wolverton in 1933.

Paul discusses the trip and purchasing this guitar extensively in his autobiography. He later gave the guitar to a friend, Dave Moran, who requested the guitar be returned to Paul upon his death.