1945 Gibson L-7 archtop, plays & sounds great, bargain priced player

Bargain "half-price" Gibson L-7 (label reads L-7N), couple of tuners replaced long ago, non-original pickguard, old refinish or might just be oversprayed., nice opportunity to get into a good playing/sounding vintage archtop without breaking the budget..original tailpiece & bridge intact..bridge was incorrectly set for quite some time and one of the height adjustment screws dinged the top (see photos), neck is factory tight to body, neck angle is excellent, frets are healthy enough, some binding missing on peghead (see photos), action is good and tone is sublime...same model selling for $3k-$6k .. $999. will consider some trade or swap for Martin, Vegaphone, Mastertone, old banjos, guitars, mandolins, Gibson electric..etc ...