Summary
1916 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1914 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A
Serial 26163
Factory order number unknown
Description
EC, pumpkin color top finish, carved spruce top, birch sides and carved back, "The Gibson" tailpiece, paddle-shaped peghead, one-piece mahogany neck, ivoroid-bound top and oval soundhole, rosewood fretboard with pearl dot inlays, rosewood compensated bridge, tortoise plastic pickguard, 10-1/4" lower bout, ~14" scale, 1-1/4" nut width, with OHSC