Gibson F3 Mandolin #3617

Summary

manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1905 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F3
Serial 3617
Factory order number unknown

Description

black, 3-point body style, bound like an F2 (top only, no binding inside scroll or on peghead) inlaid pickguard, Handel inlaid tuners, fancy position markers on fretboard

National Music Museum, Vermillion, SD

Categories

Categories this instrument is a member of

• 3-point body style
• Black finish
• Early "artist model" inlay
• Inlaid pickguard
• Pineapple-shaped tailpiece cover with hole
• Handel inlaid tuners

Source

From Chipper Thompson.
Chipper Thompson is a fine player, and self-avowed mando-geek