Summary
1920 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1920 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A
Serial 61316
Factory order number unknown
Description
EC- except refinished sunburst (okay job), carved spruce top, birch back and sides, mahogany neck, paddle headstock, neck joins body at 10th fret, 20-fret ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays, ivoroid-bound top, replacement adjustable ebony bridge, "Gibson" engraved tailpiece, replacement
4-in-a-line tuners with ivoroid buttons, ivoroid-bound oval soundhole, ~1-7/8"
body depth, ebony-maple-e-m-e purfling rings around soundhole, 10-1/8" body
width, ~14" scale, 1-3/16" nut width, replacement pickguard, with later rough
SSC