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Gibson F4 Mandolin #68277

Summary

manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1922 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F4
Serial 68277
Factory order number unknown

Description

Early Truss rod through older style Double Flowerpot Peghead. Maple back and sides, Green-lined OHSC. Circa 1924, Refinished and Refitted, presumably by Gibson, with Loar Style gold F-5, "Right-side-up" tuners, Tailpiece and Pickguard Mount. Original Greek owners initials on gold truss rod cover. Sat in a closet from before WW II, until 1988. I had Frank Ford swap back to the original, nickel, "upside-down" tuners, (though not original to this instrument).

From Roy Anderson

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Categories this instrument is a member of

  • Maple back
  • Truss rod
  • Nickel silver truss rod cover

Source

From Gryphon Strings.
Frank Ford is on of the founders of Gryphon Strings. Frank is world-renowned as a master repairman and an expert on vintage mandolins. Gryphon often carries very nice vintage mandolins. Frank is also the author of Frets.com, a website well worth the visit for instrument fans, luthiers, and repairmen

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