Summary
1924 (Loar Period) manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1924 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A1
Serial 76563
Factory Order number: 11986
Description
repaired top center seam, snakehead peghead, adjustable truss rod, black finish top, dark brown finish back and sides, mahogany neck joins body at 10th fret, 20-fret ebony fretboard with pearl dot inlays, adjustable ebony bridge stamped "PAT'D JAN 18-21", "The Gibson" engraved tailpiece cover, ivoroid-bound top, back and soundhole, wood inlayed rosette, 4-on-a-plate open-gear tuners with ivoroid tuner buttons and arrowhead plates, raised tortoise plastic pickguard engraved "PAT.MAR.30.'09", 10" body width, 1-3/4" body depth, 14" scale, 1-3/32" nut width, unique tri-color painted "The Gibson" logo on headstock, replacement endpin, nice Loar period mandolin with good sound, with black OHSC (green lining)
