Summary
1924 (Loar Period) manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1925 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandola, Style H1
Serial 78261
Factory order number unknown
Description
EC-, black spruce top, walnut finish birch back and sides, ivoroid-bound top, back and neck, rosewood fretboard with tdot inlays, adjustable ebony bridge, "The Gibson" engraved in tailpiece, tortoise plastic pickguard, neck appears to have been replace in the 1930's (no truss rod, "The Gibson" silkscreened on headstock), fine sound, with worn OHSC