(Loar Period) Gibson A Mandolin #78907

Summary

(Loar Period) manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1925 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A
Serial 78907
Factory Order number: 8089

Description

Black finish. snakehead

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Source

From Gryphon Strings.
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