Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1927 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 81290
Factory Order number: 11985
Description
Flowerpot, gold hardware, Master Model
Originally known as "Aubery Haynie's unsigned '25", well known for it's cannon-like tone. Initials inside the bass side f-hole
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Played by a well-known musician
- Unsigned Loar- an instrument likely constructed during the loar period based on FON
Source
From Darryl Wolfe.
Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins
