Summary
1927 manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1929 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A
Serial 85330
Factory order number unknown
Description
Excellent original condition. These are sleepers on the market. This a Fern era Gibson A style body with oval sound hole, adjustable truss rod, and the straight painted script Gibson logo. All hardware and finish is original. Very clean mandolin bought from a California collector. Great sounding mandolin with a very woody tone and yet still has the sweet round sound of the oval hole mandolins. Very loud mandolin - excellent volume. Plays very nicely too with good frets and a straight neck.
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Black finish
- Silkscreen peghead logo
- Truss rod
- Truss rod on a paddle-shaped peghead