Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1941 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F4
Serial 97052
Factory order number unknown
Description
loar style flowerpot mandola size headstock and an elevated fingerboard. Appears on David Grisman & Tony Rice's "Tone Poems" CD
Source
From Gryphon Strings.
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