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1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Typical of era except outfitted with gold hardware. Significant crack under pickguard in upper bout area.
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Mint, stamp no. 11985.
Both labels had fallen out, revealing the stamp number and pencilled serial below |
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79836 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Virzi removed.
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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79841 Images |
1924 Gibson O Guitar |
Virzi, red finish. Roy Kilgore (Grand Rapids) teacher/dealer label. Fantastic condition. |
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79844 |
1924 Gibson O Guitar |
Virzi removed. Roy Kilgore (Grand Rapids) teacher/dealer label |
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1924 Gibson A2Z Mandolin |
single piece birch back, "A2-" on label. Fingerboard replaced (original had incorrect intonation) |
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1924 Gibson A2Z Mandolin |
Except for finish wear, this mandolin is about as original as you could hope for, with original finish, pickguard, bridge, tailpiece, and tu... |
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1924 Gibson A2 Mandolin |
top & back, 2-piece chocolate brown maple back, snakehead peghead, original tuners, adjustible bridge, tailpiece cover, and pickguard, all i... |
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79875 |
1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
VGC, black, some finish touchup on top, snakehead, all original, with OHSC |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
Blackface snakehead A with horizontal "The Gibson" on peghead (appears to be silkscreened). Nice condition, darker green hardshell case felt... |
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79877 |
Gibson A Mandolin |
Black finish. snakehead |
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79880 |
Gibson A Mandolin |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
From Brad Einhorn |
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79915 |
1924 Gibson A4 Mandolin |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
EC-, snakehead peghead, truss rod, black finish top, adjustable bridge, pickguard (reshaped slightly), pearl '30's "Gibson" logo and small d... |
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80033 Images |
1924 Gibson F4 Mandolin |
EC except 2 minor repaired top cracks and a hairline headstock crack (with grain), red sunburst, truss rod, adjustable bridge, half flowerpo... |
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80034 |
Gibson F4 Mandolin |
Red finish. Truss rod, December 1, 1924 |
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1924 Gibson H1 Mandola |
Black finish, very nice condition |
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80107 |
Gibson H1 Mandolin |
Neck possibly replaced by Randy Wood |
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80149 |
1924 Gibson Ajr Mandolin |
VGC, brown, oval soundhole, arched top and back, all original except bridge, with homemade HSC
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1925 Gibson Ajr Mandolin |
snakehead, sheraton brown finish. Later tailpiece, added strap button near neck/body join. From Vincent at the mandolin cafe |
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
The most contrasting finish ever applied to a Loar mandolin, black with a light spot on top and back, Virzi.
for years this was the la... |
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Refinished by Gibson in the '50's.
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80203 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
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80226 |
1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
VGC+, black, snakehead, pickguard missing, previous owner tastefully inscribed song list into back of instrument, all original otherwise, gr... |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
EC, snakehead, truss rod, black finish, adjustable bridge, pickguard, silkscreened logo in headstock, all original except one tuner screw an... |
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80262 |
December 31, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Some controversy exists regarding date, could be Dec. 21, 1924.
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80263 |
December 21, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
This serial number appears in use on a Gibson F5 copy spotted in recent circulation. |
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
no virzi. Double dots at 12th & 17th frets. Closed-style inlay for "The gibson" |
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1924 Gibson A4 Mandolin |
Snakehead. Owned by Jim Watson of the Red Clay Ramblers. A Virzi (#10595) A4 that appears right at the end of the final Dec 21, 1924 Loar ba... |
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80270 |
Gibson Ajr Mandolin |
Sheraton Brown finish. Sheraton Brown |
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80286 |
Gibson Ajr Mandolin |
Sheraton Brown finish. Sheraton Brown |
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1924 Gibson F2 Mandolin |
Some finish checking on top. Would have been correct period for original truss-rodded neck, has a later 50's style peghead "Gibson" inlay, a... |
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1924 Gibson F2 Mandolin |
Truss rod, red sunburst, wavy maple back, peghead scroll reglued |
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1924 Gibson F2 Mandolin |
This is one of the best oval hole mandolins ever made by Gibson - a Loar era truss rod F2. The F2 was the next to the top of the line mandol... |
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80402 |
Gibson L3 Guitar |
Red finish. |
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1924 Gibson A4 Mandolin |
Very nice condition. Snakehead. Pickguard may have at one point accomodated a pickup, as there is a little notch cut out of it. Black/red/o... |
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80411 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson L5 Guitar |
Lloyd Loar 12/1/1924 |
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80416 |
December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
flowerpot, silver hardware. Pictured in Tone Poems II liner notes
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December 1, 1924 Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 Mandolin |
Last Loar signed instrument recorded.
EXC, sent back to Gibson circa 1950 at which time Gibson installed new tuners which involved dow... |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
refinished snakehead A, curly maple back. Purchased used in 1934 by the father of the current owner |
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1924 Gibson F4 Mandolin |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
EC, black, snakehead, adjustable bridge, truss rod, all original, pickguard, gold "The Gibson" silkscreened in headstock, with OSSC |
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1924 Gibson A Mandolin |
needs work (remove back and rebrace top to reduce top sinkage, level and dress frets, restring and setup, etc. - sold AS-IS), snakehead pegh... |
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80493 |
Gibson A Mandolin |
Black finish. Snakehead |
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80496 |
1924 Gibson A2 Mandolin |
EC, small top crack |
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1924 Gibson A2Z Mandolin |
Very clean mandolin in excellent original condition. The A2Z variation is the most sought after of the Gibson A style round hole instruments... |
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80523 |
Gibson A Mandolin |
Black finish. |
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