Gibson said it was a 1907, so it must be true.

[mrmando]

https://asheville.craigslist.org/msg/5925357316.html

[F-2 Dave]

Gosh, you can't get more official than that. Funny, it looks brown between the rosette rings, but black on the rest of the top. Wonder what's going on there?

[Jeff Mando]

Gosh, you can't get more official than that. Funny, it looks brown between the rosette rings, but black on the rest of the top. Wonder what's going on there?

Dave, your eyes or computer must be better than mine, I can't see the brown. But, you're right to question the black finish. That and the split peghead might be the reason it is still available

[allenhopkins]

Wouldn't a 1907 have the "pineapple" tailpiece? And an inlaid, rather than suspended, pickguard? Looks 'teens to me...

[Timbofood]

Lest face it, even the vaunted Gibson company may have made a mistake in '78. If you guys don't hear from me anymore, I may have died laughing! Just because someone said something does not make it true.

Older lady- "Would you mind,calling me a taxi?"
Younger fellow-"Not at all, "You're a taxi!""

[JeffD]

That was the Nathaniel Gibson Company. They make equipment for dry cleaners.

[F-2 Dave]

Dave, your eyes or computer must be better than mine, I can't see the brown. But, you're right to question the black finish. That and the split peghead might be the reason it is still available

Well Jeff, I looked again today and couldn't see any of the brown that I thought I saw yesterday. The tailpiece could be non original, and I have seen an elevated pick guard covering up an inlaid pick guard, so in theory it could be a 1907, but I doubt it.

[Ray(T)]

Why should we assume that the tatty bit of paper relates to that particular instrument?