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Very nice indeed... are you going to introduce us?
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gschmidt
Dec-27-2005, 6:04pm
I like how the humidity guage is keeping a watchful eye. ;-)
Well they are all basicly a bunch of A holes http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
ffpizza5
Dec-27-2005, 6:35pm
Very nice collection. Thanks for sharing.
BYW the bunch of "A" holes -- too funny
Bill Snyder
Dec-27-2005, 9:28pm
Well they are all basicly a bunch of A holes http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Wouldn't they be "O" holes?
f5loar
Dec-27-2005, 11:49pm
tis a lovely site that set is! Nothing like a mild case of the MAS to soothe the soul.
mandolooter
Dec-28-2005, 1:19am
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greenmando
Dec-28-2005, 1:24am
Nice line up!
let me guess...
l-r late '24 A2z (78000-80000), '25 or '26 A1, '18-20 F4, late '21 A4
A2z has the black binding but not the inner solid A3 style ring..
A1 has horizintal inlay + screw on pickguard
F4 has the small burst area and.. apparently no Handels..
A4 has nickel silver truss cover and adj bridge which makes it a late '21
sprucetop1
Dec-28-2005, 6:21am
Which one sounds the best.....and which one the worst?...John
good_ol_al_61
Dec-28-2005, 7:26am
Mike:
That is one of the most managable cases of MAS I have ever seen! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
SWEEEEEEEEEET. My wife said I can come over and play. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
All of my best wishes to you and your family.
Pretty good guessing Dan,a keen eye for sure
1923 A2-z
1924 A1
1921 F4
1922 A4
Sprucetop1, It really depends on "my" mood, as to which one sounds the best. They all have their own thing going on. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Bill Van Liere
Dec-28-2005, 9:27am
Glad to see the A2-z
Very nice MIke
Chip Booth
Dec-28-2005, 2:21pm
Dan, I thought the nickel truss rod cover made it only early '22. #Didn't think they had those at all in '21.
Oh yeah, and dang, nice mandolins http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Chip
What are the serial numbers? I still think the A1 is a '25 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Is it after 80500?
Dan, The A1 is 75447, its in the archive.pretty lousy pics though.
Interesting. The Pickguard style is circa 1925 (81xxx serial) as is the peghead inlay. Might be a visit back to gibson there in it's past..
Its possible, I have looked for any tell tale signs of the pickguard clamp scratches and none there.The finish is definatley old with the typical crazing and surface one would expect.Perhaps it had a make-over in the late twentys. I do know that the original arrow end tuners are missing, because of the old footprint left behind.It currently has the basic model rectangular plates.Mabey one day I'll find a set of arrow end tuners.
Ken Waltham
Dec-28-2005, 8:36pm
The nickel truss rod covers are always early 1922. There are no truss rods in 1921, only adjustable bridges.
I always like those early truss rod models, they're cool, and usually sound great.
Also, those screw style p/g clamps do appear before 1925. Again, they are my fave. Cleaner, and work better, IMHO.
Thanks for the confirming those hardware questions Ken.
68663:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/elderly/90U-2973_headstock-front.jpg
69000:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/elderly/90U-3596_headstock-front.jpg
69147:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/69147_peghead.jpg
69458:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/69458_peghead.jpg
69602:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/elderly/90U-3681_headstock-front.jpg
69617:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/elderly/90U-3102_headstock-front.jpg
I can't appear to make up my mind about the dates there, the archives jumps from 21 to 22 and back a couple times as you go through that serial range.. generally the nickel silver ones go from 68000-70000 or so. You see a couple of them on custom Loars (usually with owner's name on truss cover) or F4s from later
Darryl Wolfe
Dec-29-2005, 9:47am
69147 is pretty weird with the open pattern script and canted inward tuner drilling appearing on that low of a serial number. That one may have gotten hung up in production. The remainder of the pics appear uniformly "in spec"