View Full Version : She's pretty hot for an old gal
F-2 Dave
Apr-27-2010, 9:41pm
This is my new 100+ year old best friend.
JEStanek
Apr-27-2010, 10:20pm
Very nice. Congratulations.
Jamie
Congratulations, your way coolness carries no doubt. She's another Great Gibson Nubian Queen. I was lucky enough to get my 1915 blacktop A4 Boo (AKA Boo Coo) this year. I hope you are as happy with her, Boo purrs with a sweetness thats hard to describe.
F-2 Dave
Apr-28-2010, 7:24am
Thanks Jamie and Hank. She's had a new fretboard and headstock verneer put on some time ago. Whoever did it opted to leave off the fleur di lis. I just ordered one from Luthiers Supply Co. The sound is super sweet, and fairly loud, every bit as loud as my '21 F-2.
Funny thing, There are varying opinions about when she was made. So I went to the Mandolin Archives to see when other mandolins with serial nos. close to her's were being made. There she was. Someone had archived her already.
What date and model did you find at the Archives Dave?
F-2 Dave
Apr-28-2010, 8:09am
She's a ser. no. 9041. Which would put her somewhere around 1909 to 1911. There is a number stamped on inside of the neck block that i presume is the FON. Would that number help pinpoint the mfg date?
Skip Kelley
Apr-28-2010, 8:58am
Wow Dave, That is sure a nice mandolin! Congratulations!
That mandolin has a lot of good music in it, aching to get out.
Pete Martin
Apr-28-2010, 10:33am
Sweet!
woodwizard
Apr-28-2010, 10:48am
Very Nice!
Jim MacDaniel
Apr-28-2010, 10:51am
Very nice -- gotta like those older ladies.
rimspoke
Apr-28-2010, 11:33am
That mando is in incredible shape .
I think i saw orville wink at me !
F-2 Dave
Apr-28-2010, 11:53am
That mando is in incredible shape .
I think i saw orville wink at me !
Honestly, she's not quite as slick as the posted photos would suggest, but still not bad for her age.