View Full Version : 1920 Gibson F4 "LONNIE" info wanted
Greeba
Aug-28-2010, 4:31am
My 1920 F4 has a serial number of 58564.
It has the original case with "LONNIE" stencilled across the top which has been on there for a very long time.
The instrument is "reputed" to have been once owned by Lonnie Johnson
Any further info would be gratefully received
toddjoles
Aug-28-2010, 3:21pm
Post some pixs and someone should recognize it.
Jim Garber
Aug-28-2010, 7:10pm
Who "reputed" it to be Lonnie Johnson's? It is nice to imagine but unless you have proof of some sort it is only conjecture.
barney 59
Aug-30-2010, 11:33am
I have heard that Lonnie Johnson did play the mandolin but I have never heard any recordings or seen a picture of him holding a mandolin. Saw a picture once with him holding a violin. If any recordings exist I'd like to know how to obtain them. I think that to be able to claim that that f4 was Lonnie's you need something to back it up --like a photograph.
Bill Snyder
Sep-01-2010, 7:10am
Not that it offers much support for Greeba's mandolin having been Lonnie Johnson's there are several references online to him being a proficient mandolin player.
Jim Garber
Sep-01-2010, 1:03pm
No answers or pics from Greeba. Unless there is more proof we can definitely say that the case was owned by someone names Lonnie.