Randi Gormley
Jan-31-2012, 9:15am
So please accept my apologies.
One of my band mates came in last night with an old Gibson A (probably an A-1) that she said belonged to her husband's grandfather. She thought initially about picking up the fiddle (she's a flute player, her husband is a guitarist) but a couple of us suggested she consider mandolin instead, and she walked in with this.
It's in pretty good shape, considering. Sheraton brown (i'm assuming) with an oval hole, no name on the headstock, gibson tail piece, top binding only, didn't see anything that resembled a truss rod cover, i believe it was a single ring rosette (you'd think I'd remember more. I played it for about an hour and a half) and if I remember correctly, the number inside was 220805. The lower side strip appeared to be coming out of its seat on the back but it appeared to be stable. The inside sticker says just Gibson and A model.
Anyway, I remember reading somewhere here that you could tell the year by the number (or by SOME number) and I couldn't find the post when I went searching. Probably my parameters were too broad. And I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't take pictures. All together way too vague to do more than some random searching, but I thought I'd make some beginnings.
She said she'll bring it next week and I'll take some pictures then, but if anybody would point me to the link on identifying Gibsons by number, I'd be much appreciative.
One of my band mates came in last night with an old Gibson A (probably an A-1) that she said belonged to her husband's grandfather. She thought initially about picking up the fiddle (she's a flute player, her husband is a guitarist) but a couple of us suggested she consider mandolin instead, and she walked in with this.
It's in pretty good shape, considering. Sheraton brown (i'm assuming) with an oval hole, no name on the headstock, gibson tail piece, top binding only, didn't see anything that resembled a truss rod cover, i believe it was a single ring rosette (you'd think I'd remember more. I played it for about an hour and a half) and if I remember correctly, the number inside was 220805. The lower side strip appeared to be coming out of its seat on the back but it appeared to be stable. The inside sticker says just Gibson and A model.
Anyway, I remember reading somewhere here that you could tell the year by the number (or by SOME number) and I couldn't find the post when I went searching. Probably my parameters were too broad. And I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't take pictures. All together way too vague to do more than some random searching, but I thought I'd make some beginnings.
She said she'll bring it next week and I'll take some pictures then, but if anybody would point me to the link on identifying Gibsons by number, I'd be much appreciative.