That FON pops for this listing from eBay which could well be your mandolin:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1929...p2047675.l2557
It connects that FON to a 1929-1932 Gibson A0, the likes of which can be studied on the Mandolin Archives:
http://www.mandolinarchive.com/perl/...ins.pl?all:75:
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
That's my baby. After she was repaired I finally discovered what the 'tubbiness' was that everyone mentions regarding the bottom end of these instruments (what a good excuse to drop the occasional Irish tune by a fifth to revel in the 'open G'.
Now I have a query about the pick guard that was fitted to it when I got it. The attached photos show that it only ever had one pin in the fingerboard at the 15th fret. Also, there was no pin hole for mounting to the bridge. This guard was only mounted at that one pin and the screwed in bracket in the treble side.
Are these the original parts; I may think about refitting them if they are.
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