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    https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/...573292077.html

    "1905 Gibson mandolin..pineapple tail piece..great shape..new case..coming to portland around 1st week of february"

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    He says it's an A-1. Wouldn't it then have the headstock logo?

    Not sure it matters. Looks gorgeous. Need more photos to determine condition. But $1200?!? Oh, wicked MAS, tempt me not!
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    I love that “south Jersey” inlaid pickguard!
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    Is the pineapple supposed to have that big hole?

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    Well, if it's been cored ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard500 View Post
    Is the pineapple supposed to have that big hole?
    If I recall that hole is on the earlier mandolins and not on the later mandolins. I thought it would be gone by 1905 but like everything Gibson, they aren't known for being consistent.
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    I guess the mystery is why they put a hole in it to begin with. I can hear them talking to the tailpiece manufacturer. “Hey, let’s put a small hole in the top of this batch. It will drive those future folks crazy a hundred years from now.”
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    According to this ancient thread, begun when I picked up one of these, sold as a 1910 but may be a 1909 or even 1908, I cited a source which says the Gibson logo appeared in 1905. So this might be just a bit older. Sad to say, I don't have any photos of mine other than from the ad, which don't show the tailpiece. (They do show the headstock with logo, and elevated pickguard, introduced in 1908.) It's been in the shop all this time, and while it should be good to go, it's 1500 miles away so I can't offer more precise evidence. Poking through the Archive though, some of the earlier models had this tailpiece. Some didn't. The Gibson Company has flirted with consistency all its life. And bear in mind, Orville H. Gibson's middle name was probably, Huh?
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