Archive for the ‘ Gibson ’ Category
Gibson F-5 Fern Mandolin
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Serial Number 20229011, built February 29, 2012 Pricing $7200 CAD with case. Neck Curly maple neck with bound ebony fingerboard. Ebony headplate with mother of pearl The Gibson script logo, abalone fern inlay. Frets Standard narrow frets. Body Carved spruce top, carved curly maple back, curly maple sides. Rosewood bridge. Finish Nitrocellulose lacquer sunburst finish. [...]
Gibson F-5G Mandolin – They’re Back!
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Serial Number 20214011, built 2012. Pricing $4799 CAD with case. Neck Curly maple neck with unbound ebony fingerboard, mother of pearl dot markers. Ebony headplate with mother of pearl Gibson script logo and flowerpot inlay. Frets Standard narrow fretwire. Body Curly maple back and sides, carved back, carved spruce top. Finish Nitrocellulose lacquer in a [...]
Gibson A-9 “Loar” Mandolin
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Serial Number 5111510 Pricing $2100 CND with case. Neck Rounded V profile, curly maple neck with Loar-type flat unbound ebony fingerboard and Gibson script logo. Dot markers on fingerboard edge. 13 29/32″ scale length and 1 11/16″ nut width. Frets 20 vintage narrow frets. Body Spruce top with tone bar bracing, and figured maple back [...]
Gibson F-5L Mandolin
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Here is the first Gibson mandolin we have received since the flood in Nashville and this beautiful Fern sounds fantastic!! Below is Dave Wren’s original review on the Gibson F-5L Fern. A virtuoso classical mandolinist and acoustical engineer, Lloyd Loar joined Gibson in 1919, a year after Orville’s death. Loar’s refinements of Orville’s original carving [...]
Gibson Jam Master F-style and A-style Mandolins
Friday, December 17th, 2010
The season of the summer jams is here, and Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments kicks off the pickin’ and grinnin’ around campfires and festival sites across the country with the introduction of the new Jam Master Series line of mandolins. Both models in the new series – an A-style and an F-style – focus on a [...]