![]() ![]() ![]() These have become ever more sought-after by discerning players over the last decades for their unmatched sound and playability. The serial number on the label under the soundhole dates to early-mid 1927 this was affixed when the instrument was ready to be shipped out and suggests this one sat unfinished at the Gibson factory for over 3 years!ĭespite this gap this is a distinctive Loar-era "Snakehead" through and through. The Factory Order Number (11995) stamped on the neck block belongs to one of several batches of mandolins designated as A-2Z models started right at the end of 1923. ![]() Such dating discrepancies are not uncommon for this period, as Gibson was experiencing a drastic drop in mandolin sales but even so this is an unusually long gap. This is a really great-playing and sounding original Style A-2 mandolin with an interesting Gibson tale, having been part of a batch fabricated at the end of 1923, the peak of the "Loar Era", but not labelled and sold until 1927. Gibson A-2 Snakehead Model Carved Top Mandolin (1923), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 81291, natural top, dark back and sides finish, birch back and sides, spruce top mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, original black hard shell case. ![]()
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