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I got the blonde Wide Body Gibson F-5M, circa 1941 while playing with Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers around 1985. I used it on the now classic Sparks recordings Gonna' be Movin' and Silver...

I started signing Gibson mandolins in 2007 and I continue to do so!

David Harvey

Judging from the binding and tailpiece, I think it may be a 50s or 60s F-12 conversion.

The labels are authentic and actually signed by Bill Monroe, not a photo copy.

Hello fellow mandolin enthusiast,

Please rest assured that we are still producing Gibson mandolins on a daily basis and are very excited about what the future holds for Gibson with the new...

rc56,
Yes Gibson Master Model F-5s' are always in process an do exist! I have a beautiful Fern Master Model we just finished up and will post pics and a video, hopefully today, on my Facebook! It...

I'm so glad we could help out Jeff!

Pittsburg Bill, I have actually seen original radius fingerboards on Gibson mandolins from the Orville era, teens, twenties, including a Loar F-5, thirties, forties and just about every other era.

The F-9s are actually built at the Gibson Custom Shop by the same folks that build all the Gibson Mandolins, my crew and I!
The thinner satin finish gives the F-9 a wonderful, open sound right out...

Hello all!
The Gibson Koa F-5 has an amazing sound! The tone is very complex, warm, but not too dark, well balanced from the 1st fret to the last, a great chop with plenty of volume!
These are...

Cool thread!
I actually started signing Gibson mandolins in the middle of 2007.
David Harvey
Master Luthier
Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments/Gibson Custom Shop

David,
Happy 70th birthday!
There are musicians that work within a framework of a certain genre of music, and then there are artist that amalgamate everything they have heard to create an entirely...

Hello all, sorry I missed your last email Billy.
It never ceases to amaze me how incorrect the rumor mill can be. No truth to this latest that Gibson mandolin production is down to one or less...

All Gibson mandolins, including the Jam Masters are built at Opry Mills in Nashville TN.
The Jam Masters are 1 3/16" nut width, F-9s and A-9s are more Loar nut width and neck shape. JMs also have ...

Sam Bush approached me about building this mandolin, thus
the " inspired by" qualification. It appeared as an artist representation in the 1934 Gibson catalog but, to my knowledge NEVER built. ...