What confuses me is that those tuners became available in the mid 60's. I've never seen them earlier than that.
Re: Help with Gibson A style mandolin ID
What confuses me is that those tuners became available in the mid 60's. I've never seen them earlier than that.
Re: Help with Gibson A style mandolin ID
Looks like an A-50 with replacement tuners. Nice looking mandolin. Probably sounds pretty nice too.
Re: Help with Gibson A style mandolin ID
Tuners definitely not original.
For most of the 1950s, factory order numbers are preceded by a letter of the alphabet: Z for 1952, Y for 1953, and so on. This FON has no letter and is greater than...