This popped up on Facebook from South Africa. Thought it was worth a share here.
By the time Gibson started making production electric mandolins in 1936, it had stopped using this headtsock logo. I've never seen this pickup on a Gibson; both knobs are on the bass side, which is something Gibson never did; early Gibson electric mandolins had internal posts added (with screws that went through the top) to keep the top from caving in no evidence of that here. All of that suggests this was built in the early '30s as a standard acoustic mando and customized later. Anyone have additional thoughts, or recognize that pickup?
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