I'm interested in learning as much as I can about vintage Gibsons, particularly the A styles form the teens/20s. If anyone can recommend any good resources, threads, books, etc, I'd appreciate it! Just looking for a place to start learning. Fred Oster's store in Philadelphia seems to have old Gibsons on hand regularly so I'll be making a trip there to get my hands and ears on a few.
https://vintage-instruments.com/prod...ndolin-family/
More specifically, I'd like to learn about their history, construction, what to look out for when purchasing, common problems, what it's like owning and maintaining an old instrument, and how they are valued. What brought this on was a post I saw online for a 1917 A-style for $900. I'll include some pics from that post, there wasn't a whole lot of info provided, owner says it is likely an A2 but the model number appears to have faded from the label. Doesn't have the OHSC and from the pictures it doesn't look like original tuners/tailpiece.
Curious what your impressions might be, I don't plan on pursuing this one but it certainly got the ball rolling for me.
Thanks!
Jake
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