Gibson Style A Mandolin c.1919 Size_ 1/2 Faster Chip - New

Faster Chip - New

Unaffected by temperature and humidity changes

The skin head has been replaced with a new plastic head and there is a great oettenger tailpiece with individually adjustable string levers

a few small non-structural cracks in the black headstock overlay and the typical tarnish to metal parts

The resonator looks to be Mahogany and features plenty of high-quality marquetry with brown

Gibson Style A Mandolin c.1919 Size_ 1/2 Faster Chip - NewThis venerable old mandolin is a great player's instrument that has been played and loved over the years and still has plenty opf life to go. The serial number 51798 as best as we can make out dates it to about 1919 which is squarely within the Lloyd Loar era at the Gibson factory. The instrument is currently strung up with metallic flat wound strings and sounds both rich and clear. It plays really nicely with low comfortable action and clear tones