1904 Gibson Octave Mandolin
Or perhaps more appropriately, a mandola in G, since it was made during the mandolin orchestra craze. I was not…
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1924 Gibson TB-JR Frankenbanjo
When we started taking mando lessons (on the mandocello, actually), our teacher used a tenor banjo to demonstrate so we…
1919 Gibson Style O Artist Guitar
This is the second of these beauties to come through the Home’s doors. This one comes from the collection of…
1911 Gibson F-4 Mandolin
The Home has been after an F-4 ever since selling the 1924ish one to finance the Kalamazoo Mandobass. Meet ‘Galadriel’, a…
1912 Gibson K4 Mandocello
This K4 came from a private collector who happened to stumble across this little corner of the internet and saw…
1923 Gibson F4, mostly
New to the home is this gorgeous 1923 Gibson F4 mandolin. The 1923 F4 is right there in the sweet…
1918/19 Gibson K1 Mandocello
This K1 Mandocello is the result of my giving up on being able to keep my 1920 K1 Mandocello in working…
1917 Gibson U-Style Harp Guitar
Meet ‘Melisandre’ — by leaps and bounds the most beautiful instrument in the collection (apart perhaps from the sitar). A…
1915 Gibson H-1 Mandola
I bought this mandola via craigslist off some guy in New York. This was the final purchase of the landmark…
1916 Gibson A-4 Mandolin
This mid-teens Gibson mandolin is all original — from the Handel inlaid tuners, to the original red-lined Geib case (with…