Gibson – Home for Wayward Musical Instruments

May 18, 2024January 10, 2025admin

Or perhaps more appropriately, a mandola in G, since it was made during the mandolin orchestra craze. I was not…

August 27, 2023January 5, 2025admin

When we started taking mando lessons (on the mandocello, actually), our teacher used a tenor banjo to demonstrate so we…

August 19, 2023September 23, 2023admin

This well loved Loar-era A4 came to the home unexpectedly, but it is such a nice fit with the F4…

July 27, 2023August 27, 2023admin

It was so genius, we had to crib this description from Retrofret. “This raucous little twanger is an [1924] Gibson…

June 5, 2023January 5, 2025admin

The Home has seen a lot of instruments come through its doors. There are some that have left that we…

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023admin

Oh this is a special one. Not only does it complete the Home’s collection of vintage F style instruments (to…

June 24, 2020September 23, 2023admin

Ever since the first strum of a 1924 F4 with a Virzi I have been after that sound. It took…

June 24, 2020January 5, 2025admin

This is the second of these beauties to come through the Home’s doors. This one comes from the collection of…

November 26, 2019January 5, 2025admin

Relatively new to the home is this striking 1913 Gibson H2 Mandola. Some combination of fate and finish resulted in…

January 22, 2019January 5, 2025admin

The Home has been after an F-4 ever since selling the 1924ish one to finance the Kalamazoo Mandobass. Meet ‘Galadriel’, a…