Dec 23, 2017 · 1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo ...

Oct 6, 2009 · I have a Gibson V-35-142 Violin in excellent shape with a great sound that was my grandfathers. I have asked about this violin in many shops before but noone seems to have ever heard of a Gibson Violin. Some folks even say that Gibson never made violins. I have now heard that Gibson did make violins at one time but have lost many of their records.

Dec 21, 1999 · I have inherited a Gibson V-27 Violin in very good condition that more or less surprises professional violin services people when I tell them the brand. I've talked to several teachers and violin shop owners who acknowledge that it is a very nice, well-constructed old instrument with good, strong tone, but they have never heard that Gibson ever ...

Aug 12, 1999 · guitar collecting is the thing that i have done over the years, and violins are a fairly new thing to me. from talking with people at the shows, and with gibson employees, i have been led to believe that later production turned to the u.s., but it was a waste of time and they gave up on it making them here for perhaps a year or two. the rest were imported-from where i …

Mar 30, 2000 · According to "Gibson Electrics" by André Duchossoir, Orville Gibson began building guitars and mandolins full-time in Kalamazoo just before the turn of the century, and the Gibson Mandolin Guitar Manufacturing Company Ltd. was founded in 1902. In 1915, Gibson began making other stringed instruments. The first violins were made in 1937.

Mar 28, 2002 · Konnichiwa- Anybody out there could tell some histry of world famous American instrument maker? I'm holdeing the violin, label inside reads Gibson Violin Makers model V-30-641 1944 Kalamazoo,Mich.,U.S.A.

Mar 22, 2020 · Nope. Their greatest value is to people who collect Gibson ephemera.In the US, I usually send these to either Gruhn or Elderly Instruments. UP of Michigan maple, and if you are blindfolded and someone has you smell the Gibson violin family instruments, they smell just like the guitars and mandolins.

Feb 16, 2025 · • 1914 Gibson A4 Mandolin • 1940 Gibson A50 Mandolin • 1947 Gibson A50 Mandolin • 1996 Franklin F5 Mandolin • 1999 Gibson F5L Mandolin • 1934 Martin T-17 Tiple • 1920 Gibson F4 Mandolin • 2000 Bob Shue F5 Mandolin On Hold • 1919 Gibson F4 Mandolin • 2013 Martin 3K Soprano Ukulele • 1922 Bruno A Style Mandolin • 1920 ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The Master Model Style 5 line with their violin-style F-holes was his greatest contribution but all Gibson mandolins were refined at the same time. Even this basic "A" model has noticeable sonic and playing improvements benefitting from "Master Loar's" input that are still evident today, nearly 100 years on.

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