AC - 0003 1937 Gibson AC Century Mandolin   Excellent and Original.   Factory Order number 1336 C-3 places its manufacture date to 1937. Classic dark sunburst top and sunburst flame maple back. Pearloid peghead overlay with rosewood inset with Pearl script and slotted diamond inlaid into the rosewood inlay. Pearloid truss rod cover. Pearloid fingerboard also with rosewood insets and pearl diamonds inlaid into them. This is a pretty flashy instrument. Original tuning pegs and engraved tailpiece. Chipboard case is likely also original and maybe even the cool old cord strap.
Price: $4500.00

EM -1002 1940 Gibson EM-100 Electric Mandolin   VG++   This one has the classic look with the sunburst top and the flame maple back . It has been played and shows it but it's solid and crack free. It has the sought after early "Charlie Christian" pickup which sounds great. Original jack, tailpiece and bridge. "Gibson" a bit worn on the peghead. One side of the tuning pegs has been replaced ... not sure which. The uppermost frets need to be replaced and even though it plays fine as it is, it would appreciate a fret job. Looks like serial #FGE2376 on the back of the headstock. The case is probably not original.
Price:   $1850.00

SM - 2104 1913 Shutt Professional Style A-1 Mandolin     EXC   This mandolin made by The Shutt Mandolin and Guitar Company in Topeka, Kansas has many innovations that appeared later on Gibson's "Loar" F-5. Carved spruce top with F-holes and mahogany back and sides. Twelve frets to the body with an elevated fingerboard and elevated pickguard. It's all original from the tuning pegs to the tailpiece with a little bit of the celluloid binding missing around the bottom there. Tortoise-oid peghead overlay is the only one I've seen on a Shutt mandolin. The label is in fine shape but is placed so that it is practically impossible to photograph. Nice picture of Albert Shutt on it though. Chipboard case.
Price:   $2250.00    SOLD

GM - 000142 1923 Gibson A-2 "Snakehead"     VG ++   This is one of those fantastic sounding snakeheads from the Loar period. Beautifully aged spruce top is crack free as are the birch back and sides. All original from tuning pegs to tailpiece to pickguard. Super Slant "The Gibson" graces the peghead. Comes in a deluxe tweed hard shell case. Serial # 72720.
Price:   $3450.00    SOLD

GM - 000142 1924 Gibson "Snake Head" A-4 with Virzi Tone Generator     EXC   This is a sweetheart for sure.It's in great condition all the way around with one teeny surface crack near the bottom from an over enthusiastic tailpiece tightening no doubt. All original with the classic sunburst top and maple back and sides. The Snakehead headstock has the classic fleur de lys and the tuning pegs work smoothly. It has it's original hard shell case in nice shape with even the ribbon hinges still intact or restored. The serial number is 805620 and the FON number seems to be 8123. The Virzi number is 10642. This is just about the sweetest sounding mandolin I've had! It plays easily and has a full rich dulcet tone. It has plenty of volume if you want to play loud too. The most desirable of all the A-4 models.
Price;   $6250.00    SOLD

HO - 00012 ca. 1895 Howe Orme Style 3 Mandolin (Mandolinetto)     EXC +++   This is a museum quality condition example of this cylinder top design but it also plays and sounds terrific with fine volume. Classic aged Adirondak spruce top is crack free as are the brazilian rosewood back and sides. Simple rosewood peghead overlay and original tuning pegs that work just fine. The label is in fine shape and the serial number #0976 appears there as well as being stamped into the top of the headstock. Original bridge is fitted perfectly to the 'humped' cylinder top. Original tailpiece with the May 15,1894 Patent stamp. And the hard violin style case is also in fine shape including the perfectly working spring latches.
Price:   $2995.00 Reduced Price - - Now   $1795.00    SOLD

GM - 00089 1928 Gibson A Model Blackface     EXC   A little wear on the black top and a bit as well on the birch back and sides which like the rest of the mandolin are crack free. This is a real good player with a good strong sound. Silver stenciled "The Gibson" on the truss rodded headstock and original tuning pegs. Adjustable bridge with 1921 patent stamp and nice engraved tailpiece. Good label with serial # 87208 nice and clear. Good newer shaped tweed hard shell case.
Price:   $2850.00

GM - 00106 2007 Corrado Giacomel Octave Mandolin     EXC+   A beauty from Corrado Giacomel of Genoa Italy. Red Sunburst spruce top and flamey maple back and sides, all crack free. Maple neck and ebony fingerboard, pickguard and adjustable bridge. Super comfortable ebony tailpiece. I think if the classic Loar design two point body with a scroll is the American equivalent to the Corvette, then the Giacomel design is equivalent to the Ferrari. He has given an Italian flavor even to the 'flowerpot' on the headstock and certainly to the classic scroll. Gold plated tuning pegs. This mandolin has great power and fantastic tone that has plenty of depth in the low end and develops nice reverberation at the high end. K&K pickup just expertly installed by Alan Perlman. 20" Scale Length     1 5/16" Nut Width.   Gig Bag.
Price:   $12,000.00

SM - 00018 ca. 1905 Stahl Style 8 Mandolin       EXC   but for one very hard to see (and even harder to photograph) crack in the bowl back that has been expertly repaired. Email for a large picture that shows it better if interested. It does not affect structural integrity nor playability. The rest of the instrument is splendid with the abalone trimmed top with it's ornate inlaid tortoise shell pickguard and abalone trimmed soundhole. The fingerboard is also trimmed in abalone. Tasteful inlay on the headstock and original tuning pegs with the engraved back plate. Looks like a medalian of some sort was once placed above the back plate, perhaps a dealers emblem. There are some hairline surface cracks on the bottom of the ivory trimmed skirt but that's all they are. Exact replica bridge and original engraved tailpiece. The label is also in fine shape. It plays easily with comfortable action and intonates fine. An exceptional instrument. Unfortunately, no case but we can ship very securely.
Price:   $1395.00

SM - 0009 Oscar Schmidt "Sovereign" Mandolin     EXC   From the mid to late twenties, this rare little beauty plays just great and has a really nice full mellow sound. Pearloid fingerboard and headstock and beautifully grained book matched mahogany (or maybe it's koa) back and sides. The wide grain spruce top is crack free as is the rest of the mando and has an inlaid pearloid pickguard, fancy diamond trim around its border and soundhole, an intricate carved bridge and an engraved tailpiece. Original tuning pegs with one replaced shaft. Old end opening case has about had it.
Price:   $895.00

DBM - 0003 mid teens "The Dayton" Banjo Mandolin"     EXC ++   We have another gem here in museum quality that is not only rare but a great sounding instrument. Made by Charles Rauch in (guess where) Dayton, Ohio known for his high quality and innovative instruments. Unique horizontally laminated thick rim of maple and walnut with a metal tone ring. Pearl inlaid "The Dayton" on the headstock with metal ferrules surrounding the posts of the original tuning pegs. Ebony pearl inlaid fingerboard is extended and elevated over the head. Nice original cloud taiplpiece cover over a replacement tailpiece (original is in the case with one broken tab). The metal label is present and excellent displaying serial number #1506. And the original hard shell case is in fine condition with corduroy interior and in the pocket an original "D" Dayton tuning key, the original bridge, and tailpiece. 10" Rim     14" Scale Length     1 3/32" Nut width
Price:   $1750.00

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