1924 Gibson A Jr Blonde

Summary: Built towards the end of the Lloyd Loar era at
Gibson, this humble little mandolin is in especially nice shape for its age.  The blonde lacquer shows some finish checking
and there’s some tarnishing in the nickel plating on the tailpiece, but overall
it looks and plays wonderfully up and down the ebony fretboard.  These snakehead mandos have good
projection and a clear crisp note clarity. 
Our in-house guitar tech has just set it up with D’addario light gauge
mandolin strings and it ships in a nice vintage hard-shell case with red plush
interior.

Body: Carved spruce top, maple body and blonde finish.

Neck: Mahogany neck with ebony nut, flat ebony fretboard with pearl dots, ebony headstock overlay, snakehead headstock, 14” scale length and 1 1/16” nut width.

Hardware: Ebony bridge, high quality replacement tuners with pearl buttons, nickel plated tailpiece.

Cosmetics: There’s a good amount of finish checking on the top, some tarnish on the tailpiece, a very small chip in the headstock overlay and a 1 1/2” separation between the back and side but it doesn’t raise any structural concerns at the moment.

Playability: Our in-house luthier has just inspected, set up and restrung this mandolin with a new set of light gauge D’addario strings and it is playing beautifully with comfortable action and a straight neck. The frets are in great shape with only minor wear.

Modifications: There are a few small drips in the finish around the neck/body joint, sides and in the soundhole so we think it may have been over-sprayed but it was done a long time ago and still looks great. The original pickguard has been lost or deteriorated with time so it is not included with the instrument. The tuning machines have also been replaced.

Weight: 1 lbs, 14 oz.

Case: This mandolin comes with an old hard-shell case and we will ship it professionally packed and fully insured!