Serial Number: 80192

Year shipped: 1926

Virzi Number:

Signed and dated by Lloyd Loar on Mar 1st 1924 (Dec 1st 1924 according to Mandolin Archive)

Headstock: Diagonal ‘The Gibson’ logo (see Notes below)

Neck/fingerboard: See Notes below

Body: Birch back with maple sides, no Virzi Tone Producer fitted

Hardware: Silver-plated metal parts including wrap-over tailpiece and Waverly three-on-a-strip tuners with engraved base plate and pearl buttons, mounted so that the cog is positioned above the worm gear. Short bound pickguard

Notes: The guitar has been re-necked using the original headstock overlay and fingerboard (20 frets with pointed end) but with the heel changed to the later rounded style. The serial number is now stamped on the back of the headstock. The body has been refinished and re-bound with five-ply binding. Has original hardshell case

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Images courtesy of Schoenberg Guitars