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
Images courtesy of Schoenberg Guitars