Gibson F-5
(1942) |
| 13-8963 Gibson 1942 F-5 mandolin, 97418, sunburst, exc, OH. Very few Gibson
F-5s were ordered, or made, after the Lloyd Loar era -- actually, less and less were probably made with every
passing year. The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in nearly every able-bodied male heading for military
conscription leaving the Gibson plant with just a few workers (and fewer orders -- if generally accepted
serial number lists are to be trusted Gibson made only 300 serialized instruments, total, in 1942).
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