This is one of the rarest of all Gibson artist model mandolins. Although Gruhn’s guide states that the all black F-10 was introduced in 1934, the same book dates this instrument as late 1933, making it possibly the...

Produced between 1934 and 1939, the F-7 is a short-necked version of Gibson’s top model, the F-5. This is the model Bill Monroe famously used on his first recordings with his brother Charlie, as the Monroe Brothers, and...