• Gibson marketed this interesting A-style C-1 briefly in the 30's as a budget model, with a flat top and back of spruce and mahogany, ebony fingerboard and bridge, painted-on pickguard, and a paddle headstock with stenciled script logo. NO CASE. Made in USA.
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  • Full front and side of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Front and side of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Tailpiece and bridge of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Sound hole and pickguard of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Fretboard of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Front headstock of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Back headstock of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Heel of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Back and side of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Full back and side of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
  • Full front of Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)
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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • Signed by Sam Bush
  • FON 257
  • c.1932
  • VGC- (except needs partial refret, glue top crack, etc. - sold AS-IS)
  • A-style
  • Oval soundhole with b-w-b rosette (soundhole worn and enlarged)
  • Bound flat spruce top (top crack at soundhole)
  • Flat mahogany back and sides (previously repaired back cracks)
  • 10-fret mahogany neck
  • Ebony flat fingerboard and bridge, pearl dot inlays
  • 20 frets, 1-3/16" nut, 14" scale (first 5 frets very worn)
  • "V" neck profile
  • Painted-on pickguard
  • Paddle headstock with stenciled script logo
  • 4-on-a-plate tuners with ivoroid buttons (1 replaced button)
  • Newer tailpiece
  • NO CASE
  • Made in USA

Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)

Gibson C-1 Mandolin (c.1932)

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SKU: 90U-212867

$600 USD
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Gibson marketed this interesting A-style C-1 briefly in the 30's as a budget model, with a flat top and back of spruce and mahogany, ebony fingerboard and bridge, painted-on pickguard, and a paddle headstock with stenciled script logo. NO CASE. Made in USA.
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The following specs were provided by our repair and appraisal teams. For a more detailed description please call (517) 372-7880

  • Signed by Sam Bush
  • FON 257
  • c.1932
  • VGC- (except needs partial refret, glue top crack, etc. - sold AS-IS)
  • A-style
  • Oval soundhole with b-w-b rosette (soundhole worn and enlarged)
  • Bound flat spruce top (top crack at soundhole)
  • Flat mahogany back and sides (previously repaired back cracks)
  • 10-fret mahogany neck
  • Ebony flat fingerboard and bridge, pearl dot inlays
  • 20 frets, 1-3/16" nut, 14" scale (first 5 frets very worn)
  • "V" neck profile
  • Painted-on pickguard
  • Paddle headstock with stenciled script logo
  • 4-on-a-plate tuners with ivoroid buttons (1 replaced button)
  • Newer tailpiece
  • NO CASE
  • Made in USA
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