Rcbugman

Hello everyone, I bought a mandolin 10 years ago on ebay. the seller told me he did not think it is a gibson even though it has The Gibson on the head stack and the tale piece. To me the mandolin looks lick a Aira pro two mandolin. It has a name in it (John Braden) from Ky. The seller told me that it is a 1970 and it has the numbers 781958 on the back of the head stock. I have had mandolin friends tell me that it is a real Gibson. So i'm trying to idenifiy it once and for all Thanks, Randy