MrsBAM Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Hello I have my Grandfather's Gibson mandolin with the number 9876 in the sound box. I am hoping that someone can tell me something about it. Thank you, Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBAM Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) Edited December 14, 2019 by MrsBAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Hi It is a Kel Kroyden The body is a Gibson. Everything else is not. The body is based off of the A00 Gibson. https://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-MADE-1930-KEL-KROYDEN-MANDOLIN-MODEL-KK-20/223739744349?hash=item3417ed905d:g:xDIAAOSwRu5dxF75 Edited December 27, 2019 by slimt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 11:11 PM, slimt said: Hi It is a Kel Kroyden The body is a Gibson. Everything else is not. The body is based off of the A00 Gibson. https://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-MADE-1930-KEL-KROYDEN-MANDOLIN-MODEL-KK-20/223739744349?hash=item3417ed905d:g:xDIAAOSwRu5dxF75 If these were made in the Kalamazoo plant, I wonder if this is a leftover after the KK brand was folded, and Gibson adopted a "waste not, want not" philosophy and branded it as a Gibson. The Gibson logo certainly looks correct. Did they have employee instruments back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 11 hours ago, j45nick said: If these were made in the Kalamazoo plant, I wonder if this is a leftover after the KK brand was folded, and Gibson adopted a "waste not, want not" philosophy and branded it as a Gibson. The Gibson logo certainly looks correct. Did they have employee instruments back then? employee instrument is very possible. I compared the script to my Pointsettia , Its really close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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