The complete guide to the Gibson mandolins, mandolas, mando-cellos and mando-basses
By: by Paul Fox ; foreword by Walter Carter
Contributors: Carter, Walter, writer of foreword
Publisher: Centerstream
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Anaheim Hills, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781574243390
Subjects: Catalogs; Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company; Mandolin; Plucked instrument makers; Collectors and collecting; Prices; Plucked instruments; Inc Gibson; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Gibson mandolins
Description: A guide to the array of instruments the company produced in the mandolin family, including historical documentation, images, illustrations, detailed descriptions, photos and rare examples of existing instruments from sources around the world.
Notes: "Glossary": pages 174-175 ; "Gibson customs and prototypes; Gallery of Gibson instruments": 64 unnumbered pages at end.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of the mandolin; title: Orville H. Gibson : from the beginning; title: Orville H. Gibson : musical instrument manufacturer; title: Orville H. Gibson : the final curtain; title: Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. : the early years : 1902-1909; title: Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. : the early years : part 2; title: Sales and advertising : 1903-1909; title: Gibson instruments : 1903-1909; title: Gibson parts & accessories : 1903-1909; title: Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1910-1919; title: Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1910-1919 : part 2; title: Gibson instruments : 1910-1919; title: Gibson parts & accessories : 1910-1919; title: Gibson publishing : 1910-1919; title: The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. : 1920-1923; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1920-1929; title: Gibson instruments : 1924-1929; title: Gibson parts & accessories : 1920-1929; title: Gibson publishing : 1920-1929; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1930-1939; title: Gibson instruments : 1930-1939; title: Gibson parts & accessories : 1930-1939; title: Gibson publishing : 1930-1939; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1940-1949; title: Gibson instruments : 1940-1949; title: Gibson publishing and advertising : 1940-1949; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1950-1959; title: Gibson instruments : 1950-1959; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1960-1969; title: Gibson instruments : 1960-1969; title: Gibson, Inc. : 1970-1986 : the Norlin era; title: Gibson instruments : 1970-1986; title: Gibson Guitar Corporation : 1986-present; title: Gibson instruments : 1986-present; title: Gibson instrument shipping totals : 1935-1979.