This mandolin was made by the Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1922. It is an A-4 model, serial number 69625. This mandolin has a wooden body with 8 strings, inlaid design around sound hole and at top ...

-- The man who made Kalamazoo famous for its stringed instruments remains an enigma. But it's certain that Orville H. Gibson wasn't just an eccentric perfectionist carving mandolins in his shop.

It’s been a busy year for Sierra Hull who has spent much of it criss-crossing the country on tour. Now, with 2025 drawing to a close, she’s finally been able to catch her breath and look back at some ...

Whether you play folk, bluegrass, rock, or alternative, we’ve curated the best mandolins from Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Ibanez, The Loar, and more… When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

will pluck tangos, rags, marches, polkas and some light European classical from the 1880s-1920s era of the mandolin orchestra craze. “Mandolin orchestras, like brass bands, were extremely popular a ...

The first Gibson instruments, mandolins designed as an after-work hobby by company namesake Orville Gibson, date back to 1894. Headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitars, now one of America ...

Whether you play folk, bluegrass, rock, or alternative, we’ve curated the best mandolins from Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Ibanez, The Loar, and more… When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

It may sound like a scene right out of “Antiques Roadshow,” but there were no television cameras at the Denver Folklore Center last October when staffer Nick Amodeo picked up the phone. On the line ...

Mike Black, a Lawrence custom builder of mandolins, poses in his shop with an A-style mandolin similar to ones made by the famous Gibson mandolin builder Lloyd Loar. The staged photo is similar to one ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — When Wyatt Ellis, 11, first picked up a mandolin at nine years old, his journey got off to a rocky start. "I broke my arm twice," Ellis said. "The second time, I broke it playing ...