1929 Vintage Gibson Mando Bass

Amazing and highly collectable rare Gibson Mando Bass in very good playing condition.
This instrument was built in 1929 by Gibson as a means of providing a bass instrument for the Mandolin Orchestra that was very popular between approximately 1914-1935.

It is estimated that just 200 of these instruments have ever been made.  As a result of Gibson not providing a hard shell case and the Mandolin becoming less popular amongst musicians as time went on, these very large Bass instruments were mostly thrown out or badly damaged over the years leaving just a handful left in a condition such as this.  Some notably famous guitar players such as Eddie Van Halen are known to actively collect these incredibly unusual, yet incredible sounding instruments as it is the very first fretted Bass instrument made.