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[[File: Gibson Melody Maids.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Gibson Melody Maids of Kalamazoo, Michigan from a 1922 trade magazine. One of the musicians is playing a mandobass, center left.]] |
[[File: Gibson Melody Maids.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Gibson Melody Maids of Kalamazoo, Michigan from a 1922 trade magazine. One of the musicians is playing a mandobass, center left.]] |
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At the Guild's next meeting in 1912, four companies displayed their versions of a mando-bass: Gibson, Leland, Vega, and Wm. C. Stahl. All four companies advertised extensively, but in contrast to its competitors, only Gibson promoted their mando-bass in photographs of musicians playing it in large groups, emphasizing the social aspects of playing their instrument. Ultimately, the two most successful instruments were those produced by Gibson and Vega.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=museum2>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160115163506/http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/2883/Mandobass1916.html |archive-date=15 January 2016 |publisher= The National Music Museum|title= NMM 2883. Mando-bass by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1916. Style J. Serial number 25936. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979 |url= http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/2883/Mandobass1916.html}}</ref> |
At the Guild's next meeting in 1912, four companies displayed their versions of a mando-bass: Gibson, Leland, Vega, and Wm. C. Stahl. All four companies advertised extensively, but in contrast to its competitors, only Gibson promoted their mando-bass in photographs of musicians playing it in large groups, emphasizing the social aspects of playing their instrument. Ultimately, the two most successful instruments were those produced by Gibson and Vega.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=museum2>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160115163506/http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/2883/Mandobass1916.html |archive-date=15 January 2016 |publisher= The National Music Museum|title= NMM 2883. Mando-bass by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1916. Style J. Serial number 25936. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979 |url= http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/2883/Mandobass1916.html}}</ref> |
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Gibson designed their mandobasses to play either upright or on their side (like a regular mandolin) by changing the position of the pins the instrument rests on. Gibson made Mandobasses from 1912 to approximately 1930. Most mandobasses that survive from this era are Gibsons.<ref>[http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/5910/MandobassStyleJ.html The National Music Museum, ''NMM 5910. Mando-bass by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, ca. 1923-1924. Style J. Serial number 76525 or 74563 (number faded). Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.'']</ref> |
Gibson designed their mandobasses to play either upright or on their side (like a regular mandolin) by changing the position of the pins the instrument rests on. Gibson made Mandobasses from 1912 to approximately 1930. Most mandobasses that survive from this era are Gibsons.<ref>[http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/Gibson/5910/MandobassStyleJ.html The National Music Museum, ''NMM 5910. Mando-bass by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, ca. 1923-1924. Style J. Serial number 76525 or 74563 (number faded). Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.'']</ref> |