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Around 1900 Gibson company founder Orville Gibson of Kalamazoo Michigan introduced two new styles of mandolins that changed mandolins forever.
Before the 1900, mandolins were typically the Neapolitan style – which means from the Italians city Naples. This style is characterized by a bowl shaped back with a flat kinked top. These mandolins are sometimes called Tater-Bug or Bowlback mandolins.
What Gibson did with his mandolin was he changed the shape of the back - his carved back mandolin was much flatter than the Neapolitan style. The top of the mandolin was also carved in an arched shape.
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