So, is this considered one of Hans' PML's? Looks pretty plain but I bet it sounds nice and the price is very enticing. Here is the listing on Eric's...
Of course, there is some element of Baloney in everything... OTOH you can't deny that there is a general difference in the overall quality of tone in...
There is a sound that is associated with the snakehead, not because of it. The snakehead only identifies it. I have played a couple of them recently...
This looks like a mid-grade mandolin prob made by one of the better makers in Naples around the first few decades of the 20th century. Just my guess....