perhaps but i couldn't be dishonest and not disclose the information that i know now and therefore would never get the $1300.00 that i paid for it.
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perhaps but i couldn't be dishonest and not disclose the information that i know now and therefore would never get the $1300.00 that i paid for it.
thanks George,
when i won it at the auction, i was so excited that i got it for him but now that i think that i bought a piece of junk i am just too humiliated to ever think about giving it to him.
well here's the story and its kind of embarrassing. i bought it as a gift for upcoming birthday for a boyfriend. i don't play or know anything about mandolins except players like gibsons. i went to...
thank you! i don't know when i'll get a chance to go but i'm sure that i will someday. do you know of anyone in the baltimore md or DC area?
i am near harrisburg pa and travel to baltimore quite often
thanks mike. the information that you are sharing with me is very educational and i appreciate it very much. i looked inside with a flashlight and don't see any numbers but it can't see very far. do...
thank you bill for the nice reply. it may be a copy - i am by all means no expert. i am just going on what i was told by 4 different people who saw it in person and it doesn't matter if it is or not...
thank you sandy. i am enjoying it and never expected it to be worth alot especially with the apparent damage that i has. i was just hoping to get some history and basically the age of it for my own...
so now i just don't know what to think. everyone on here is so negative about it and is telling me that the auctioneer and the owners of 3 different music shops are all lying to me and or don't know...
thank you so much for all your input. i emailed the auction house where it was purchased and asked them to forward the contact info for the guy who previously owned it to see if he can give me any...
no they were not Gibson mandolin dealers and the repair i'm sure wasn't done by Gibson either. they said that the neck was taken off and put back on (no one knows why) - you can see where they...
thank you for your reply. i took it to 3 different shops in my local area and was told that it is a Gibson and not a reproduction but when the neck was repaired that it was dipped and the label with...
thank you for your reply. i took it to 3 different shops in my local area and was told that it is a Gibson and not a reproduction but when the neck was repaired that it was dipped and the label with...
this mandolin has had some damage. the neck was repaired and it has been refinished so the serial number sticker is missing. i was hoping that someone can tell me about what year it was made or what...