Re: German Celluoid Mando
"Are they any good?" No way to tell without playing it. As barney 59 points out, the celluloid ("Pearloid" it was sometimes called, if it was made as a faux mother-of-pearl) has no acoustic benefit. It was a fad, covering banjo resonators, pickguards, headstocks etc. during the 1920's-30's.
Would I spend $175 for a no-name German mandolin, sight unseen? No.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
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Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
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