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  1. Jun-20-2015, 8:35pm #1
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    Default vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Doesn't look like any mandolin I've ever seen!

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MAND...item3cfc92ab0e
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Well it's got strings....that's kind of Mandolin like...
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    I haven't seen one of these mandolins in years
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Lloyd Loar sure knew how to make em right!
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Are those the "Jumbo" frets I've read about?
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    I would buy it if it had a scroll
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    I haven't seen one of these mandolins in years
    You gotta be kidding me.
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    I saw one just like it on eBay for $250.I played one and it was strung with mandola strings.Found out that the neck length is to long for mandolin and to short for mandola.
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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim View Post
    Are those the "Jumbo" frets I've read about?
    Jumbo .. and moveable!

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    Default Re: vintage mandolin on Ebay, lol!

    ... or take the easy way. (This is on my wish list for my electric mandolin.)

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    "... IS ABOUT 19.75 INCHES LONG ..."

    Oh! It's the discontinued Backpacker sitar.
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