Oh I get it now.
Oh I get it now.
Dan do you have this one in the archives?
Looks like a highly figured two-piece back with an unfortunately typical back seam separation.
Nothing a good luthier couldn't put a few cleats in and some hide glue to fix up as good as new!
I heard there were a few of these in some of the hotel rooms at Wintergrass...
Mike
1916 A-0 Pumpkintop Paddlehead
1924 A-1 Blackface Snakehead
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Mike
1916 A-0 Pumpkintop Paddlehead
1924 A-1 Blackface Snakehead
1968 FG-140 Yamaha Guitar
1992 48K Franz Sandner Fiddle
www.FreePickin.com
It looks like a Lyon & Healy Leptinotarsa Decemlineata, which I think is Latin for "comes with hard shell case."
I could be wrong on that.
One had better hurry because they are flying off the shelves.
Jason Anderson
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
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