Re: Mando bass
I stopped into Freedom Guitar in San Diego to look at their Mandobass today. It is boxed up and in the back. They wouldn't get it out to view or play. They wouldn't even give quote me a list price. They did show me some very out of bad out of focus Pics. The top appeared to be brown, but it was very hard to tell with all the smoke damage and melted varnish drops all over the top.
Thats right it had been in a fire. When I asked about the finish issues I was told it had been left leaned up against a fireplace or something. This thing would need a complete refinish which of course would destroy most of the collector value.
They gave me the impression that they really did not want to sell this instrument at all. By the way, it seemed that all their old oddball mandos were way over priced. Kel Kroyden, Hauser etc... They even had a Washburn bowl back with a broken rib (not at the joint, cross the rib!) and badly repaired listed at $399. Dude it was just a wall hanger!!!
Last edited by toddjoles; Jan-23-2009 at 1:27pm.
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