Just picked this project mandolin up off feebay for little of nothing..I don't have it in hand yet but was wondering if anyone can help identify it..It's a flat back not a bowl.
Just picked this project mandolin up off feebay for little of nothing..I don't have it in hand yet but was wondering if anyone can help identify it..It's a flat back not a bowl.
Hughes F-5 #1
Hughes A model #1
1922 Gibson A-2
1958 Gibson A-5
For some reason your attached images won't open. From what little I can see, it looks to be European. Any off-site link for the photos?
Sorry about that ..don't know what I did..Here is the link to the ended item.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mand...item416ab6a213
Hughes F-5 #1
Hughes A model #1
1922 Gibson A-2
1958 Gibson A-5
I'm getting a real "German vibe" off it, but couldn't point to anything specific to justify that, other than the inlaid pickguard -- which looks like the ones on several German instruments I've seen -- and the shape of the f-holes.
Allen Hopkins
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Phew! That is a combo of a few identifiable mandolins. Body shape of what I call a boatback, scroll headstock like a Brandt bowlback and f-holes like a Waldo.
Tuners resemble some I have seen on Italian bowlbacks but may come from the UK early 20th century replacement tuners and may not be any indication of country of origin.
It looks like you have to take the top off anyway, so maybe you will find some other clues inside. I would be curious what the back of the neck looks like. Naples-made mandolins have a characteristic neck join with veneer covering.
Let us know more when it arrives.
Jim
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From the looks of it the back is loose,think i'll attack it from the rear if possible..It was just so ornately ugly I had to buy it.Plus I enjoy a challenge.
Hughes F-5 #1
Hughes A model #1
1922 Gibson A-2
1958 Gibson A-5
Not a bad idea and the back looks like it would come off easily. In any case, there may be some clues inside.
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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