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    Default 1940's KAY mandolin

    Hey all, anyone have any thoughts on this instrument?

    http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/msg/2065968176.html

    How does the price seem?

    thanks! jc.
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    Default Re: 1940's KAY mandolin

    If it's absolutely immaculate and plays and sounds good, $250 might still be a little on the high end. I had one a lot like it for a while that sounded and played remarkably good for what it was. I gave $150 for mine with the original case. (chipboard, but solid and in good working order.) I sort of have a soft spot for those old Kays, That one looks nice, but a closer inspection would be in order before I would want to make an offer. Good luck.
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    It looks like about $150.00 more than I'd pay for it. If you like it go for it. Keep in mind two things though. It's most likely laminated wood (Kay saw that as a feature and said so in their advertising) and the neck joints on these are notorious for failing.

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    Default Re: 1940's KAY mandolin

    Thanks for the input guys. If it were July, it might be worth a trip to the Cape . . . in November, maybe not so much. . . . jc.
    "The paths of experimentation twist and turn through mountains of miscalculations, and often lose themselves in error and darkness!"
    --Leslie Daniel, "The Brain That Wouldn't Die."

    Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1...SV2qtug/videos

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