Key Brand Info?

[landsharkey]

An unlabeled electric

Those electrics are interesting - the sound would be more dependent on the pickup rather than the materials/construction right?

[MikeEdgerton]

I guess everything can affect the sound of an electric but I'll go out on a limb and say the elctronics will influence the sound more than anything else.

This thread has become our repository for these mandolins. We seem to get several a month and I try and send them here and link back as well.

[MikeEdgerton]

Here is one branded Bruno Maxitone

[MikeEdgerton]

Here is another branded Citation.

[MikeEdgerton]

Yet another one can be found here with the B and backwards B label.

[MikeEdgerton]

Here's one labeled Hohner.

[MikeEdgerton]

Someone is about to pay more money than they should for one of these on eBay. They say it's a Gibson. It isn't.

[Jim Garber]

At least the seller is covering his/her b*tt / caveat emptor...etc.:

On Aug-20-12 at 11:31:37 PDT, seller added the following information:
I HAVE GOTTEN A FEW EMAILS STATING THAT THIS IS NOT A GIBSON. I WAS TOLD IT WAS HOWEVER, I AM THINKING FROM THE EMAILS THAT SEEM TO BE PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE THAT THIS IS NOT A GIBSON. HOWEVER, I AM UNSURE WHO THE MAKE IS. SO PLAN AND BID ACCORDINGLY

[MikeEdgerton]

And yet another with no brand name on it can be found here.

[oneeyeross]

Heck, here's another one my brother gifted to my son

My brother thinks it's an older one, but I'm not sure...just another old no-name mando as far as I can see

[Jim Garber]

Heck, here's another one my brother gifted to my son.

My brother thinks it's an older one, but I'm not sure...just another old no-name mando as far as I can see

That one looks much different than the others posted. A budget mandolin but much older and prob made in US.

[MikeEdgerton]

Heck, here's another one my brother gifted to my son.
My brother thinks it's an older one, but I'm not sure...just another old no-name mando as far as I can see

As Jim said, yours is an American made mandolin. The tailpiece alone is worth more than these mandolins. I can't clearly see the headstock shape so I can't say what I think it is. This is head and shoulders above anything on this message thread.

[oneeyeross]

As Jim said, yours is an American made mandolin. The tailpiece alone is worth more than these mandolins. I can't clearly see the headstock shape so I can't say what I think it is. This is head and shoulders above anything on this message thread.

wow. OK, I'll tell my son to take good care of this one then....

[MikeEdgerton]

Here is an electric model labeled Harmony.

[MikeEdgerton]

Here's another one labeled Harmony.