Re: Swirly Ear Snapped Off - Normal Or...
My Gibson F-12 sustained similar damage once, but it was the result of it dropping a few feet head first straight down onto bricks. It hit on the point, damaging the binding there, and nearly snapping the scroll off. My luthier was able to glue it together without much trouble. I would think this would be a job for glue as well, since its purpose is decorative, not structural, and shouldn't be under much physical stress. I don't understand why yours broke off, but it should be an easy repair.
Just so you know, Bill Monroe was about the most famous mandolin player in history, commonly referred to as The Father Of Bluegrass - may or may not have invented it all by himself, but surely popularized it - and is forever linked to bluegrass as its chief proponent. The instrument in the photo was damaged intentionally by himself in a dispute with Gibson over repairs done not to his liking. He broke off the headstock scroll and gouged the name "Gibson" out of the pegboard.
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