nmiller
May-19-2014, 4:14pm
16.5" scale, spruce top, birch back sides & neck, rosewood board. Clean, and with a surprisingly good neck (straight and set at a good angle). There's a separation along the concave curve of the pickguard where the shrinking guard has pulled at the top, but otherwise there's no damage. I don't think the bridge is original, but the rest of it appears to be. I'm out of mandola strings, so I've strung it with a heavy mandolin set an tuned it E-B-F#-C#. The sound is big and "scooped", with plenty of treble and bass but a dip in the midrange. A brash tone, but with plenty of volume.
The label reads "Victoria" by Buegeleisen & Jacobson. There's a nearly identical mandola pictured in Bob Carlin's book on Regal (though with a mahogany back), so I've concluded that Regal built this one. It was a really good deal - at $180, I don't think I've ever spent so little on a playable vintage instrument.
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The label reads "Victoria" by Buegeleisen & Jacobson. There's a nearly identical mandola pictured in Bob Carlin's book on Regal (though with a mahogany back), so I've concluded that Regal built this one. It was a really good deal - at $180, I don't think I've ever spent so little on a playable vintage instrument.
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