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Dec-19-2010, 1:20pm
A new instrument has been added to Elderly Instrument's new and used mandolin inventory:

http://elderly.com/images/tiny/vintage/90U/90U-5749.jpg (http://elderly.com/vintage/items/90U-5749.htm) EC-, red sunburst carved spruce top with oval soundhole, dark-stained sides and carved back, mahogany neck with paddle peghead, 24-fret fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, 1-7/32" nut width, ~13-7/8" scale length, adjustable truss rod, ivoroid-bound body, soundhole and fingerboard, abalone fleur-de-lis and pearl "The Gibson" headstock inlays, 4-on-a-plate open-gear tuners with ivoroid buttons (one cracked button is repaired and stable), original tortoise plastic pickguard, small repaired crack in treble side, a fine Loar period example, on consignment, with shaped OHSC (green lining) (SN:70689) ($3,800.00)

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hank
Dec-19-2010, 1:45pm
I wonder if the back is maple or birch?