View Full Version : Lovely inlay on this. Glad it is not a Loar
Darryl Wolfe
Nov-30-2011, 8:51am
http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-gibson-a-50-a50-mandolin-mandalin-mandlin-uke-curly-maple-/230710179199?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b765f57f
Actually, I should have titled this thread "Liberace's Mandolin Found"
Reminds me of that dot candy we got as kids which came on a roll of paper.
Darryl Wolfe
Nov-30-2011, 9:52am
Reminds me of that dot candy we got as kids which came on a roll of paper.
I was thinking about that the other day...and string licorice....how you used to buy candy out of the open air, unpackaged
Malcolm G.
Nov-30-2011, 10:18am
Now all we have to find is the rest of the outfit - jeans and jean jacket "BeDazzeled ?" That would take the rest of the finish off the back.
SternART
Nov-30-2011, 10:22am
Hey......that is BeDazzled...... the spotlight on that baby & it would be psychedelic! :disbelief:
afhusband
Nov-30-2011, 10:22am
What is up with all the rhinestones lately?!? I may need this one to match my pair of blues...
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?79476-couple-of-beauties-on-Ebay
chriss
Nov-30-2011, 10:30am
[QUOTE=Malcolm G.;991698]Now all we have to find is the rest of the outfit - jeans and jean jacket /QUOTE]
careful what u ask for.
the rest of the outfit might be a different kind of Vegas costume - ostrich feathers, pasties, you know ...
JEStanek
Nov-30-2011, 10:53am
This is what happens when grand daughters are left unattended in Grampa's bedroom and they get under the bed or in the closet.
Jamie
AlanN
Nov-30-2011, 10:59am
Now, in my mind's hazy eye, there was a Loar or Fern which had Rhinestones on it, though not that dang many. And maybe just on the headstock. Darryl or Tom, remember that one?
Darryl Wolfe
Nov-30-2011, 11:07am
Yes, that was Larry Sledge's '24 Loar...around the edge of peghead
AlanN
Nov-30-2011, 11:12am
Ah so. Can't recall where I saw it, maybe at one of the Loar fests in Louisville, 1998,99,2000.
Miked
Nov-30-2011, 11:19am
Hey......that is BeDazzled...... the spotlight on that baby & it would be psychedelic! :disbelief:
Psychedelic drugs could be the culprit here.;)
billkilpatrick
Nov-30-2011, 11:33am
Psychedelic drugs could be the culprit here.;)
nah' ... whoever did it was born with a chemical imbalance - poor chap/chapette.
lukmanohnz
Nov-30-2011, 12:33pm
Wow - that is whatever comes after cryin' shame (shame... cryin' shame... $@!?in' cryin' shame...)
allenhopkins
Nov-30-2011, 6:22pm
Nothing like a few ounces of rhinestones glued to the top, for enhancing its vibratory characteristics...
I'm guessing Italian lounge act, a little Santa Lucia, Funiculi-Funicula, maybe a tarantella...
[QUOTE=AlanN;991721]Now, in my mind's hazy eye, there was a Loar or Fern which had Rhinestones on it,
There was also a teens F-4 project not long ago that had the bedazzled headstock.
Mandolin Mick
Nov-30-2011, 7:04pm
I play Santa Lucia, O Sole Mio and the Godfather theme ... but I wouldn't touch that mandolin with a 39 & 1/2 foot pole ... :disbelief:
F-2 Dave
Dec-01-2011, 12:11am
That never would have happened to a properly vaccinated mandolin. Once it breaks out like that it's probably going to wear the scars forever. Such a tragedy, so preventable.
Darryl Wolfe
Dec-01-2011, 10:40am
Chicken Pox..
billkilpatrick
Dec-01-2011, 11:48am
Chicken Pox..
no ... gibson
Frank Farley
Dec-01-2011, 11:59am
I think this mando belonged to Porter Wagoner or his taylor.:))
greg_tsam
Dec-01-2011, 12:45pm
For the love of GOD!
Jason Kessler
Dec-01-2011, 3:32pm
"Aw, honey. Daddy's sorry that you're sick and had to stay home from school. And I know you're bored. Why not try to find something creative to do? You know, like Daddy has his mandolin to be creative with, maybe you can find some sort of creative project to do. I'll be home in a few hours."
MikeEdgerton
Dec-01-2011, 3:50pm
There's a part of me that wants to rescue that thing. Fortunatly the other side of me is telling me to run the other way.
allenhopkins
Dec-01-2011, 5:31pm
Well, no bids yet, 3+ days to go, $399 opening bid. If no one bids, and you swoop in and get it for $399, removing the "bling" and restoring the top finish would result in a pretty acceptable A-50 at a reasonable price. That's assuming there's nothing else wrong with it, as the seller states, of course.
Wait a minute -- the write-up says it's a Cibson mandolin! I thought it was a Gibson...
What's the resale value of a Cibson A-50? They must be rare -- never seen another.
Barry Wilson
Dec-02-2011, 5:02pm
Looks like Ndnda sneezed on it (if you are a Futurama fan at all you'll understand)