c.1900 Oscar Schmidt Bowlback Mandolin (fancy)

[Jake Wildwood]

Here's a more or less typical OS build from the 1890s/1900s in their fancier get-up. This one sounds really nice for an OS -- good and balanced with a tight bass -- not floppy sounding like the cheaper OS ones -- and also very lightweight.

Here's a link to the full blog post. (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2012/01/c1900-oscar-schmidt-bowlback-mandolin.html)

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[Tavy]

Nice one Jake, boy you're knocking these out at a rate right now! ;)

[Jake Wildwood]

For sure -- I have another Italian one very similar to the last (in fact, my guess would be it's also a Puglisi) that'll be all finished up this morning. :)

[JeffD]

Beautiful