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Yesterday, 7:22pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Vintage Identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I also found some iron on hardwood veneer that works very nicely to raise the action of a bridge and allows it to follow the slight curved contour of...

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Yesterday, 7:15pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Where to donate a couple old mandos? in General Mandolin Discussions

Here's one place but I assume you would have to ship it to NY City: https://musican.org/instrument-donations/ An international org:...

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Yesterday, 5:47pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Vintage Identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

You might consider stopping at a hobby store and grabbing a Popsicle stick or two and some sand paper and wood glue. Don't glue the bridge to the...

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Yesterday, 2:46pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread tree poaching / instruments in General Mandolin Discussions

Bruce has many links on his Orcas Island Tonewoods Facebook page to these stories.

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Yesterday, 2:45pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Vintage Identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I merged the two threads.

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Yesterday, 2:41pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Vintage Identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

It's not as vintage as you might think. Circa 1980's, imported from Japan and then Korea. The tailpiece and tuners show that it's basically a round...

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Yesterday, 9:36am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread tree poaching / instruments in General Mandolin Discussions

There have been several articles over the years about this in the US as well. They actually caught some guys in Washington cutting up the logs...

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Yesterday, 6:06am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin Waverly/Tortoisehell Fancy Tailpiece in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

If they removed the auction because they sold it locally it wouldn't show up as sold. I would guess that might be the case. That's why I like to grab...

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Jun-23-2022, 8:19pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

That explains why I couldn't find the one I was looking for. I've seen that tailpiece for years and couldn't remember where I'd seen it.

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Jun-23-2022, 8:16pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin Waverly/Tortoisehell Fancy Tailpiece in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

It could be or it could be batches within the same year. I'm sure that whomever manufactured them, either the builder or a jobber, sold them as a...

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Jun-23-2022, 4:26pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

Not that this makes any difference but these Leland instruments were listed in my 1912 Lyon & Healy catalog so are older than 1930s. I don’t think...

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Jun-23-2022, 2:19pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

Just a note, that is not an unusual tailpiece. They were used on a few different brands.

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Jun-23-2022, 2:16pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin Waverly/Tortoisehell Fancy Tailpiece in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

That's not the same tailpiece. The one on the Junk A40 was more like the tiger stripe of mine. This one doesn't have the same markings. This image is...

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Jun-23-2022, 12:09pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin Waverly/Tortoisehell Fancy Tailpiece in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

For posterity:

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Jun-23-2022, 12:01pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin Waverly/Tortoisehell Fancy Tailpiece in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Only if you're missing the cover and your Strad-O-Lin pickguard matches the tailpiece cover. In past years plain Waverly style tailpieces have gone...

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Jun-23-2022, 6:55am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Key Brand Info? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

And yet another with no brand name is here.

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Jun-23-2022, 6:53am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Hoping to identify my no-name mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

It's one of these.

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Jun-22-2022, 4:55pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My banjo killer (is not a mandolin) in General Mandolin Discussions

The main advantage of any fiddle is that you play it closer to your ears than other instruments. I always find it harder to play anything but a...

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Jun-21-2022, 2:08pm

JEStanek replied to a thread Dolinman X in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Very nice. Jamie

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Jun-21-2022, 12:25pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I wouldn't go by the fretboard dots. The ad says that it has a white top edge. I'm assuming that would have been painted on binding on the top. The...

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Jun-21-2022, 11:25am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Gibson Must Now Face Antitrust Litigation in Heritage Case in General Mandolin Discussions

I don't recall seeing shape for shape copies of known guitars until the late 60's and they came with advent of imported guitars from Japan when...

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Jun-21-2022, 11:16am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I suspect that whomever manufactured them may have sold to others. Sorkin could have had his other brands but I've seen these with too many known...

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Jun-21-2022, 10:09am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Stradolin? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Strad-O-Lin genre mandolins came with at least three different style segmented F holes. The elevated fretboard and neck heel look right. Most likely...

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