As Nick has pointed out Kalamazoo was one of the Gibson 2nd line brand names that they built. They also built instruments for the trade with a bunch...
Look through the f hole on the eBay link. Do you see a back brace? Does your mandolin have a brace across the back? The reality of the Gibson second...
Denis, if I am understanding the “rules” as Frankdolin imagined them, you get to pick what you want the theme of the next “stop” on the theme tour! ...
There is a brace across the back. It's actually an A40 copy. It's a second line instrument that has a possible carved top. I'm not sure they all had...
I've had my 10 string Sobell since 1984 and a Windsor tenor banjo since about 1974-1975 (only banjo I've had). I have a Sobell octave from 1988 which...
Unless something has changed in the last two weeks the worm over tuners will turn backwards because they used the same worm gear as their worm under....