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Well, Garcia's banjo work on the Old and In the Way album, with Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements et. al., was remarkable for someone missing half the middle finger on his picking hand. Here's a...

That wasn't made by Gibson. It's a re-labeled import. It's a fake. Is it in a pawn shop by chance?

And I'm 100% sure.

Yep with Gibson your liable to find anything, F-5's with extra long necks, look at the F-4 evolution? Many varieties!

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the old gal cleaned up real nice, sn 73884 ,, not listed in Gibson archives, Puts it about 100 #s prior to Mr Monroe's famous July 1923 model .. ...

Gibson had a habit even in the 1960s to refinish instruments sent to them for repair. A friend has a 1928 L-1 guitar with a cherry sunburst. Ay!

Glad to hear that your A-4 is excellent. I have...

Hey there Mando folks, I have been playing this mandolin a lot, I put new J73's PhozBronze and I think she sounds really excellent ... I have not played any Loar era A-4s so I have nothing to...

We posted a lengthy essay on this identical set of pictures in 2013 and at that time estimated it'd appeared on eBay over 250 times. Now? Who knows, probably thousands. It begs the question, how many...

Not only do those tuners look like the cheap plastic-type things from the 80's - but one if them dosen't even match!

Otherwise, nice piece!

That would be me. Sent him a message.

For the money, I like this better... Gibson H1 style Mandola ~ 1914 ~ Gibson Mandolin Guitar Manufacturing Company http://r.ebay.com/jRGRSI

Those tuners are hideous, but other than that, I kinda like it

It's not a Regal it's a Kay. It was built by Stromberg-Voisenet (they became Kay).

The funny thing is that it's a nice guitar.

Here is an original. It sold for good money on Reverb a while back.

He's still trying at $189.99 or Best Offer +$7.00 shipping but it appears he MIGHT have sold the only thing worth anything shown in that auction... the tuners on that broken headstock.

I actually found a way to report the account and explain what was going on this morning. It took me about a half an hour to find the link. This account has many instruments up.

Just report the listing by clicking on the report link. If they get enough for the listing thy actually look at it. If they only get mine they figure I'm an idiot. Keep in mind eBay wants to make...

To be fair to the seller, I was the "previous buyer", A few hours after I placed the offer, I experienced a major malfunction with my ford diesel truck. I explained to the seller mandolin funds...

Under "normal" circumstances a $2K snakehead A-4 would be a no-brainer bargain. Add in tuners replaced with Handels -- surely an upgrade if you're not concerned about collectors' originality -- and...

The seller is missing a golden opportunity to enhance the description of his item. Being able to tune the treble side strings with the case closed is a HUGE advantage!

Somebody ought to jump on that case. I mean, seriously...jump on it. :)

Thank you Scott and Dan and anybody else involved in keeping this forum running! I know that you put in A LOT OF WORK that may not be noticed by some of us, but is appreciated by the majority, for...

poor fella thinks he struck gold........and if he sells it for that price, he has!

I hear ya buddy, this is also posted on reverb.com!:))

This could be described as an F-5 shaped object.

Pre, these are from the 70s.

Every time I see one these things, despite having seen them on a regular basis over the years, I can't help but have my first thought be, "what the hell was Gibson thinking?" And then to have the...

Thanks Mike and the rest of you folks for helping me out by answering my questions. As always, it's a pleasure to be part of this mandolin community.
Rich