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I’ve put together a Monteleone Mandolin Registry at

https://monteleonemandolin.com/

If you’d like to send me vital stats (year, serial number, unique appointments, etc.) and some photos, I’ll...

Mostly it's origins - there's a lot of articles on this.

My take is here - https://mattcbruno.com/why-i-dont-play-turkey-in-the-straw/

Here's a few others.
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Hi,

We may be a step closer to solving the Gibson riddle. To start, I am no mandolin expert. I've written about and photographed vintage guitars for years and have a solid knowledge-base there. I...

If the goal is just to secure the guard I would recommend not trying to remove the pins from the side of the fingerboard because you risk breaking the guard. Better to let a professional remove it if...

That's good. These guards are sometimes tough to remove.

When you remove the clamp, you will see that there is a brass piece on the back side of it. If this piece is intact, it will have a hook...

Hey all,

I decided to take advantage of a beautiful day and drove over to Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon, Ca.
Definitely my favorite instrument store out here in California, if not my favorite...

Here are some photos of the 1924 Gibson F2 with a Virzi.

Thank you to everyone who replied for your suggestions and comments! They were very helpful and interesting to read. The VIP package was well worth it and easily one of the coolest experiences of my...

Monel is approximately 65% nickel and copper whereas, our Nickel Bronze strings are a Nickel-Plated Phosphor Bronze string (Phosphor Bronze is 90% copper). Quite a different "recipe" if you will so...

Hope they also have a set for mandola.

This one:

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Yes, and that was when the fingerboard was glued directly to an elevated area of the top, not to an applied elevated extender. Though the terminus of the scroll ridge was moved to extend downward...

That design is moving into the art of the time. Especially the back- it looks like it's moving- almost a Spanish lady dancing. Very cool. Probably not for bluegrass though. :)

And one more... the gap between fingerboard and scroll is smooth continuation of the gap in scroll. 99.9% modern mandolins miss this.
It's also perfectly visible on the Loar pic few posts earlier......

This picture also captures something that some may not be aware of but notice why the fingerboard has the point before the extension, to blend with the oval hole.

This is from a poster of the 2005 Mandofest in Lawrence. Has to be a teens F-4. This scroll isn't perfect in execution as it looks like they could have scraped it cleaner and possibly over-thinned...

Although it’s seems like an eternity back in the early to mid 2000s I can remember looking at the photo of a F5 on Andrew Mowry’s web Page and thinking it was the most beautiful scroll I had ever...

Not sure if either qualify as perfect, but here are two master Luthier’s versions
Weber
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Gary Vessel.

John Hamlett has blended the Gibson mandola scroll with his F5 and has come up with what i think is by far the most beautiful mandolin scroll of all time. Yes, even easier on the eyes than the...

Post deleted. I just realized which forum this is and that this is a request for photos. Sorry

I agree. Robb's work is something, indeed. I have a mango/cedar one of his that is a work of art. 165976

The lines of the button and the scroll more generally just seem to flow and to come...

Who is the builder?

Edit: never mind I saw the Elkhorn tailpiece

I think this guy's scroll and overall aesthetics are some of the best.

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