Oddly shaped mandolin identity

This is currently on the shop goodwill site. Is this a custom made mandolin? Big splits in the back. Anyone seen one of these?
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Originally Posted by Graciela

This is currently on the shop goodwill site. Is this a custom made mandolin? Big splits in the back. Anyone seen one of these?
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Production mandolin, affectionately referred to as a "sunfish" mandolin here. Several threads to look through here.

Scroll down a bit for some pictures here.

Thanks!

I'm thinking that if you're not careful about how you rest that thing on your lap, it could cause some serious damage to unmentionable parts of the anatomy . . . .

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Originally Posted by MikeZito

I'm thinking that if you're not careful about how you rest that thing on your lap, it could cause some serious damage to unmentionable parts of the anatomy . . . .

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True, but it'd be one way to get that high lonesome sound. :disbelief:

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Originally Posted by jerrymartin

True, but it'd be one way to get that high lonesome sound. :disbelief:

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other way with a capo? :)

I just registered with the cafe, thanks admin. THIS is the 1st post I read & exactly the object of my curiosity!

Mandolin lore is a very specialized kind of weird.

Many thanks to the OP Graciela, mod Mike & all those original posters. I can move on now.

- Dan

lonesome for life