All I know is that it was bought used somewhere between 47-49. I'm thinking it was a "catalog" mandolin. The pick guard looks to have been added later. Unfortunately the top is sunk in so it is not really playable. No labels inside
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All I know is that it was bought used somewhere between 47-49. I'm thinking it was a "catalog" mandolin. The pick guard looks to have been added later. Unfortunately the top is sunk in so it is not really playable. No labels inside
The shape of the headstock and the body looks like some Harmony mandolins.
Here are a few in a Polk catalog from 1937. Not exactly yours but similar design.
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Ah, here, on the left is one that is closer, from a 1935 Grossman catalog.
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Harmony was my first guess too, from the body shape and the faux wood grain. The "dished" headstock profile and the scalloped tailpiece aren't typical Harmony; if Harmony made it, my guess is that it was made for a particular store or distributor -- or, as you speculate, for a catalog seller.
Maybe it's the Texan in me coming out, but some of these mandolins remind me more of a slab of meat with grill marks than they do of a piece of wood with grain marks. This one in particular.Quote:
Originally Posted by allenhopkins
Mick
For that beefy sound!Quote:
Originally Posted by brunello97
Mmmmmnnnnnnnn Beef