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I now see that inside the body, up at the neck, written in ball point pen is "Dan Fitzer, Sept. 1970".

I can find no record of a luthier named Dan Fitzer.

I'll have to get myself a dental mirror.

I bought thiis as a modest investment to flip. I'm in the process of moving and shouldn't be acquiring new things. This weirdo mandolin will likely end...

I'm with you, what's going on from the nut up keeps me from settling on that story. The tuner style and nut material match a few Mexican made instruments i have seen.

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This adds up. I live in Southwest Virginia and there is a ton of bluegrass fiddle/guitar/mandolin playing and likely some fiddle/guitar/mandolin making around here. When I picked it up from the...

Yeah, it's just a piece of felt to keep the strings off the body.

https://imgur.com/a/ZGAUVtZ

Any help would be appreciated. I just bought this and can't find anything on it, or even anything about this shape.

Thanks!