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    Re: Help identifying an old bowlback

    Mando #2 arrived - the one that resembles the Harmony "Our Century" model but with a bulged headstock.
    I really like it! There are 19 ribs (plus the two wider pieces on either side, that meet up...
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    Re: Help identifying an old bowlback

    Thanks for all the great info! Nick, those Sears catalog shots were super helpful- it definitely appears I have "The Illinois" model, 9 ribs (but- "imitation mahogany neck?") I've attached a photo...
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    Re: Help identifying an old bowlback

    Thanks for the info. It's been a fun little restoration project. Almost ready to string it up (waiting for extra light strings to ar and see how it sounds.

    Already eye-balling some better quality...
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    Help identifying an old bowlback

    Hi,

    Any ideas about the maker/age? American made? Budget model?

    Would the star have been added to the headstock after-market?

    Thanks!

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