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I think Ill name the second Photo Greg's alter ego :cool:
But these are of Didly Beau and one of her signed by a...

Very Nice... Id Love to hear you Bluegrass up House Of Raising Sun...

This one was selling for $750.00 in 2008 with out the tailpiece cover and gibson soft shell case... The Plot thickens:cool:

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I think her case is a Harmon...

Ill close it out with this...
Id buy each and every one of the Vintage Kentucky Km 180B's I can find if they have a hard shell case, play and sound as good as this one does for a 100 bucks... ...

[QUOTE=Gregory1967;1565658]Most real mandolin players never see thirty instruments in a life time why would they

I want to clarify " see " in this case means own...

Here let me google that for you

http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=snowflake

Vintage to me isn't indicative to price, some stuff yes more in price although with most other stuff much less... Value isn't always about money.... Many folks I know and play with wouldn't take two...

Again for those that provided good validated professional information about the model I do thank you...

Thanks for your in put ... For this "tiddly wink" Id put its personal value to the new owner slightly above that... With the case (not original) with new strings and proper set up and a few hours of...

Yours didn't have a pick Guard either. Interesting, I'm told they have one tail piece cover for the two A style in those few years...Do you recall if yours had any engravings on the tail piece cover?

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Specs on all older Kentucky mandolins fall to the sticker not head stocks or other and not what it says but the type set how it is wrote not the numbers either its how its printed if you contact...

Your Right, but i will never apologize to any snowflake ever... I will say thank you to Mr Fear from Folkmusician.com for his input I am sure has much Knowledge. and I hope folks can learn from that...

Thank you, I have all the information I need at this point and Your right his last two post are Jacked up But really it wasn't necessary and the Gentle man made one too many assumptions... and More...

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Thank you... I love to hear the story and see the photos

I CALL FOUL>>> I noticed you said OWNED... didn't ya keep the better ones.... I Never said anything of the sort directly about Mr Fear. If He is an expert he feel short here....SAGAs words not...

Thank you mrando Its does and yes this one is a Gem with solid top I have much more information today that is FACT from saga them self coming into today I am waiting on a call from the Vintage guy...

Thanks You not your fault but i now have 7 different reports and they all conflict which each other... Did they say made in Japan in the 80s ? cause this one only says San Diego California on the...

So far there is No information to be found about the model KM180B with the fleur del lis on the head stock!

The finish is warn off and way we got it... The back sides and neck neck finish warn warn off as well... Please send Photo of yours here... Things Id Like to learn about this Instrument are the Price...

I would Like as much information as I can find about this mandolin I've read a few conflicting post here... I believe one guy said he gave 100 bucks and then said he shaved down the Bracing... :))...