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Hi all,

I hope you're keeping well in these most uncertain times! I'm looking to upgrade from my laminate 50 pound mando to a bowlback (I like classic italian folk music mainly!)

having bought...

Hi all,

I've come across this bowl back on eBay at a reasonable price £360. It is a 'stridente'.

Any information on this model? Worth a punt?

Thanks!

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In my search for a playable bowl back mandolin (being a novice!) I’ve come across this mandolin. The maker is Alfredo Privitera (Catania) Sicily. The issue that I’ve been kindly...

I'm actually seriously interested in the 1962 Calace for approx. 800 pounds. Any idea why it is so cheap compared to every Calace I've ever seen? (over 2k)?

I know that Calace seen as one of the...

Hi All,

This has been an amazing forum so far.

I’ve seen a 1962 Calace for sale near me at approx 890 pounds.

Does anyone have any information on this? Why is this so cheap when the average...

Hi Jim- Thanks!

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They are very much Sicilian!

Grazie mille per l'aiuto Mick- lo farò di sicuro!

Nel frattempo allego l'unica foto che ho.

Grazie!

Hi all,

Newbie here. I'm a Sicilian living in London, and my only real push to play the mandolin is southern italian music because of my roots.

I am searching for my first playable bowlback (I...

Hello all,

My name is Franco. I got into playing the mandolin as I visit my fathers home town in sicily a few times a year and remember being mesmerised the street players as a kid.

Ten years...

Hi All!

10 years or so I bought my first mandolin- a £40 Wesley electro acoustic. I've been playing on and off but quarantine has really allowed me to indulge in my playing to the point where I...