Hello,
I picked up a mandolin at an estate sale but have not been able to find out anything about it, outside of one other post I found on this site. I thought it was worth another try at a post, so here goes.
MG Contreras appears on the label, but this is a luthier that focuses on guitars, and hasn't made a mandolin "in at least 30 years" (according to another post I found on this forum, and me following up with the shop via Facebook). My first question: is this in fact a mandolin? Any ideas on what type of wood it is?
My local guitar shop also noted that the action is super high and that the neck likely needs to be reset, which is a $300-400 cost. I don't really want to spend that much if it's not worth that much to start with, but I would like to "fix it up" and make it playable.
Can anyone confirm that this is a mandolin, what type of wood does it appear to be, and perhaps estimate a value on it?
Thanks so much!
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