Would love to hear your theories on this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MANDOLA-VIN.../322910069764?
I'm not convinced it really is a mandola; I don't see how a mandola built to Gibson specs would fit in that F4 case.
However, there IS such a beast as a Gibson snakehead oval-hole mandola, although we know of only one if I'm not mistaken.
Certainly not worth $6,500. Maybe $1,000 and a good chunk of that would be the F4 case.
I also doubt that the person who did the crude sunburst and headstock inlay would have been able to build what looks like a well-executed and very Gibsonesque instrument in many of its particulars.
So, hmmm...
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