Re: Help identifying my mandolin brand
Originally Posted by
MikeEdgerton
Are there wood filler blocks beneath the tuners on the back?
Mike, are you suggesting that this may have had the black Bakelite plugs surrounding the tuner pegs & covering the gears as per the name-branded SV's, the ones that also had non-symmetrical headstock?
To the OP: My impression is that SV's sound so good because they're very lightly built. It probably has a 13" scale, rather than the more standard 13 7/8", which nicely reduces string pressure thru the body.
Add'l observation: While lacking the "standard" SV's ornamentation (purfing and carved rear of headstock), the body is surprisingly clean, and clearly never had the SV pickguard that was held on by two guitar bridge pins pressed into the face.
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