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  1. Mar-11-2018, 9:47am #1
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    Default Wappen mandolin

    https://www.ebay.de/itm/Alte-Wappenm...cAAOSwLlVal-mj
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    Love that Smurf headstock. Did you buy this one? I get this message when clicking the link in OP:

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    Pack it with TNT, and you have a wappen of mass destruction!
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    Default Re: Wappen mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    Love that Smurf headstock. Did you buy this one? I get this message when clicking the link in OP:
    Interesting! Nope not me, I have far too many instruments.

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    Pack it with TNT, and you have a wappen of mass destruction!
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    Default Re: Wappen mandolin

    Wha'ppen?

    I think this might have belonged to Roy Buchanan, lol!
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    Default Re: Wappen mandolin

    Quote Originally Posted by jim simpson View Post
    Wha'ppen?

    I think this might have belonged to Roy Buchanan, lol!
    Wappen is German for sheild, as in coat of arms. The body shape is typical of German mandolins (and some guitars too).
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    Default Re: Wappen mandolin

    Suitable for playing tunes from this album?

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    "The paths of experimentation twist and turn through mountains of miscalculations, and often lose themselves in error and darkness!"
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    Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa1...SV2qtug/videos
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