Very Cool 60's Kent Electric Mandolin

[MikeZito]

If conditions were better for me, I would give this serious consideration . . . it look very much like my first electric bass!

https://southcoast.craigslist.org/ms...527119872.html

[MikeZito]

Photo for historical purposes

[Jeff Mando]

I couldn't find a picture, but I believe Jesse McReynolds was associated with that model.

[Chief]

I used to have one of those guys. Cool looking, but I found it hard to play.

[chuck3]

If conditions were better for me, I would give this serious consideration . . . it look very much like my first electric bass!

https://southcoast.craigslist.org/ms...527119872.html

Did you have a Hagstrom electric bass? They had a Kent model, and others as well, that had all those little switches. That was my first electric bass as well.

[MikeZito]

Did you have a Hagstrom electric bass? They had a Kent model, and others as well, that had all those little switches. That was my first electric bass as well.

Actually, my first bass was a Kent. Same pickups, bridge, headstock, tailpiece and volume controls as the mandolin pictured above. The bass was similar in shape, and had sliding switches for the two pickups. I have searched the internet countless times, looking for pictures of another one like it, but have yet to find one . . . this mandolin is as close as I have come.

[MikeEdgerton]

You can probably find more information on Cafe member mrmando's site:

http://www.emando.com/builders_inactive/Kent.htm

[Jeff Mando]

Did you have a Hagstrom electric bass? They had a Kent model, and others as well, that had all those little switches. That was my first electric bass as well.

To add to the confusion: Hagstrom was a Swedish brand and they had a model called the Kent. Kent was a Japanese brand, not related to the Swedish brand. Both were making instruments in the 60's and 70's.

This mandolin pictured was made by the Japanese Kent company.

[jefflester]

Looks like it would be popular with the purveyors of Tekno music.