Re: Stra-do-lin Questions
Top (and back) are heat-pressed into domed profiles, not carved. SOP for less-expensive instruments of that era (and the present era).
I have one nearly like it, though with replacement bridge and tuners. It's my standard go-anywhere mandolin, the one I throw in the back of my car when I'm going someplace where there may be music. Just got back from taking it to "Crooktop" festival in Bradford PA. Great instrument for the price, can hold its own with much pricier mandolins. Congrats!
Allen Hopkins
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