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    Default F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    NFI. Never seen a point mod like this.

    https://denver.craigslist.org/msg/d/...685890551.html

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    Once again, I recommend a fashionable 4-foot chartreuse feather boa casually draped over the strings between the bridge and the tailpiece, flowing downward and to catch the wind on outdoor stages -- I guarantee nobody will ever notice the point! And, think of the savings!
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    My bet is it was damaged and instead of rebuilding the point, it was truncated

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    Similar to a mandolin missing its peghead scroll -- it just doesn't look right. I'm often amused when I see an expensive car being driven around with multiple dents on multiple fenders/corners -- like the owner either doesn't have insurance or simply doesn't care.....

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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Mando View Post
    Similar to a mandolin missing its peghead scroll -- it just doesn't look right. I'm often amused when I see an expensive car being driven around with multiple dents on multiple fenders/corners -- like the owner either doesn't have insurance or simply doesn't care.....
    Or it was the only was to afford to drive and expensive car.
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    I've either seen this mandolin but I know I've seen this done before, I wonder if this was a Gibson practice for repair?

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    I like how the picture of the back has the truncated point buried in the case, below the level of the case...It's not there, you can't se it, lalalala

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    Twice, I read "truncated", way too nice of word, IMHO..........butchered, hacked up, etc.? Otherwise, a really nice old mandolin!
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    A whole new way to miss the point!
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    I'm guessing that it was truncated because that lower point was digging into a previous owner's leg when being played. I believe this mandolin was advertised here in the MC classifieds a couple of times.

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    C'mon, guys! It was DROPPED! Rational minds simply do NOT truncate...........

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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Mando View Post
    C'mon, guys! It was DROPPED! Rational minds simply do NOT truncate...........
    So, think was it was pushed inside? Maybe you can blow into the f hole and force it back out...
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Moss View Post
    ...Maybe you can blow into the f hole and force it back out...
    It's an F-4, no f-holes, oval hole all the way.

    Definitive "player's instrument," which IMHO makes the asking price a bit optimistic.
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    Default Re: F-4 in Colo CL. Point modified.

    My guess is that the top was refinished maybe even as late as the 1960s. Too red in parts. Yes, the asking price is optimistic.
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