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    Default mandolin without strings, fb marketplace

    ad says just needs strings, how about those frets, lol?!?!

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...6173471307017/
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    Well, it is hand carved.....he's not lying about that....
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    Well... I think I’ll pass.
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    Yeah, but it only needs three of them.
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    I see two pant legs, two shoes, not sure what that other flesh-colored thing is.....................yikes!

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    Default Re: mandolin without strings, fb marketplace

    As Mike E. says, we all love Frankenmandos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Denny Gies View Post
    As Mike E. says, we all love Frankenmandos.
    Mike sometimes has a flair for the “generous”?
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    Default Re: mandolin without strings, fb marketplace

    To me the cigarette butt on the ground right next to the item in question is the fine credibility-ensuring cherry on top that seals the deal.

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    I'm not a builder. What are those things on the back of the "neck?"
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    Here is a full view of this. I would guess it is some sort of Asian instrument and the wooden frets have turned around. 4-strings with one tuning peg broken off.

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    With a little searching I found it. It is a northern Thai plucked lute called a seung. This guy knows how to play it with straightened frets:

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    Here's a street musician playing one.
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    Thanks, Jim! I loved the video! That's some fancy foot work on the tambourine/drum, too!

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