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    Quote Originally Posted by BradKlein View Post
    THESE just don't come up for sale very often.

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    The builder must have made this too.
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    Default Re: Mystery Instrument

    Quote Originally Posted by BradKlein View Post
    THESE just don't come up for sale very often.

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    Much more irresponsible throwing around the Shmergel name, and I'll start notifying the moderators. As if the premier maker of rare, elusive top-grade mandolins in the world, would get involved with these grotesque mutants.

    Whatever this is, definitely not a Shmergel.
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    That's still the one I would have claimed
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    Quote Originally Posted by allenhopkins View Post

    Whatever this is, definitely not a Shmergel.
    Of course not, but only the specialist's eye would discern. This is a The Shmoygall lawsuit (Artiste Deluxe Supremo model) manta-lin. These were affectionately known by devotees as the "Super-Gall" or The "Death-vader" model.

    At least, that's what *my* research turned up..

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    A lawsuit Shmergel? That I could buy into.
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    Time for this meme:
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