STRADOLIN MANDOLIN BODY, 1940S, PROJECT http://r.ebay.com/z7NgLC
STRADOLIN MANDOLIN BODY, 1940S, PROJECT http://r.ebay.com/z7NgLC
The heel of the neck looks right, not much more to go on unless there is a clamp mark on the neck block or tail block. I think that's about $39.00 over priced. I've never met Clark (the seller) but over the years he has come up with some really odd things. We live close to each other.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Aren’t the desirable Strad-O-Lins arched tops and backs? This looks like a flattop and we don’t even know if it is laminated. Seems like a waste to make a whole new neck for something like that.
I met the seller Clark years ago at one of the New York Guitar Shows. I think I bought a Gretsch lap steel from him.
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I don't know, it could be a good project for someone who wants to learn . . . if you can get it for the asking bid.
Last edited by Jim Garber; Feb-04-2018 at 11:01pm.
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
I've got a lower end Stradolin with a fairly large top crack & a faux flame finish on the back.
It has a very nice neck. I know, I should wait for something better.
I don't think so. Different wood in the neck block area that's also being used as the sides. And what is left of the neck seems to be longer than a typical Strad. Am thinking a Harmony or similar make.
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Flatiron 1N, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
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Yeah, the more I look at it the more I don't quite think it will match up. Thanks everybody for your help. Ya saved me from buying some overpriced firewood (not needed right now in Florida).
This neck I have has a doodad on the headstock below the script logo... often a sign of a better grade stradolin.
love the neck... not so much the body.
Maybe I'll try an ad for a Stradolin body in the classifieds. Thanks again, Mike
You know, if I owned that neck it would already be on the nicest cigar box I could find but that's just me
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
There's plenty they can learn from it, like how to remove a neck, how to remove frets, how to remove a fingerboard, how to fit a new neck to an existing joint, and perhaps how to glue braces.
Beginners are sometimes overwhelmed by a project as complex as building a whole instrument. And taking a neck off and replacing it is valuable experience, even if the mandolin isn't worth much. It's better to practice on something like this before taking a valuable instrument apart.
And who knows-- the mandolin might even sound pretty good.
Last edited by rcc56; Feb-06-2018 at 2:11am.
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