Hi All,
My great grandfather played this Favilla mandolin until his death in the late 80s. It sat unplayed for 25 years until I asked my folks to dig it out of storage for me. I started learning guitar a few years ago and now have a few different instruments, but this is my only mandolin. I've done a little research online about it and it seems to be from the mid-50s. I've seen a few identical looking Stradolins online too.
I'd like to learn more about it but especially to get it back to playable condition. I put on new strings and it stays in tune, but the D and G strings sound pretty dull compared to E and A and it's hard to play frets up the neck. This is almost certainly lack of skill on my part, but I'm hoping for suggestions on how I can adjust it to sound as good as possible.
I've played a few new mandolins in stores so I know it's not sounding as good as it might. I've been tempted to buy one but I'd really prefer to put my great grandfather's back into service.
Thanks,
Matt
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