Ebay: Gibson mandolin with headstock repair

[jim simpson]

How about this approach to repair a broken headstock, lol!?


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-A-Ma...At0:rk:19:pf:0

[Charles E.]

I notice that he has not provided a photo of the front of the peg head. Hmmmm........

Got a couple of nasty cracks in the top too.

[Zach Wilson]

https://reverb.com/item/17149664-gib...8-1910-natural

I saw that one on Reverb as well. There is no picture of the peg head front there either.

[Timbofood]

Would that make those machines “8 on a plate?”
OK, I’ll go stand in the corner now.

[G7MOF]

It's got a bid though!

[ollaimh]

Would that make those machines “8 on a plate?”
OK, I’ll go stand in the corner now.

har har har

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has to go cheap to someone not afraid of repairs

[Jim Garber]

Here is one that looks a lot worse:

[Eric Platt]

The front may not look bad. If it's like my 1910 A, it's because the pearwood center strip in the neck didn't hold. The dye Gibson used caused the wood to rot and not hold.

Mine has dowels drilled through the headstock to hold it together. It's also ugly, but really good sounding.

Don't believe the bridge is original, either. And do wonder if those big cracks are stable. Although the owner claims Randy Wood said they are.

If it were me (and I'm not going to buy it) would replace the tailpiece and sell the original and enjoy a very inexpensive vintage beater.

[Skip Kelley]

Is that how shade tree mechanics begin lutherie?

[tonydxn]

It looks as if Eric Platt is right. I asked the seller for a photo of the front of the head and I got this: I might have bought it but they weren't willing to send it to UK