This is just a random thought but I noticed a lot of really interesting violin cases available online. Would a Gibson mandolin be able to fit a violin case? I’m not jumping on any really more of hmmmmm question.
Phil
This is just a random thought but I noticed a lot of really interesting violin cases available online. Would a Gibson mandolin be able to fit a violin case? I’m not jumping on any really more of hmmmmm question.
Phil
Not unless you find a teens-20's rectangular case and redo the inside, then maybe?
Not any I've seen. To have a case tightly fit a violin shape precludes it fitting a mandolin shape. R/
I love hanging out with mandolin nerds . . . . . Thanks peeps ...
use a violin and viola case for my fiddle and arch top mandolin. I had to shuffle the adjustable neck rest position in the viola compartment to fit the shorter mandolin body.
I then made a support for under the rest of the mandolin neck, a divider between the instruments and reshaped the curves to match the tail of the mandolin.
Here is a photo as it arrived, from before I changed anything....
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Because violas aren’t very standardised size wise you can get quite a few adjustable types even in single cases.
Eoin
"Forget that anyone is listening to you and always listen to yourself" - Fryderyk Chopin
I have to admit, I love cases and before I knew it an hour went by looking on evilbay at all the old cases!
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