It looked fine until you get to picture #3. Looks like someone started to fix some serious neck break but never finished. Is this for sale and are you considering buying it. It would have to be pretty cheap with that neck work. It looks great from the front, however...
Jim
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Does the fingerboard look weird to anyone else? The neck thing isn’t too pretty either.
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Not looking to buy it at this point. It's much higher than I am willing to pay at this point. Just happened to think it was odd and hadn't really ever seen one quite like it.
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Similar A-4 in the Mandolin Archive, with "Artist Model inlay on neck." I think most A-4's had dot inlays...?
So, what price is being asked for the one with the splinted neck?
Allen Hopkins
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I think it was $1000
It's not beautiful, but structurally, that's not a bad way to do that repair.
I'm a little confused, though. I think we may be looking at a first break, with the new mahogany headstock layer, and then a more permanent fix with the splints.
I think I would prefer to do this sort of repair with a black backstrap rather than the "hot dog" splints. A thick-ish piece of hard maple stained black could be tapered to a Fairbanks style point and made to look like it belonged there. Too late for that now.
Or, if I was younger and didn't care about the labor time, I would be tempted to build a correct reproduction neck using the original fingerboard and peghead overlay.
And yes, the "Artist Model" fingerboard inlay was an option. We see it on F-2's more often than on A-4's.
Last edited by rcc56; May-14-2019 at 12:03am.
Jim
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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
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
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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
Something just looked unusual, I guess I’m just mistaken.
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
That was my feeling too Allen, thanks for keeping me from feeling like I was “going ‘round the bend!”
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
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