Re: Seeking information on great-grandfather's mandolin
I appreciate Graham's good eye on the faux finish on the top...a technique more often seen on the woods on the backs of flatback mandolins.
His Sicilian reference also sounds plausible to me, given the hybridized style of details, trim, etc.
Can you give us some more information on why you are thinking "Asia Minor in the 1920s"? A pretty romantic turn of a phrase under any circumstance.
The neck does look muy sketchioso....and Victor is right. If anyone out there is going to save this, it might well be Dave Hynds.
Mick
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