Re: Stahl Bowlback Mandolin
Not much to go on viz the LarBros claim other than the "Stahl" connection which isn't a smoking gun by any means.
The fretboard dot patterns we have seen on Larson made bowls....along with a lot of other details which this doesn't share.
The neck / bowl "collar" is NOT a LarBros ringer as L+H used it often. The fretboard extension also doesn't look like i fratelli work, either.
I admit, I'm the Doubting Thomas on many Larson attribution for the same reason I am about "splinters of the True Cross". Enough of them around to build a cathedral.
Two guys in a little shop built all that stuff, while also cranking out all those great guitars.
This mandolin is unplayable in current condition and needs a serious neck repair.
Now the mandola / octave that Nick referred to above.....no doubt about that one. I was tracking that sale and y'all are right. I bet the seller's eyes were popping out the last 15 seconds of that sale. I thought that might fly under the radar for about 5 minutes then figured anyone who was in the know, knew.
Very nice instrument. Clearly the quality and appointments on that should be examined closely before the next LarBros throwdown goes down.
A lot lot different than taking a ringer on a pretty ordinary bowlback.
Mick
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