Rectangular body with two scrolls -- and it looks like the plates might even have a little arch carved into them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-C-E-Mc...EAAOSwcs1fNdP9
Not your average cigar box mandolin
Rectangular body with two scrolls -- and it looks like the plates might even have a little arch carved into them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-C-E-Mc...EAAOSwcs1fNdP9
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Re: Not your average cigar box mandolin
You might have seen something like this before
https://www.google.com/search?client...ndolincafe.com
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Re: Not your average cigar box mandolin
Reminds me of those "devil pouches" ie skate egg sacs we would find on the Jersey shore when I was young.
Charley
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They are still here actually Charles.Originally Posted by Charles E.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Re: Not your average cigar box mandolin
We used to see those in FL visiting my grandparents when I was a kid. Good times
Re: Not your average cigar box mandolin
You could add that listing to the "mandolins that won't get a bid or a buyer" thread at that price.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
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I'm just afraid the person who designed this will think of something else, lol!
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Does anyone remember his other work? No photos were saved to the old threads for posterior.
I assume he made more standard F-5s?
Ah, here is one:
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