Hello all!
I've been reading the Cafe for a while, and now I'm in the position of asking for some help! I'd like any information on the army/navy mandolin shown in the picture below. I've scoured the internet for pictures of flat tops like this and have not been able to find anything similar. There's a few very identifying features:
- The asymmetric (almost crooked?) body
- The absence of the last 3-4 frets on the fingerboard. It looks like if they've never been there, but maybe they fell?
- The lack of marker dots (there are dots on the side of the fingerboard)
- The shape of the headstock, which is just straight (almost every mandolin has some curvature)
- The relatively new tuning keys (almost sure they're not original)
I haven't been able to get this instruments in my hands yet, but any information that you can provide would be great!
Thanks,
JP
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