anyone have any info in this mandolin, or value? i'm considering purchasing one.
it is an oval hole mando. the top is not the scroll style, but a normalshaped headstock. the bach and sides are apparently braz rosewood.
anybody?
anyone have any info in this mandolin, or value? i'm considering purchasing one.
it is an oval hole mando. the top is not the scroll style, but a normalshaped headstock. the bach and sides are apparently braz rosewood.
anybody?
Like this one?
Jim
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exactly- is that yours?
No But I probably saw it in the same place as you did.
Typical 2 point L&H flatback. I think these are pretty nice if they are in good playing condition.
I have a copy of a page of a similar one dated 1919. I can scan it later today, if you like. It appears in that catalog as a model 1422 and is called "New Washburn Flatback Mandolin".
Jim
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cool,
think i might go give it a play as i'm in the neighborhood. what do you think is a fair price assuming it checks out?
B
I imagine in good shape and didn't need any work, maybe $300-400. I think -- if it was that one I saw -- they were asking $450. Let me know how it turns out.
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
thanks jim,
found out it is a model 2442 and is from about 1920.
anyone ever play one of these?
in any event, i should be able to give it a play by sunday and will report back.
think it might be a good partner to my collings. totally different sound i'm sure. hopefully that sound is not junky.
I've played a great many from the Lyon & Healy shop in this and similar styles. Flat-backed, canted-topped mandolins from this era are mighty abundant: L&H, the Larson brothers, various Regal incarnations, Martin, Vega, etc. all built to this style. I like them a whole lot, but the sound will not be like an archtop. Be certan the cant (the crease behind the bridge) hasn't collapsed before you commit.
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