D Front
D Front
MJB
D back
MJB
So thats why they call them "chop" chords.
Nice! That's a beautiful sunburst, very nice!
refinished, but I see the B/W binding.
I have it in the archive with this description:
Instrument refinished in sunburst ca. 1950's by Gibson. Replaced tailpiece cover ("Gibson" embossed in squiggly line script). Small sections of binding missing along fingerboard (treble side) at 3d & spanning 4th and 5th frets. Finish worn off at soundhole (treble side). Outermost bwb soundhole ring worn off. Missing pickguard/replaced nut at time of refinish/endpin hole plugged. Top is double-bound (white/black)
Information from Aug 2005 from anon
It gets choppier.
MJB
Gosh, I wonder what it looked like before it was refinished!
Has the wood been thinned where the finish is gone, or was the finish just that thick?
Steven E. Cantrell
Campanella A
Gibson was notorious for refinishing in the 50s and 60s. If you sent your instrument back to the factory and it needed any cracks fixed, most likely they would refinish.
I knew a guy who had a 1920s L1 guitar (like Robt. Johnson's) that was refinished to a bright cherry sunburst in the early 1960s. Sad to say, but people didn't quite think that way. You sent your guitar to the factory and got a (re)newed one.
Jim
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Man! Someone has really been baring down on that mando. Looks like an airpowered 220 grit pick in overdrive was used on her. Just kidding. I know if your going to pick your mandolin a lot that in time you're going to make wear marks. Lord knows I put plenty of marks on my past mandolins. I'm always just dreading that so much though. But not enough to slow my picking down. I do try very hard to get rid of bad habits in my picking form when I see there could be a danger of causing needless damage or when I have caused damaged. But I say again that is a cool! Mandolin. Sorry to get off track.
I Pick, Therefore I Grin! ... "Good Music Any OLD-TIME"
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MJB
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Wow, great sounding mandolin! Nice playing as well.
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great sounding mando- I 'm glad you didn't buy it just to hang it on a wall and look at it
nice playin to
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