I found it at a garage sale for $1.
I found it at a garage sale for $1.
willi
You're gonna need to cleat those top cracks, IMHO...
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Looks like the roots of bluegrass to me!
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
Plant some flowers by my graveside...
Man, that's live music, fer sure!
So chi sono.
It is excellent for planting.
Jim
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Playing lately:
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
If the rocks came with it that's a good deal...
There where already drainage holes on the bottom.
willi
Wow, that mando was DIRT cheap!
"Music is the only noise for which one is obliged to pay." ~ Alexander Dumas
And it can still play Rockytop.
Bet it has a real "earthy" tone.
"My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur."
Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
"I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice."
Bill Monroe
Nice patina.
Mike Snyder
Can't tell from the photo: Does it have a Gibson flowerpot inlay?
== JOHN ==
Music washes away from the soul the dust of every day life.
--Berthold Auerbach
They always told me if I planted I'd end up with a hole in the top. Guess they were right.
This is getting to the root of the matter isn't it?
Wasn't there a thread about no mandolin jokes a while back?
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
This one has really opened up.
willi
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
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