The string spacing is really poor. The strings in the pairs are spread too much.
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The string spacing is really poor. The strings in the pairs are spread too much.
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Excellent point - I didn't notice that. If somebody buys it, they are going to have to set aside another few bucks for a new nut . . . and get that towel bar / grounding wire / kickstand / vibrato handle / safety rail / arm rest / tone bar removed!Originally Posted by David L
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Oh, no. Are you insane? That mandolin is all original—you will reduce the value of this by at least 50%. That is an original towel bar/kickstand. I bet it even has original strings!
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Let's see: 50% of $0 is...
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You're right . . . I'm soooo ashamed . . . .
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https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Ea...stic-Guitar.gc
I guess it could sell if someone thinks to look for this with the guitars. Is that an older headstock?
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Are you kidding me - is someone THAT clueless that they listed an Eastman 805 as an acoustic guitar?
I know that some G.C. employees are aren't exactly the most knowledgeable people in the business - but this one is really bad.
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Sorry, yours no longer qualifies for this board, it has a bid and will sell.
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I think I've mentioned that one in a thread in the general forum, I live a block away from that Guitar Center and see it frequently. Oddly enough, it is displayed with the mandolins so they must have messed up on the data entry side. I do like looking for instruments miscategorized since sometimes you can get a deal; but on the other hand someone might get more traffic to their listing if they list something as a guitar rather than a more obscure instrument like a laud, bisernica, etc.
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Vintage double next... $279 with free shipping.
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The mandolin section has one of those foil pickups that I believe some guitar folks love. Funky sound. Might get sold.
If that is a genuine Harmony gold foil pickup and if this listing is priced right, then the guitar is definitely riced correctly to sell.
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If that double-neck showed up around here, and it wasn't total garbage, I would buy it just for the 'cool' factor; (I'm a sucker for double-necks.)
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The pickups and mandolin controls probably are worth the asking price. While not true Teisco hold foils, those guitar pickups can sound rather nice. I have one in the neck position of my heavily modified Squier guitar.
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Here's a real strange one. Looks like an Asian funky F copy, terrible details. Either the manufacturer inlaid a rather poor Gibson logo or someone did it after-market. In any case, every aspect of this one looks wrong: all scrolls, fretboard, etc.
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$5k
I would assume anybody paying 5 G's for a Gibson mandolin would know what a Gibson mandolin looks like. I saw the painted-on F holes, I saw the obvious birch grain showing through the ebony stain on the headstock, this thing is nothing short of repulsive, and it's hard to believe it came out of an Asian factory. Looks like an idiot built it and wants to get 5k for it. I've only been interested in mandolins a few years, so maybe I'm naive. Does this kind of crap really come out of Asian factories?
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
I wrote to the seller and told him the news and he was reasonable and thanked me for the information. He was given the “mandolin” many years ago and was told that it was a prototype. Hopefully he will take the listing down but Mark is right that anyone looking for a $5K Mandolin would know that this is far from one. I told him he was lucky to get a hundred for it.
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I don't know much about Gibsons but I could tell it was all wrong, but I missed the painted on f holes. That's actually laughable. Who in the whole world would go to the trouble to build such a stinker? Even the intentional counterfeit knock offs are better made than that.
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Well he said it was electric, the lack of ff holes will keep feedback at a minimum. That should be worth another $100
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Okay. But then why make it a hollowbody in the first place? It seems like extra trouble for no benefit in the sound.
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I'd not take it for granted that the body is hollow. There is a piezo pickup under the bridge, but that would work with a solid body as well. The ad says "Material: Hardbody" (whatever that means, it might be a hint). The sustain is probably infinite
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It was meant as a
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I'm not sure, but I was thinking that Godin did something like that, with the electric Godin A8 mandolin ? I never quite understood that either, but they seem to get adequate reviews and they're not cheap, presumably someone must be buying them...
Could be. Seems like as good an explanation as any.It was meant as a
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Yes. I'm wondering, though, how the Godin would hold up in a head to head comparison with, say, a Mandocaster or Mandobird. I just can't get the hollowbody without any holes concept.I'm not sure, but I was thinking that Godin did something like that, with the electric Godin A8 mandolin ? I never quite understood that either, but they seem to get adequate reviews and they're not cheap, presumably someone must be buying them...
Could be. Seems like as good an explanation as any.
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If I remember Gretch made some guitars with painted ff holes back in the day.
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