I am away from my computer but my guess would be Stridente. IIRC they usually have round labels. I love those darkish brown buttons on the tuners. My...
Well I have been playing fiddle for almost fifty years and I can say it is a very demanding instrument. I can let mandolin sit in its case for a week...
Kentucky has a few accounts on eBay where they sell their seconds and returns. I believe your mandolin was one of those. You can contact Saga and and...
You are correct, the Chicago factories were very good at their faux finishes. I had a friend that bought a parlor guitar years ago that he just knew...
Catalogs surface all the time but this may have never been listed as it might have been done for a trade show or as a gift for someone. I agree with...
Three possibilities. It left the factory that way and that's possible. Somebody spent some money and time having a decent inlay artist do the binding...
It's plastic or celluloid that was used on the Strad-O-Lin mandolins of a certain age. It matched the pickguard. Removing it would simply give you a...
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