I'm pretty sure converting a righty to a lefty isn't that difficult. It involves turning the nut and bridge around 180°. The nut is easily done, but...
Well, in part because anyone with a keyboard can edit things in Wikipedia. So the stump brain with a moronic concept of pretty much anything can add...
Well ... It's a black-and-white drawing of a mandolin offered only in Sheraton brown. So that's not natural, owing to the transfigurative properties...
There's also this guide, along with the one in Post #3: http://www.guitarhq.com/gibson8.html It addresses the physical characteristics of each model...
Excellent! Thank you so much! I've been assuming this is the case, in the absence of proof, but that meant having to rely on my unreliable ears. Now...
Oh! Good. Phew! :whistling: I thought they had spruce tops. All this talk about birch ... I don't remember seeing that before. And yes - the music is...
Having gone this far, and determined this a mess not worth much, I believe it's time to drag out the old story of the only white instrument I've ever...
I've seen others as white - not many, but some. But I'm with mrmando - doesn't look like the original finish. Though I don't see how it's all white....