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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    Oh yes. I understand now. Thank you!
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    Got at?

    Not sure what that means. Typo?
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando? [Ed: Harmony Supertone]

    Ah. Thanks. So they are. Why those frets?

    Another question: Why is there a "K" on the headstock? Is that "K" for Kluson tuners, which might be on the instrument? (There's no marking to identify...
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    OP here.

    Thanks for the clarification on F versus A on the cover of the instructional booklet. You can tell I'm new to this.

    I'm not surprised that it's a different model than what's in the...
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando? [Ed: Harmony Supertone]

    Thanks for the explanation, photo, and link. The recording gave me hope that someday I'll be able to play this one and it will sound like a mandolin. (Right now, I know how to play a G-C-D...
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    Thanks! Two questions (I know very little about mandolins) ...

    1. What is a crystalline finish?

    2. What's the binding?

    I'm glad to hear that yours plays well now. What work did it require?
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    Re: Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    Thanks!

    In digging around, I found this article. Based on that, and your estimate, this would have been during the 33 years when Sears owned the company.
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    Is this a Depression-era kit mando?

    I have a flat back/flat top A-style mandolin that once belonged (family lore says) to my grandfather. It wouldn't hold a tune (bad nut) so I had the owner of a local guitar shop install a new one. He...
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