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Tom Bedell, the original Old Hippy that owns Two Old Hippie's apparently sees his company as a lifestyle brand. He sells more than just musical instruments and owns several brand names. I'm not even...

Looks like it sold here. If you didn't buy it at this link you might want to ask for new pictures.

Gibson chose to import a mandolin and label it Flatiron. That was well after Bruce left Gibson. Zero connection to Weber. It took place while Gibson mandolin production was in Nashville and not in...

I guess my question would be why would you doubt the seller? Ask for a photo of the label. Nobody and I mean nobody is going to take the time to fake an inexpensive imported Washburn branded mandolin.

If it was made in Oregon it was after the Two Old Hippies buy out. It might have been before Bruce left the company.
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I have never heard of Weber issuing imports branded Weber. I do know they sold some mandolin with the STE (Sound To Earth) brand name but they were made in Montana. Two Old Hippies bought Weber and...

I think it might be Amos Garren. He's shorter than Bill and this is early.

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That has to be early.

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If you decided you want to attempt a tuner button replacement this article by the late Frank Ford might be of help.

Just prior to your mandolin being built Gibson offered it with arrow head tuners similar to the Stewmac Golden Age A-style tuners. If you can't find a set of originals you might consider them. Keep...

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It's an Eastmn (I believe) that has a Gibson sticker of some sort stuck to the headstock then scratched off. It isn't a Gibson but some folks apprently think it is.

It doesn't have the Gibson label scratched out it has the label somebody glued on it scratched out that said Gibson. I believe it's actually an Eastman with Stewmac Golden age tuners on it. The...

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Your Weber will have modern F style tuner spacing of .906" post hole center to post hole center. With very few exceptions most F style tuners should drop in to those holes. The screw holes can be...

Only a Moderator or Chuck Norris can do that. I took care of it for you.

I miss Rick Turner. RIP.

I moved this from Vintage per the OP's request.

I just moved it for you. The answer is that you can't but a Moderator can.

We limit commerce to the classifieds and even though the OP started with the intent of learning the thread has become an ad. You have some good information that has been offered.

There are some with this same finish in the Strad-O-Lin Social Group photos. Here is an Orpheum.

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It's a common style F hole, I've had this one for twenty some years. I don't think it's refinished, I had two with the same finish.

From what I can see their majority owner Servco Pacific is an American company.

The Gretsch family sold the brand many years ago and a few years back managed to buy it back. Honestly, it's hard to consider that a continuous ownership and manufacturing process. It's nice that...