Quite impressive that you guys know this much about these vintage Wards mandolins. Thanks much for taking the time to fill me in!
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Quite impressive that you guys know this much about these vintage Wards mandolins. Thanks much for taking the time to fill me in!
Except for the pick guard, it looks like the same instrument. So, do you think it was made by Kalamazoo and not Gibson?
I agree completely. It looks like he played the C chord a lot : ). Really glad I finally adopted this mandolin as my own. I've been missing out all these years.
Irish Ramon Linen Puig! I had...
I've uploaded some more pics. There is a close up of the neck. How can one tell if a re-fret has been done?
Here are some more pics I just took of it. I had taken the tuners off, disassembled them, cleaned-polished-oiled them but not so much that they lost their patina. Same with the tailpiece hardware. ...
Very interesting. The case I used to have opened on the end and the mandolin would slide in. It also rattled around quite a bit. I have a nice new gig bag for it now. The more familiar I become...
I only know what you all are telling me about these Wards mandolins, that it is similar/same to Gibson A-40 or A-50 without the truss rod. I put new strings on it, moved the bridge 1/8" towards the...
I didn't even notice the repro pick guard, nice job! Reverb listing is very interesting, thank you for that. I may reach out to Paul Fox who is mentioned in that ad.
Thank you, Mike. I don't have the case, unfortunately. I had it at one time but I think it got thrown out when I was storing some things in the basement of an apartment that I lived in. If I come...
Hi Nick, thanks much. A little surreal to see someone else has the exact same mandolin! I can't make out any letter in that date code. I see - 91 0(?) and 22 in pencil. I thought it was perhaps...
Hi Everyone-
I just cleaned up my Grandfather's mandolin (strings arriving today) and was wondering if you can tell me anything about it. It has Ward/Montgomery Ward sticker and a date stamp that...