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Your second mandolin is a bowlback mandolin, apparently made in Italy. There are very few of them that have any real value. I'll let our resident bowlback extperts pronounce the value but the Gibson...

Does it show up on the Zapruder tapes? You might be onto something here.

There is a Texas based seller that has been active under two or three names for years that buys factory left overs from a family member in Korea. He's not in Dallas. A few of us purchased really nice...

If you haven't seen it, Max and Laurie Girouard have been working on a Ms. Griffith copy and they have been posting the progress to a blog. It is interesting reading.

The Griffith Project

Yes, it's a mistake but I think we can overlook that on a first post. I do wish they had made an A-5 Jr though.

They all look close, you could take a chance and see if it works. The size differences are small. The cover is generally the thing that is missing so you're better off if you have it.

Here's one on eBay.

Here is a base only. It may or may not fit your cover assuming you have one.

Here's another on that's pretty rusty.

Here's a cover only in rough shape. Things can be...

I'm going to guess it's a Waverly Cloud tailpiece like the one in the picture. The good news is that same tailpiece was used for decades by all of the manufacturers from Gibson to Martin to Harmony...

The electronics are either side of the endpin in two separate compartments. It almost has to be for the neck. From the website:



The preamp appears to be included in the jack compartment.
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By the way, there's no "é" in MandolinCafe.

If you have a question for the builder regarding the warranty then perhaps it might be best to take that up with him or perhaps the person you bought it from. There's no reason for this to continue...

I'll be honest, I don't know why anyone would counterfeit an Ibanez let alone a JBovier but I'd be looking really hard at the factory where JBover mandolins are produced. That's a whole lot of...

Bill Monroe's mandolin didn't look all that great. The back was a little mismatched and as the years went by it didn't get any newer. If you pay a bunch for a mandolin I'm of the opinion that it...

People here have been converting them from righty to lefty for years. Other than the bridge saddle and the nut the only issue is that the dots on the top of the neck will be on the bottom. I'm with...

That's addressed in the post Allen.



By filling the end you can't get close enough to the headstock to scratch it. The second alternative is to grind off the end and round it side to side to...

Probably the cheapest answer. Cut down a John Dunlop winder into a Jop winder. Fill the unit about half full of baking soda and drop in a few drops of CA (Superglue). Let it harden. The crank is...

These were imported with lots of different brand names. The only connection that has to the American company is the name on the headstock. We have another thread here with A style Kay mandolins in it...

It's simply a nod to tradition, nothing more nothing less.

I scooped my Gibson years ago because of the pick click. It may be that the scoop isn't deep enough. Lots of people over the years have...

By the way, there's some information here but I don't know if Gold Tone is still selling these.

I didn't know Bill James made one like this. I've never seen it on his website.

Nah, nobody cries when they cut up a mandolin banjo. The only problem I ever had with them was keeping them in tune.

Post a picture of the tuners from the back showing the plates and the button. The tailpiece might have been unique to the mandolin but the tuners were not.

Does anyone know the difference between a mandolin banjo and an onion? Asking for a friend.

If someone doesn't come up with an answer you could try contacting Saga.

https://www.sagamusic.com

Tops can be graduated from the top side or the bottom. It's just harder to check the thickness with the mandolin intact. Keep in mind you may need to refit the bridge if you change the graduations...