Thanks Allen. The pickguard is actually made from two kinds of wood not celluloid. I found this mando in Rhode Island. Here are a few more pics...
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Thanks Allen. The pickguard is actually made from two kinds of wood not celluloid. I found this mando in Rhode Island. Here are a few more pics...
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I just found this the other day... Mitchell bowl back, very old and American Made. I have no idea as I have never seen one before. Any ideas?
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Thanks in advance!
Thanks Brad,
Maybe I will try a full contact bridge...
I can't wait to get the new bridge and put on some strings! Thanks to all...
Thanks Mike... I love this mandolin!
Thanks Brad.
Took the strings off and started to humidify the Stradolin. Top has moved back to almost where it should be. Internal inspection and all the braces are perfect.
I am going to get...
It has a nice mellow dry, woody, bluegrass sound with sustain that lasts as long as it needs to...
Here is a close up of the area Don thought there might be a seam separation. There isn't one, it just looked that way in the pic. This Strad-o-Lin is in almost perfect condition, no scratches, dings,...
Hi Don, Where do you see an open seam? There is no open seam anywhere that I can see...
No. I checked and there is no date stamp. When you say "earliest batches" what year do you think?
Hi all, I am new here and today I found a pretty nice Stradolin. I admit I don't know much about them but it looks nice to me...
Maybe you guys can help me out with some information about it. Here...