I think its been modified by a creative person. The pick guard is tasefully done and theres something about that tailpiece. I like it.
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I think its been modified by a creative person. The pick guard is tasefully done and theres something about that tailpiece. I like it.
I have one. Its a paddle head with front and back tortoise binding, black binding inside soundhole but could be tortoise hard to tell..sn# 7354x
Thanks for the info! Good reading
What type of finish was Gibson using on mandolins in 1925? I thought I read somewhere they switched to lacquer at some point.
I also like the tailpiece, looks like a hand made copy of what was used on Gibsons.
Very cool.
Heres a label from a mandolin
Thanks, I will check them out.
I'm looking for some Honduras mahogany to repair a flatback mandolin whos back was smashed. I dont have a means to cut it thin, so hoping to source a piece 2.5mm thick. Book matched or single piece ...
Over the years these things keep finding me!
Its a Regal reverse scroll mandolin for those who were curious.
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Thought some my find this interesting.
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Very interesting. The dowel goes thru the heel. Humm, not sure what the purpose is. Well the neck is off and now to clean things up, shape the tenon and get the neck angle back to a playable...
The more I look at this I think the dowel is only used to mount the fingerboard extension.I believe the neck joint is simply a tenon. I will find out more once I get it apart.
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Here is the fingerboard extension part. The dowel went into it as well.
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Its a dowel. What a sneaky little bugge.
Has anybody had the pleasure of resetting a neck on a little howe orme mandolinetto.
I have one on the bench in need of a neck reset.
I have examined the neck block which is very shallow and...
Beautiful work, not sure if it was mentioned, but what medium did you use for the white coloring?
Did you make the pick guard? If so where did you find the material. Looks great btw!
1927 Martin A, Collings MT2, teens or twenties Regal mandola.
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Bingo, good thing I did not try removing 15th fret and blasting it with steam. Now I can move forward and repair the top and get the neck angle/ geometry back to norm.
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Yes I was suprised at the crudeness of construction. When I researched the early Salvador Ibanez guitars they are quiet sought after with the classical players, I was expecting finer craftmenship....
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