I was hoping by now that some cafe member might have shown up as the owner of the squidolin. I wonder if anyone near the museum that houses one or so of these mandolin might have visited to confirm the existence of the creatures.
I was hoping by now that some cafe member might have shown up as the owner of the squidolin. I wonder if anyone near the museum that houses one or so of these mandolin might have visited to confirm the existence of the creatures.
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I really don't know what is better, the giant squid carved into the headstock or that it's brothers are in the Black Swamp Museum. I think this is fodder for a low budget horror movie..."Ohio Mandolin Massacre".
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I'm just thankful to see this thread hasn't been abandoned. It has been such a source of wonder and enjoyment.
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I have to say, I like the old one better. But I always liked that one, whereas many folks didn't. I guess I'm weird.![]()
Thanks for sharing that though! That's really cool to see the evolution and to hear that his work is getting exposure.
Feeling nostalgic for sea life themed mandolins, I found this Mermaid headstock on a Sorensen (Reverb):
Still sorry I let the squidolin slip away, lol!
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Here's one I did, not exactly sea life but water life just the same.
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The squid (thread) must not die! I found this Franzke headstock shot while looking for something else this morning. I felt it belonged in this hall of greats. I realize this may not be a squid but close enough, lol! I still wonder what became of the original Squid mandolin from Ohio.![]()
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Looks like an octopus to me.
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I concur. It even has the requisite eight tentacles.
But I am grateful for the revival of this fascinating thread. Quite an amusing one it is! I just spent the better part of an hour re-reading it; I'd quite forgotten about it. Perfect hangover medicine.And it is indeed a shame we never heard the outcome of it, whatever happened to the cause of it all and who bought it, and whether it sounded all right or just a little fishy.
I do wish someone had taken the time to post the pictures from the ad for posterior. I guess this slipped under Jim Garber's sonar.Glad I thought to post a picture of the headstock that started all this ruckus - at post #86!
Well, we left that assessment in the dust!![]()
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I do wish someone had taken the time to post the pictures from the ad for posterior.
Have the feeling that’s the fate of a lot of stuff I write.
We have the headstock; that's the most important part. But yeah, several people mentioned the low quality and lacking utility of the photos. Wish I could see what they meant. Oh well!
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I have since learned to upload photos from any Ebay ad I'm posting about for this reason. I too regret having not posted the photos from the ad. Here is the headstock with background removed. I can't remember what the body looked like other than a vague memory of a non-trad oval sound hole.
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Old thread revival time: Not a squid but a Koi fish this time. On a scale of 1 to 10, what do you think?
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