Here's a pic of me and my 1913 (ser. no. 15250, if I'm reading faint pencil marks correctly) Gibson K-2 mandocello. It had to be refinished, since when it came to me, it had a heavy black lacquer on it covering up a multitude of lutherie sins. I let a local furniture refinisher work on it, and he chose to let wood grain shine through. It also has new hardware. It plays very nicely! Will try to get a sound file posted soon!
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