Hey all ,I have been offered a Kent electric mandolin (apparently from the 60s) for $ 400 ,it looks great and I'm told it plays well .Does anyone have any info on this brand ?
Hey all ,I have been offered a Kent electric mandolin (apparently from the 60s) for $ 400 ,it looks great and I'm told it plays well .Does anyone have any info on this brand ?
Cafe member Martin Stillion (mrmando) maintains www.emando.com. He has a section devoted to Kent (link below). It was a brand imported from Japan. The mandolins they imported came in with other brand names as well.
http://www.emando.com/builders_inactive/Kent.htm
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Didn't the late "Gatemouth" Brown play one of the long-scale Kents?
A quick Google finds asking prices all over the lot for used ones -- couple hundred $$ to over $1K, depending on the model.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Whether this is a good deal depends on which model is being offered. Do you have photos?
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Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
And the tailpiece cover screws on.
I heard the scale length is a problem.
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
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