2002 Roberts Fern w/ different inlays

[afhusband]

Howdy y'all.
Has anyone ever seen these marker inlays?

[afhusband]

They remind me of the Flying Eagle inlays of a banjo. I know they're not!
Flying Owl maybe?

[afhusband]

Sorry I don't have more/better pictures.

[Skip Kelley]

If you bought it used, maybe a previous owner had it done. It looks like high quality work.

[afhusband]

Hey Skip. I was told a collector from the UK had it built this way from Gibson.?. I've never seen "custom" inlay work from the Gibson factory though. I'll have it in hand this week!!

[Scott L]

Is this the same mandolin?

https://youtu.be/Q_3ty4Cy9EA

[afhusband]

Nope. That has the standard 70's style inlays.
But thanks!!
It should arrive tomorrow, so I'll post more on it.

[T.D.Nydn]

An '02 Roberts is probably a killer mandolin,,,I was wondering about the inlay myself,but I know that Roberts did some custom orders in the early 2000's...

[afhusband]

Well the inlays turned out to be stickers!!

While I am a bit perturbed by that, this mandolin is a monster & I got a super deal on it. So all-in-all, I'm tickled with it.
It's as unplayed as a brand new one. The tone right out of the gate stunned me! I'm really looking forward to playing this for a long, long while!

[jim simpson]

Glad it's a good one! Now the question is are the stickers staying or going?

[afhusband]

Jim, they were peeled off immediately! I don't like plastic on an instrument (I'll change the truss rod cover) let alone stickers!! They actually did look pretty good! Definitely passable at five feet, but I just couldn't leave them on.