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    Default Gibson A50 on Reverb

    Obviously this is not a stock A50. Who do you think converted it? or is it not even an A50 body either?

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    It may have been refinished. The saddle is cranked way up on the bridge too, wonder about top sinkage.
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    The body may or may not have been made by Gibson. If so, it has been heavily re-worked. The finish was done by an amateur.
    The neck is not original to the mandolin. It appears to be more or less similar in design to an A-5L.

    There are too many deviations from standard specs for an A-50 from any period to even bother with listing them.

    For a moment, I thought that this could have been a re-finished A-5L, but it is beyond me why would anybody put an A-50 label in an A-5L. And the wood is too plain . . .

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    There was one just like that on ebay. Randy Wood built. But I think it had The Gibson on the peghead.

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    Strange marking on the “bottom” side. Looking at the label, could it have been subjected to water damage?

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    Not sure what it is. Doesn't look like an A50, looks more like an A-5L. Top looks sunken. Tuners are an odd choice, which makes me think they might have actually come from a vintage A50, as well as the label and the tailpiece. BUT, body, neck, and neck joint are wrong for an A50, much more like an A-5L. With the sunk top, I wouldn't be interested for a third of what they are asking....but, could be great sounding once restored.......but, is it even an actual Gibson?

    too many questions, IMHO.

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    Not the same one as I seen on ebay. Ebay one did not have that oval label.

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    Whatever its origin[s] might be, it falls in the category of "heavily messed with."
    For the record, $1500 is pushing it for a clean and original A-50, which this is not.

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    "Checked over by our crack team of repair guys". Sounds like a fun job!

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    Or could it be "our team of crack-repair guys"?
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    This seems really odd to me, something just smells fishy!
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    It appears to just be another example of a shop that doesn't know very much about what they are doing.
    They have a '72 Martin D-35 listed at $2950, which is a very high price; and they describe it as "an early example," which it is not.

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