I’ve picked up a lot of good tips from other Mandolin Cafe posts, thank you everyone.
I was recently given a nut-less, bridge-less, tuner-less body of a 1960s Terada mandolin (like the ones sold under the Kent, Lyle, Lindell etc logos)
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Once re-appointed & strung, the shape of the neck became apparent … untwisted but like a roller-coaster (see picture below).
I’m guessing, from the state of the mandolin as given to me, it was a discarded luthier fix! However the deep body gives out a lovely full sound, and I’m sure with a lot of playing it will open up nicely. I’m loath to put it in the garbage! I know “turn it into a slide-mandolin” is always the thought, but it’s got a zero-fret which might make that idea unworkable.
Any thoughts on how to fix this? Many thanks
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