Can anyone help? I recently got Regal Mandolin for restoration, It's about two feet long, 8 1/2 wide, 8 strings, flat backed. Any help is appreciated. I have photos but don't where to attach it to. Looking for a site to compare. Thanks.
Can anyone help? I recently got Regal Mandolin for restoration, It's about two feet long, 8 1/2 wide, 8 strings, flat backed. Any help is appreciated. I have photos but don't where to attach it to. Looking for a site to compare. Thanks.
Without pictures of your instrument this is basically an impossible challenge. Regal made a whole lot of instrument styles. The brand name has undergone at least three if not more iterations where it was owned by different companies.
Last edited by MikeEdgerton; Dec-04-2021 at 10:19pm.
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You got that right Mike.
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If someone is paying to restore that I hope it has great sentimental value because the monetary value will never justify the work.
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"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
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If the case is a hard shell case and fits a Martin mandolin it has value. That mandolin on it's own in good shape is probably less than $100.00. Find that guy that says it's worth 7 to 8 and I'll part with one in much better shape that belonged to my uncle.
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