Hello to all
I purchased an old , bowl back , low grade mandolin couple of days ago
The reason of purchasing this unbranded mandolin is that the mandolin’s pickguard decoration and bridge matches pickguard decoration and bridge used by Anastasios Stathopoulos ( founder of House of Stathopoulos / Epiphone ) Greek bouzoukia
The 1913 A Stathopoulos catalogue doesn’t show a mandolin with these characteristics . Instead , in the catalogue a Greek bouzouki model 141 carry the same elements
As much as I tried to find the same pickguard decoration to other mandolins and manufactures, I had no luck
Have you seen the same pickguard as the one on the photos ( which will follow as I do not know how someone can upload photos in this forum ) on other vintage mandolins ?
Thank you very much for your info
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