This has got to be the weirdest mandolin I've stumbled upon on Ebay. I kinda like it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/20425425343...mis&media=COPY
This has got to be the weirdest mandolin I've stumbled upon on Ebay. I kinda like it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/20425425343...mis&media=COPY
I guess I'll just stay right here, pick and sing a while...
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Yeah, incredible skill with the pearl inlay, making a playable mandolin not so much.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Two sound holes, since the strings are in pairs.
Run!
Look up the maker.
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Here's an Anontio Tsai F5 with one sound hole. In terms of sound, it's not my cup of tea, though I'm not a bluegrass player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2x5...A1sP%C3%B3gyor
And another Tsai oddity:
https://reverb.com/item/61188604-ant...in-double-neck
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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There have been numerous discussions of this shop along with others on eBay with the Taiwan-Vietnam connection. I believe that they have gotten a bit better over the years in seasoning and drying the wood but they are still not what you want in quality instruments.
Jim
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That there's the fanciest two-holer I done near ever seen.
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I have always thought that if they ever figure out what a real mandolin is actually supposed to look like and they dropped some if not all of the bling they might capture a piece of the market. Antonio Tsai and Bruce Wei pumped this stuff out for years and the unknowing public has always been mesmerized by the shiny stuff.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Someone I knew bought one and brought it to me to set up. It actually didn't sound bad, but I haven't seen him in awhile and I don't know if it survived.
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At those dimensions, not even a mandolin! Perhaps not even a mandola!
So, given the scarcity of the larger relatives, this might be an attractive oddity, even as a wall-hanger.
Or, suitably overcoated with something tough, a street sign for a shop.
If I had $250 to cast away it would be on lotto tickets, at least I'd have a chance at having some satisfaction in the end. The back has multiple cracks, I sure there's no truss rod under that cover. Buyer beware for sure.
Lee Hill
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I believe y'all're takin' 'bout two different kinds of crap, here. BTW, while Neiman-Marcus is a bit more spiffy of a store and also catalog than Sears & Roebuck, I'll wager there's slicker paper in the catalog, which might make for prettier pictures, but not be as utilitarian for its intended use in yer grandpappy's two-holer.
Here's this two-holer, preserved for posterior.
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I'm not at all surprised there are cracks in the back.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I DO like the two dragons on the back, they are quite nice, but the cracks running through them I don't like so much. But it IS interesting-looking.
I see it hasn't sold nor gotten any bids and the listing has been removed. But I also found the seller is a dealer in "Antiques and Collectibles" located in a suburb northeast of Orlando. Perhaps I can adjust my route when I go on vaycay in a couple of weeks and check it out.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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There was a FB Journal article where an author took a trip to Vietnam and hit their "Instrument Alley." (Sorry, can't recall the city offhand and not home to check). There was some junk, but, overall, he was pretty complementary of the craftsmanship and actually bought one of the better guitars he found. Unfortunately, even with aggressive humidification efforts, it eventually failed (I can't recall if the neck joint failed or it developed cracks). Even if they let the wood season for an acceptable period of time the humidity is so high there that it just never really dries, so bringing it into a relatively significantly drier environment is going to cause issues.
They're fun to look at every now and then, but not something I'll ever recommend to a beginner looking for "the best mandolin under $500."
Chuck
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