Hi -- I'm new here, so I'm not sure if this question has been discussed ad-nauseum before; forgive me if it has.
I have an antique A frame Gibson mandolin, probably from around the '20s. #The archtop has sunk somewhat under the bridge, disenabling the upper strings to sound; at the moment, with low humidity, I've lost all but the G and low part of the D string. #Even at the best of times, summer with high humidity, the strings will buzz the frets; now, in this awful NE winter, even with attempts at humidifying, I really can't get the instrument to sound across the fretboard. #When I can get the instrument to play, during the summer, it is a nice sounding mandolin.
The questions, of course, are; is this fixable? Might it also be a neck problem? #The frets will probably also need work eventually, but I'm trying to take this one step at a time.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice,
Gordon
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