Ugliest mandolin on Earth?

[Arto]

I never thouht a mandolin could be this ugly. Does somebody know what it is? I didn´t find it at the vintageinstruments site.

[BenE]

almost looks like the "Duck"

[vkioulaphides]

Hmm... they should have never asked Salvador Dalí for his A-style blueprints.

[Brookside]

The day I recieved my bending iron I practiced bending wood for hours. I threw most of the pieces away. It appears as though they were salvaged from the landfill and used on this mandolin.

[Strado Len]

How about this one?

[Coy Wylie]

What about that checkerboard model that stayed on ebay forever?

[ira]

owsley- isn't that the dude who made all the acid for the acid tests during the 60s in the bay area- i didn't know he made mandos during the parties.........

[Yonkle]

You are right Ira! Looks like a Timothy Leary Orange Sunshine Burst on the front, and a purple Owsley micro finish on the back!

[GaryM]

im havin a flashback

[London Al]

Poor Orville Gibson, He's going to be rollin in his grave if he knows about that Owsley creation.

[delsbrother]

[London Al]

All hail Orville's genius!

[Kirby161]

hold on a minute! i like that last mando!

[mandodude]

Y'know... what that thing really needs to set it off is a scooped fretboard.

BTW - must've been a sale on bone nut material the week that thing was built... y'think??

[Ted Eschliman]

Bad thing about that last one, take a closer look:
Wife would always be yelling at me for leaving it up after flushing...

[London Al]

It's a good thing Lloyd Loar wasn't a plumber then eh Ted.
And please folks, respect for Orville.....even when he did put cherubs on the pick guard.

[Tim Saxton]

I wonder where the carb is on that bong?

Tim

[brianf]

I'll bet that neck never warped.

[brianf]

The last post was about the Lyre-shaped mandolin.

[Jim Rowland]

"There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste." Goethe

[John Flynn]

That Owsley mandolin has been discussed many times here on the Cafe. I agree it is truly ugly.

However, and I know I will not get a lot of agreement on this, I wonder what the reaction would be if we had never seen an F style mandolin before, it had never been invented until now, and we saw one for the first time. I think people would go, "What is the deal with that? That's awful!"

[Jim Garber]

This thread (ending on #17) actually dates back over 8 years ago to 2004. Some of the images are no longer with us. RIP. :-)

[trevor]

Photos please the listing/link has ended.