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    Quote Originally Posted by PatAMcD View Post
    Me too. There's something for everyone out there, I suppose. A bottom for every seat, as my car friends say.

    But I really can't picture anyone thinking "That's just what I've been looking for!" about this one.
    It's the 'Charlie Brown's Christmas tree' of mandolins.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PatAMcD View Post
    I really can't picture anyone thinking "That's just what I've been looking for!" about this one.
    That's most definitely a prop from Sleepy Hollow.
    I wonder what this smells like - or rather not.
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    Givson is nothing new. Been around for years. I bet it will find a buyer.
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    If it's a Givson, it might be good enough!
    When 'good enough' is more than adequate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    This needs to be posted in the "worst scroll of the last century" thread.
    I’ve seen 5000 year old Egyptian scrolls in better condition…

    (But I must admit, that’s beyond MY standard of woodworking in any case, so he’s beaten me there!)
    "Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....

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    How about $2500 for a Supertone flattop? Granted it is a nice one with some nice flamed maple on the back visible thru all the grime... I think we have determined that these were made for Sears by Harmony?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    How about $2500 for a Supertone flattop? Granted it is a nice one with some nice flamed maple on the back visible thru all the grime... I think we have determined that these were made for Sears by Harmony?
    That price is off the "Richter" scale!

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    It seems to be a regular mandolin stuffed with a layer of matchsticks (or something else) on top and on the head stock.
    I have imagined doing something simpler if I had an instrument with very bad looking top (too many dings, scratches, ...). Just sand a lot of it off (to make it thinner), refinish, then cover with a thin layer of epoxy (yes, I know epoxy is forbidden by the purists, but I am willing to experiment with an el cheapo).

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    There is a history of folk instruments made entirely of match sticks. This one does look like a replaced top. Some were made in prisons or by people with lots of time on their hands. Could be an experiment on the tonal qualities of wood glue.

    Check out: http://www.folkartlife.com/articles/...l#.VNtK44Y8L7o
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    The quality of matches has degraded over the years --kind of like pencils. Do you think these are new or "vintage" matchsticks? Prewar?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    Some were made in prisons or by people with lots of time on their hands.

    Check out: http://www.folkartlife.com/articles/...l#.VNtK44Y8L7o
    Over here lifers usually knock out a fully rigged model of the Cutty Sark made from half a million matchsticks. I suppose they would be better off producing something practical though. I wonder what it sounds like.

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    Here are a couple of beauties, yard sale finds that are parquet (not margarine) covered.
    No longer in the stable but photo captured for posterity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Rankine View Post
    Over here lifers usually knock out a fully rigged model of the Cutty Sark made from half a million matchsticks. I suppose they would be better off producing something practical though.
    Like a file or something?

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    Beltone pseudo-resonator for $850...
    http://lancaster.craigslist.org/msg/4894271214.html
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    Kent Model 836 e-mando for $625; seller thinks it has something to do with Paul McCartney...
    http://augusta.craigslist.org/msg/4887225807.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Kent Model 836 e-mando for $625; seller thinks it has something to do with Paul McCartney...
    http://augusta.craigslist.org/msg/4887225807.html

    1961 KENT VIOLIN SHAPED ELECTRIC MANDOLIN THE STYLE PAUL McCARTNEY PLAYED WITH THE BEATLES, HE CALLED IT A "VIOLIN BASS" HE WAS PICTURED WITH IT WITH HE GROUP THE BEATLES.
    1. He played a Hofner violin-shaped bass

    2. IIRC, he wasn't the one who came up with the term "violin bass" (Also, Gibson made one before Hofner, iirc)

    3. The item offered is clearly not a bass of any kind, thus rendering moot points 1 and 2 above

    3. Good to know he was in a group called The Beatles.

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    Wow, here is a real doozy........

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made-...item339dee4507

    The ad copy is pretty funny..."p.s. If any one know's Jack White, forward him this listing."
    Charley

    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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    Charley, that one already has its own thread.
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    Oops, thanks Bill.
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    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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    Here's someone who's clearly dreaming...
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-A1-Ma...item3f47bb8ad1
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    I don't know, you get a free setup.

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    Try this one - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1922-GIBSON-...item43d84f129b
    Silly guy, but hey, it still has the key for the case

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    Isn't the color listed in the catalog actually "Sheraton" brown? That aside, seems pretty pricey for a key as the add in. As for patent leather?
    Oh well, nothing to do but sit and watch.
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