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    The "offer pending" tag isn't coming up on my screen.

    It doesn't matter, though. As much as I like the look of a blonde F-4, it isn't me . . .
    Neither is there temptation, nor any desire to be "that guy" on an asking price that far out of line.

    But I did have to resist temptation on the 2 point torch and wire blonde F-4 that went through reverb a month or two ago for $5500.
    I used my standard tool for keeping the pledge intact, even when something really good comes along: I just wait, and usually someone else will buy it. If the price is reasonable, it only takes a week or two.

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    It's not an "offer pending" tag, per se. Under the "Make an Offer" button it says "1 Offer." That is what's pending. I think the count is there to nudge people to make more offers, as a gauge of interest. Much as does the tally of people who've put it on their "Watch" lists.

    I have a feeling that, because the asking price is so high, anyone who makes an offer in keeping with the current market value will be considered by the seller to be "that guy."
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    Just a "vintage" pickguard but at quite a price. I don't understand any of the "logic" behind the attribution. Of course, Gibson did not make any sound hole mandolins during the period mentioned. I think the notion that it is "possibly guitar" in origin has a bit more substance but I don't think it has been near a real Gibson.

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    This is all making me very pleased I got my '21 F4 for $3400 last year!

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    And I my '22 for $4500. Yes, more than yours, but from right at the start of the Loar era. And still, less than half of what "that guy" is asking.
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    I saw this “Camp Branded Wooden 8 String Mandolin” on Shopgoodwill web site and aside from the decrepit shape of it, what the heck is going on with the tuners?
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    I saw this “Camp Branded Wooden 8 String Mandolin” on Shopgoodwill web site and aside from the decrepit shape of it, what the heck is going on with the tuners?
    Someone possibly needed new posts/gears for a different mandolin or even guitar. This was lying around and became a donor. I did that back in the late 1970's with a Harmony flat-top. The tuning gear teeth stripped on one so got one from a junk guitar and made it work.
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    Some designs, if the screw holding the post gear falls out, the whole post comes loose. If there’s no string there, it all goes away.
    Coincidence with the nearby thread about the British Ebay find of a round-body mandolin, and the L-H invention of the Camp design, ca. 1923. I like this one and may bid. Don’t worry, I’ll drop out early. If I perchance do get it, I’ll be looking for a couple bits of hardware.

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    1920s Lyon & Healy Camp Mandolin on Jake Wildwood's site. Includes a sound clip.

    https://jakewildwood.blogspot.com/20...-mandolin.html

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    I have never seen what I assume are Waverly tuners quite like those on Jake Wildwood's Camp mandolin. The tuners on the mandolin in question are far more common but the plates on the other one are just a bit different to the norm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickR View Post
    I have never seen what I assume are Waverly tuners quite like those on Jake Wildwood's Camp mandolin. The tuners on the mandolin in question are far more common but the plates on the other one are just a bit different to the norm.
    I didn’t see anywhere on Jake’s posting where he said these were Waverly tuners. Did I miss something?
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    Jim, he didn't- I wrote that I was assuming they were Waverly made. With that plate shape I thought they were Waverly but the plates had a little detail difference at the ends. He mentions they are original to the instrument. Of course, they may not be from Waverly but if they are not, I cannot suggest an alternative maker in this time period.

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    OK, not a mandolin, but offered as a "guitar mandolin strap." It's not crazy expensive, maybe double what its price should be, but it is not very attractive and way too wide for a mandolin - indeed, it's wider than most mandolins' depths. That's overkill. Perhaps its load-bearing capability would work for a solid-body electric - but even then, it's too wide. It wouldn't have caught my eye if it didn't have "mandolin" in the listing title. BTW, it is indeed "Levy's," not "Levi's."

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    Also not a mandolin, but I couldn't resist this one: http://www.reverb.com/item/29285934-...-one-of-a-kind

    The capital letters are the seller's, not mine.
    "MARTIN CUSTOM MADE 12 STRING 2001 ONE OF A KIND"
    $10,000

    Yes, it probably was a custom order, because Martin generally doesn't build 12 strings with smaller bodies.
    But it is a lower end model, style 15 appointments with unbound all mahogany body and decal rosette, and I doubt the owner paid more than $1800 - $2000 for it at the most, and that's really pushing it.

    He 'really wishes he didn't have to sell it, but really needs the money right now.'

    Anybody feel sorry enough for him to give him 10k for this unique piece??
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    I believe they wrote a song years ago about this asking price.....Dreeeeam, dream dream dream...dreeeeeeam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rcc56 View Post
    Also not a mandolin, but I couldn't resist this one: http://www.reverb.com/item/29285934-...-one-of-a-kind

    The capital letters are the seller's, not mine.
    "MARTIN CUSTOM MADE 12 STRING 2001 ONE OF A KIND"
    $10,000

    Yes, it probably was a custom order, because Martin generally doesn't build 12 strings with smaller bodies.
    But it is a lower end model, style 15 appointments with unbound all mahogany body and decal rosette, and I doubt the owner paid more than $1800 - $2000 for it at the most, and that's really pushing it.

    He 'really wishes he didn't have to sell it, but really needs the money right now.'

    Anybody feel sorry enough for him to give him 10k for this unique piece??
    Yes, a J-15 12 string. Here's one that sold for $999. Perhaps the only OTHER one in existence??

    https://reverb.com/item/3263480-mart...coustic-guitar

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    I think that the "custom made" job is a 000 or OM [15"] rather than a J [16"]. I could be wrong about that. If I am right, a 15" Martin 12 string would have been a special order.
    But it doesn't really matter either way. Brand new style 15's top out at about $1350.

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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    OK, not a mandolin, but offered as a "guitar mandolin strap." It's not crazy expensive, maybe double what its price should be, but it is not very attractive and way too wide for a mandolin - indeed, it's wider than most mandolins' depths. That's overkill. Perhaps its load-bearing capability would work for a solid-body electric - but even then, it's too wide. It wouldn't have caught my eye if it didn't have "mandolin" in the listing title. BTW, it is indeed "Levy's," not "Levi's."

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    It would be good for electric bass, which can sometimes weigh upwards of 12 lbs and a 3" wide strap can help a lot.
    Still, $80 is too high.

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    Yeah, it's overkill - in design and price - for a mandolin. And it's pretty darned ugly, IMO. I do kind of like the notion of the pocket there - useful for picks, tuner, capo - but not enough to offset the downsides.

    I don't think I've ever bought a strap. I've always fashioned one out of some sort of cloth other material of the right length. Oh, yes, there was the time I modified a nylon dog leash for my F-12 - removed the buckle, folded it over and glued it, put some insulated wire through that loop to attach to the endpin, and slid the wrist loop at the other end over the scroll - which I'd gotten at a yard sale for a quarter. So OK, no such thing as 100%.
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    Maybe this is a deal, because I am sure I know nothing about these things., but it sure looks like it could use some TLC. "Action seemed a little high at first" must be a conservative view, if the picture in the listing is how it is now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keith.rogers View Post
    Maybe this is a deal, because I am sure I know nothing about these things., but it sure looks like it could use some TLC. "Action seemed a little high at first" must be a conservative view, if the picture in the listing is how it is now.

    https://houston.craigslist.org/msg/d...467650520.html
    Thank you for pointing out this one. That photo seems worth sharing.

    "Action seemed a little high at first but when I restrang it and adjusted the bridge, it seems just about right."
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    In my opinion those frets look low.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sounds_good View Post
    Thank you for pointing out this one. That photo seems worth sharing.

    "Action seemed a little high at first but when I restrang it and adjusted the bridge, it seems just about right."
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    Hahahahahahahah that action is unplayable, for me anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sounds_good View Post
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    Maybe he was playing slide mandolin...?
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    I just want to say, I appreciate the seller's attempt to utilize the correct tense for the verb, "to restring."
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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    I just want to say, I appreciate the seller's attempt to utilize the correct tense for the verb, "to restring."
    'The Swang's The Thang' (c. Stevie Ray Vaughan?) - maybe he spoke his ad in.

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