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    The first link still works, seller looking for 7K for a modest A1 snake head mandolin.

    Bernunzio Music has a similar Gibson, condition wise, for under 1,500.
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    How about this one.. was this a common practise to Copy F5s?
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-Gibson...IAAOSwmRlfgGVM

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    Yes, in the 1970's through the early 1990's it was common practice for many of the then small number of independent builders to build F-5 style instruments with "The Gibson" logo and replica Master Model labels. They were easily distinguishable from the instruments Gibson was building at that time. Generally speaking, many of those handmade instruments were better than anything that Gibson had built since before WWII.

    And back then, nobody was complaining about the use of the Gibson logo and old style labels. If I remember correctly, Gibson first began to safeguard their rights to the Gibson name around the time that the C.E. Ward instrument was built [1994], and most of the independent builders immediately started to label their instruments with their own names. And no, that instrument was not made by Gibson.

    Some of the builders who made instruments with the Gibson logo back then were Randy Wood, Gene Horner, and Tom Morgan. I think Roger Siminoff might also have made a few with the Gibson logo. I'm sure others can add to the list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    The first link still works, seller looking for 7K for a modest A1 snake head mandolin.

    Bernunzio Music has a similar Gibson, condition wise, for under 1,500.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zach Wilson View Post
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-HAN...Cclp%3A2334524

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMFingerstyle View Post
    It's wood. It's metal. It works. What more could you ask for?

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    There may be a prize for knowing what this is. No prize for buying it at the price being asked.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/collectible...kAAOSwCypWmR0H

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickR View Post
    There may be a prize for knowing what this is. No prize for buying it at the price being asked.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/collectible...kAAOSwCypWmR0H
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    A Kora with not nearly the usual number of strings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickR View Post
    There may be a prize for knowing what this is. No prize for buying it at the price being asked.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/collectible...kAAOSwCypWmR0H
    It seems to be an African bow harp. For posterity, first the eBay instrument:

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    A similar instrument is shown at a different website - sold for $86:

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    Another below, from the University of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum, a "Zande bow harp" from Sudan, which the museum says was "purchased by John Petherick from the Bongo tribe, probably sometime between 1856 and 1858, and shipped back to England in 1859."

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    Some interesting pricing and historical info (I haven't read all of it yet) about another African bow harp, a "Mangbetu harp", at Bruno Claessens African Art webpage (have to scroll down to get to the text on that page; for some reason the entire top portion of that page is just blank space).

    A curious feature of these instruments, is that the strings just kinda disappear down into the soundboard/head, instead of having a visible bridge of some sort. (I have no clue how the string ends are attached below the soundboard/head, as I didn't get that far with my reading.)

    One wonders if nowadays there would possibly be import/export issues (CITES) with the animal horn versions of such instruments. I don't know what kind of animal that horn could be from, and a border agent probably wouldn't know either and might think it was from something endangered or whatever. (No, I'm not buying one, just thinking out loud.)

    Anyway, here's a guy in Uganda playing a modern bow harp. A medley of several tunes, including a short "Amazing Grace" at 0:55.


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    Oh my ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Oh my ...

    It seems that when Antonio Tsai is doing his best work, he prefers to be known as Scaparelli.
    https://reverb.com/item/38312430-one...nio-scaparelli
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    Well, aah, umm, no.
    Just no.
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    Yikes!

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    From Russia..where all the best mandolins end up. Dont forget about the "Very rare Carapace Series Piezo pickup"

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    Gotta love the rustic photo of the old chair, books, and rubble.......

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    Looks like a multi purpose instrument.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slimt View Post
    Looks like a multi purpose instrument.
    Sure, you can use it for firewood or fighting off aggressive stray dogs.
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    Never mind.
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    If a person calls the cheapest model Stradolin (Blue Comet) a "Rare Vintage 1930s Regal Gibson A Style mandolin", will that help fetch the ridiculously overpriced $300? https://ebay.us/nfV22J

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom C View Post
    From Russia..where all the best mandolins end up. Dont forget about the "Very rare Carapace Series Piezo pickup"
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    That's more than I paid for my beautiful Stradolin. Just saying

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    I was looking for something else - well, I pretty much would have had to have been - and scrolling through, because you never know. Well, no, you never know. As much as the ad says, "Gibson," even though there's a big Epiphone E on the pickguard, and it clearly says "The Epiphone" on the peghead, one would think the green color would be a tip-off that it ain't so. I will grant that the truss rod cover says "Gibson," which could have caused the seller to overlook all other evidence otherwise. And yet he included a picture of the label, which clearly states "Epiphone." My first thought was - well, actually my first thought was unprintable, so let's say my second or third thought was it would be perfect if someone wanted to do a take-off on the old Lemonpipers song: "Listen while I play (play-play-play-play-play-play-play-play) my green mandoline."

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    https://reverb.com/item/38573226-cus...uCnvozk3jo1yMs


    Here's a "custom" F9 on Reverb for $7995.00. I've owned a couple of 9's and while they were good, I can't imagine what would be the upgrade on this one other than the flowerpot and the "The" to put it at this price range.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jim simpson View Post
    https://reverb.com/item/38573226-cus...uCnvozk3jo1yMs


    Here's a "custom" F9 on Reverb for $7995.00. I've owned a couple of 9's and while they were good, I can't imagine what would be the upgrade on this one other than the flowerpot and the "The" to put it at this price range.
    But it's "Custom"! I agree by the way and I believe this mandolin has been on the Cafe previously in another section.
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