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vintagegeorge - Posted - 10/24/2014: 15:26:10
Might purchase this locally.its a Project. Has a crack. I haven't seen it in person yet.
UsuallyPickin - Posted - 10/24/2014: 20:30:11
It looks a mess. But a retrievable one. The leaf shaped pick guard dates it pre 1926 as best I recall. The tail piece cover is missing. It appears to be a standard clam shell type. The herringbone rosette makes it a "fancier" model. I can't say from the picture but it may be Brasillian rosewood back and sides. I have a later Mahogany version of this type of mandolin. They have a sweet though not loud tone and the neck is scaled like a violin. These flat top mandolins use an extra light gauge mandolin string. Luck... R/
Ben Venuti - Posted - 10/25/2014: 12:13:21
It does appear to be rosewood. Martin was terrific as far as record keeping is concerned and if you can come up with the serial # it will be easy to date. I'll throw a number out there c1914 --Great little project. That type of rib splitting is common on old rosewood instruments and is often caused by being stored, maybe for decades, under string tension. Once fixed it might reveal some other problems --the instrument was trying to fold in half and side splitting like that solved the problem by releaving the tension. I have found on these flat tops -Martin -Lyon and Healy (you know, good ones ) that if in good condition they will handle a medium gauge string just fine.
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