Update 7/2020: I did a lot more work on the neck to pot fit on this one, and plugged a hole that had been drilled long ago when the dowel was shifted high on the
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Late ’70s Ibanez 518 Mandolin
This is a nice, all-solid A style mandolin made by Ibanez in the late 1970s. This Ibanez A style mandolin has a sold spruce top, and solid maple back and sides. It is pressed, not
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This is a 1060s Kay-made Custom Kraft archtop guitar, labeled for the St. Louis Music Company. Measurements:Upper bout: 11 1/2″Waist: 9″Lower bout: 15 1/2″Scale: 26 1/4″Action at the 12th fret: 7/64″ This guitar had a
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This is a solid birch Regal parlor guitar with a poplar neck and “ebonized” pearwood or maple fretboard. When I got it, it was a bit down on its luck and had lost all but
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