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Chris Pile
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Anyone here bid on ShopGoodwill.com?

I'd been bidding on a very beat up old Gibson Mandobass, and finally dropped out last Friday.
It just finished about an hour ago at $2500 plus.

No telling how much work it was going to need, but when was the last time anyone on this forum laid eyes on one in the flesh? All I have ever seen is pictures.

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I've poked around there a bit, but never bought anything. My wife is the thrifter in our house. She's been at it since before I met her (back when people commuted by covered wagon) and brings home true museum quality items on a semi-regular basis. She's a genius at it. Anyway, those old mandobasses are cool and rare as hen's teeth. There was an article in Guitar Aficionado a while back about Eddie Van Halen having one, so ... well, there you go.

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I've looked too and concluded that there aint no deals there and prices seem to get driven up.
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I've looked too and concluded that there aint no deals there and prices seem to get driven up.


As with any marketplace, it helps to have sharp eyes and be a savvy shopper.

I purchased a Yamaha "Strat" a couple weeks ago for $58, shipping was $20. Why did I do that?

To get the excellent Warmoth Explorer neck... which I will sell on eBay for a very nice profit, plus have the quite decent Yamaha body and hardware to gut and sell, too.

I watched a pre-war Maurer archtop (built by the Larsen Brothers) go for over $8000 a couple months ago. You have to wade through all the crap, look in all the corners and listings - but the patient will be rewarded.

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2.5K is not crazy for a mandobass.
8K is not crazy for a Larson, especially an archtop.
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2.5K is not crazy for a mandobass.


It is when it needs thousands of dollars of work. I stopped bidding at a grand.

And I never said the price on the Maurer was crazy.

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Amy Hopkins had a restoration thread of a mandobass over on the MIMF. It was years ago, but it's probably in one of the archives.

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Guess you figure they fall off trees...

http://www.mandolinarchive.com/perl/lis ... ?mandobass
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