c Early 1920s Vega Style 205 Cylinder Back Mandolin
The unlikely, but welcome, arrival of the Vega Mandobass prompted an immediate scouring of the internet to find the last…
c. Teens Vega Cylinder-Back Mandobass
The Quadrifecta is complete. We welcome to the home a Vega Cylinder-Back mandobass; one of the two Cylinder-Backs that we…
1904 Gibson Octave Mandolin
Or perhaps more appropriately, a mandola in G, since it was made during the mandolin orchestra craze. I was not…
Guild GAD F-212 12 String Guitar
Back when there was a glimmer of hope that the little band that could might reform slightly more regularly, we…
c. 1914 Style 402Vega Cylinder-back Mandocello
In the research into the relative scarcity of Vega Mandocellos, we came across this one (sold originally in 2019 in…
c. 1920s Lyon & Healy “Own Make” Mandola
“Hey Maw, I done it!” I can trace this specifically back to Paul Ruppa’s Mandobass research where he lists out…
c. 1917 Lyon & Healy “Own Make” Style A Mandolin
The home thought it was pouring before, but the deluge continues. Following on the heels of the now departed asymmetrical…
1920s Style 303 Vega Cylinder-back Mandola
The Home has its sights set on all the big makers. Unlike the L&H Mandocello that we missed out on,…
1920s Lyon & Healy ‘Own Make’ Style A Mandolin
It has been pouring. With recent acquisition of the L&H Mandocello, the possibility of a full L&H set is within…