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Oh that is getting way too complicated for me. I'm just glad you guys know something about it.

I've never heard of this model, BTW mapleglo is natural, that looks more like two tone brown.

Let's have a delete party!

Just as Rick archtops from the '40s are likely to be modified Harmony (or possibly Kay?) non-electric instruments, I believe this to be acoustic mandolin with Rick electronics and ID added. Looks like a Kay to me.

BTW, both Harmony and Kay also made electric mandos in the 1950s.

jdogric12 wrote:Let's have a delete party!

What does that mean?

Just received the appraisal: Here's the description for it.

Rickenbacker Electro Vibrola model made circa 1936–37.

This instrument features a neck and body made in Chicago for Rickenbacker by Kay, with symmetrical A-style body shape, no sound holes, dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard, white binding on the edges of the fingerboard as well as top and back of the body, sunburst finish, typical Rickenbacker horseshoe-magnet pickup, one volume control, Kaufman vibrola tailpiece, and metal logo plate on the peghead reading Rickenbacher. This is an extremely rare instrument which would have appeal primarily to collectors, rather than to musicians wanting a practical utility tool.

jingle_jangle wrote:Just as Rick archtops from the '40s are likely to be modified Harmony (or possibly Kay?) non-electric instruments, I believe this to be acoustic mandolin with Rick electronics and ID added. Looks like a Kay to me.

BTW, both Harmony and Kay also made electric mandos in the 1950s.

You guys really know, Kay made the body for Rickenbacker

Aynot108 wrote:

jdogric12 wrote:Let's have a delete party!

What does that mean?

Someone deleted a PG-rated joke I made. Apparently only Disney level humor is allowed now. It had nothing to do with your mando, which, may I add, is quite awesome.

I gotcha. Just wanted to check.

Who did the appraisal, Tonya?

jdogric12 wrote:

Aynot108 wrote:

jdogric12 wrote:Let's have a delete party!

What does that mean?

Someone deleted a PG-rated joke I made. Apparently only Disney level humor is allowed now. It had nothing to do with your mando, which, may I add, is quite awesome.

PM me the joke. I'm dying to know!

IvanMunoz wrote:PM me the joke. I'm dying to know!

Me too, let's start a user group

Would a Kay under its own brand be worth more, than the batch-clone Rickenbacker mandoline of the same year?

Wildberry wrote:

IvanMunoz wrote:PM me the joke. I'm dying to know!

Me too, let's start a user group

Would a Kay under its own brand be worth more, than the batch-clone Rickenbacker mandoline of the same year?

Not. I'd say the Bach (pre-Back!) is worth three or four times the Kay's value. The Kay acoustic is worth a couple of hundred bucks and these were made by the thousands. The Bach is a rarity!!!

jingle_jangle wrote:

Wildberry wrote:

IvanMunoz wrote:PM me the joke. I'm dying to know!

Me too, let's start a user group

Would a Kay under its own brand be worth more, than the batch-clone Rickenbacker mandoline of the same year?

Not. I'd say the Bach (pre-Back!) is worth three or four times the Kay's value. The Kay acoustic is worth a couple of hundred bucks and these were made by the thousands. The Bach is a rarity!!!

Bach does compose some nice peices!

So did Vivaldi!