View Full Version : Bowlbacks of Note. Those ribs were lined with pure silver. Hi Jim, Thanks again. I believe I own just such an instrument. It is an upper-end instrument, much like the Abt in appearance including the shape of the scratch plate.
As you describe, it has fluted ribs separated by silver wire. Here you go Eric It is hard to tell from the cuts but it looks like it might be a bone or ivory insert with some sort of compensation as opposed to a straight bone insert as I have on my style 3.
Does yours have an unusual bridge? Thanks Jim. Most interesting. This is not my mandolin. As I said, mine is more like the Abt in design, and much less ornament that this drawing implies.
In any case, I can vouch that the "Deluxe" was not the only model that Vega made with fluted ribs and silver dividers. Mine must have come before or after your catalog Mostly I am coming to covet your catalog!
Wanna sell me a full scan? Eric ps - My recollection is that my bridge is straight. However, I know that I replicated a bridge from another Vega some time back I'll have to go look through my records. Your supposition for the Wilmot Bridge sounds plausible. The typical Vega bridge is fairly stodgy Winning bidder is "etbb": Eric, is that you?
