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StephenWH · Post by **StephenWH** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:50 pm

New to the forum. I'm in the process of buying an El Degas mando from a friend.
Can anyone tell me anything about it from the photos? Thanks.

There's a sticker with the number "219" on back.

Post by **charles** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:07 pm

I've never found a whole lot of information on the mandos, unfortunately. Sorry I cannot be of help.

StephenWH · Post by **StephenWH** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:22 pm

Not to worry, Charles, I thought it might be worth a shot.
Thanks for the response.
cheers,
Stephen

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:22 am

I'm not much help either, but from my limited experience with mandos I suspect that this could be a well made instrument (pix are a tad fuzzy). Enjoy it!

StephenWH · Post by **StephenWH** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 6:09 pm

Thanks Barry. I apologise for the photos, I took them with an ipod which is all I had at hand. I believe the top is spruce - I tried scraping a little of the finish away from the inside of the f-hole to see if it was laminate or not, it didn't appear to be. From shining a flashlight inside, I'm pretty satisfied that body is rosewood as the outside back indicates. Is there any chance that the maker stained the inside face of the wood to simulate rosewood?
cheers,
Stephen

Post by **charles** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:12 pm

It's likely rosewood throughout the back and sides. Good-to-decent wood was pretty plentiful back then!

StephenWH · Post by **StephenWH** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:42 pm

Thanks for that, Charles.

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