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Unbelievable but true - this was pulled out of a trash dumpster.  BRW back & sides, MOP inlay all around top & soundhole, no major cracks & X braced to boot.  From the neck inlay it looks like a Larson Bros, anyone recognize the maker?

Too crowded in here, lets throw out all the vintage rosewood parlor guitars...

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I've never heard of using West African Snail shell for inlays. Was it a common practice?

I have it on good authority that West African Snails did not commonly practise.

It's not common as it's too slow - one has to work at snail's pace.   But I got a new luthiers fitness workout machine from the late night TV online shopping channel...it's called The Ab Baloney.

Rusty.

I don't know. It might be slow but it comes with it's own "glue".

It was until there was none left. It's a large turban sea snail, thought by many to be more beautiful than abalone. It had the colors, but no layers or veins. It's virtually unobtainable now, harvested to oblivion. 

That's too bad. I have seen so very beautiful snail shells but none that I'd want to rework into inlay material because of the size. Thanks for information. 

I'd throw it away too if it had a missing fret!

oh.. and I found a complete dumpster yesterday

I have one that looks a  lot like that and it has a brand name on the back strip and says Mayflower guitar.

I found myne in a wood pile  ready to burn and fixed it up and years later it went into my repair wood pile again then last week I dug it out and restringed it and am now playing it again.

Ron

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