Mandolin tailpiece cover for Nick

[Bob Gaddis]

Here a couple of pix of the cover
The mess on the back is where someone had glued an anti-rattle leather strip to it.
It has a few little defects, but overall it's in good shape. I think it can be flattened out with no problem

[Paul Hostetter]

For Nick? Who's Nick?

The bend in that cover is intentional and necessary. Glue another leather strip on it and it'll be ready to go. Use Flitz or Simichrome to polish it if you like.

[Tim Mace]

Or....get a nice one piece tail like an Allen which can actually improve tone and change strings easier.No tinny
rattles to figure out.I've never understood why they used such cheap ass tailpieces anyway. Unless of course you've got a Loar collector's item there.

[Bob Gaddis]

Not a Loar. It's postwar. I have friends who make belt-buckles out of these things. That may be all it's good for.

[Paul Hostetter]

What a pathetic little belt buckle that'd make. It belongs on a nice old A-50 or somesuch. It really has value for restoring a tailpiece on a postwar mandolin.

I agree, the engraving is not Gibson's finest moment.

[Bob Gaddis]

Nick can't use it. I don't need it. It's been in a drawer for years. I guess I'll ebay it.

[Tim Mace]

Looks like somebody had the squigglys or had Prof. zigzag workin' that day in the Kalamazoo engraving dept.!