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Scott Tichenor
Oct-17-2004, 8:10pm
I had done these a couple of years ago. This is probably one of the most altered pieces of art in the world. Keep the focus on mandolins!
Scott Tichenor
Oct-17-2004, 8:10pm
Minus pitchfork. Make it easy on you.
Scott Tichenor
Oct-17-2004, 8:11pm
and...
Jim Garber
Oct-17-2004, 8:53pm
Here's one variation inspired by another thread on this board.
Jim
PhilGE
Oct-17-2004, 9:55pm
Before the tuning fork, there was the pitch fork. No doubt, inspired by some ancestors of a particular board member...
sunburst
Oct-17-2004, 10:45pm
never noticed this before
thepipersson
Oct-19-2004, 10:59am
Gothic Jam http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Harrmob
Oct-19-2004, 3:59pm
I still remember my slogan from that thread...
tonylumen
Oct-20-2004, 8:34am
Can a lefty vote right?
PhilGE
Oct-20-2004, 5:18pm
American Goth...
slightly more blank for all you head-pasters..
PhilGE
Oct-20-2004, 9:54pm
Mandolin Cafe Gothic...
tonylumen
Oct-21-2004, 8:48am
The gothic Miss Fisher Shipp & Mr. Lloyd Loar.
Jim Garber
Oct-21-2004, 9:50am
The gothic Miss Fisher Shipp & Mr. Lloyd Loar.
Mine is the fourth posting onthis thread and uses different photos of the same folks (and a different mandolin). I didn't knowthat Lloyd played lefty. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Jim
Nathan Sanders
Oct-21-2004, 10:40am
How about a Dawg Gothic? American Dawg? Maybe a Dawg relative?
jefflester
Oct-21-2004, 1:20pm
How about a Dawg Gothic? American Dawg? Maybe a Dawg relative?
Gotta put black electrical tape over Gibson.
levin4now
Oct-21-2004, 2:09pm
this is great. great work removing the head and drawing in the roofline behind...
pickles
Oct-21-2004, 3:35pm
Haven't got a program or the skills to do this myself, so would one of you gents please be so kind as to give the lady a mandolin?
Levin4now: Thanks for noticing http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Why is this called gothic?
PhilGE
Oct-21-2004, 8:05pm
Here's the couple without the background...
Bill Snyder
Oct-21-2004, 9:24pm
It is, after all, called American GOTHIC.
Nathan Sanders
Oct-21-2004, 10:48pm
OK...maybe this is not entirely mandolin related but think of it as Django invades the Heartland.......
Nathan Sanders
Oct-21-2004, 10:50pm
And one more Django related presentation......
PhilGE
Oct-21-2004, 11:00pm
Double No-Header!
Harrmob
Oct-22-2004, 7:11am
Curious- That is hilarious, good one.
Harrmob
Oct-22-2004, 7:29am
timely goth
Harrmob
Oct-22-2004, 8:02am
another timely goth
sunburst
Oct-22-2004, 9:13am
Keep the focus on mandolins!
Did you say...focus?
JenWantstaJam
Oct-22-2004, 9:45am
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jason.e.doucette/opry.jpg
sunburst
Oct-22-2004, 11:30am
OK, just one more. I've been looking for a chance to try this ever since I got 7.0.
American Rogaine
Ted Eschliman
Oct-22-2004, 1:45pm
American Gothic:
Patent Pending.
dave waite
Oct-22-2004, 2:54pm
Slow day at work for a change.
Have a good weekend
tonylumen
Oct-22-2004, 3:39pm
Press Release: First picture of the new Rigel 3-P or Triple Play, being tested by Ted Eschliman.
levin4now
Oct-22-2004, 4:53pm
curious,
you beat me to it. 'american goth'.
Bill Snyder
Oct-22-2004, 9:10pm
A trip to XTREME Makeover and some Lasic does wonders.
Wish I had PhotoShop, might make this a little quicker.
grandmainger
Oct-25-2004, 8:42am
Now I know why the fellow looks miserable.
elenbrandt
Oct-25-2004, 12:54pm
You are guys are really sick - i like that about you! I have laughed so hard I am about to barf up a lung....where is my dang cough syrup anyway.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
What program do yous guys use to do this nutty stuff?
Jim Garber
Oct-25-2004, 2:21pm
What program do yous guys use to do this nutty stuff?
Photshop... hence the name of the thread...
Jim
Bill Snyder
Oct-25-2004, 4:05pm
Tom C,
I just use the freebie software that came with my digital cameras. One is MGI PhotoSuite and the other is Image Expert. Of course Photoshop is like having a Gibson MM and my software is like having a laminated Johnson mando.
Nathan Sanders
Oct-25-2004, 10:43pm
I use Paint Shop Pro 8
Scott Tichenor
Oct-26-2004, 1:00pm
Another passion...
Beam me up -- Scott T
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Good one.
I hope Scott does not wear those pointy ears to mando related social activities.
sunburst
Oct-26-2004, 2:21pm
Wonder if that mando's set on "kill".
"Dammit, Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a second story man!"
Ken Sager
Oct-26-2004, 2:28pm
Here's one:
Nathan Sanders
Oct-26-2004, 3:41pm
Nice work Scott on the Trek Gothic. It inspired me. Take a walk on the Dark Side of the Farm.....May the Loar Be With You!
mad dawg
Oct-26-2004, 3:43pm
Nice work 'dude!
PhilGE
Oct-26-2004, 7:06pm
I knew it! That broach on Spock's neck is really a Communicator! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Say, if you haven't heard, take time to check out Wm Shatner's new Has Been (http://www.shatnerhasbeen.com/) CD. It's a trip and a half and not what you might expect at all.
-Phil
mandopete
Oct-27-2004, 8:02am
Help - The Mandolin Cafe is being taken over by the Nerds!
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Ted Eschliman
Oct-27-2004, 8:08am
Fear not, Pete.
It's hard to play mandolin wearing a pocket protector... (Not that *I've* ever tried...)
tonylumen
Oct-29-2004, 1:58pm
Some heavy-handed picking.
sunburst
Oct-29-2004, 4:53pm
Is that just because it's a banjo or because it's a lefty?
PhilGE
Oct-29-2004, 11:38pm
The rarely seen spoon back A-style...
I find this thread interesting because a month ago I bought a house of exactly that style and plan. The style is called "Carpenter Gothic" and its construction dates roughly 1860. Mine is a bit different in exterior details but follows the plan and general appearance exactly. The plan of these houses is a cross, if you visualize a cross laying flat with the base to the left.
Anyway, interesting photos of an interesting painting of an interesting house. If I get a chance I will photograph myself and wife with mandolins in the above pose in front of our new house.
Cool. That layout is called "Cruciform".. usually the floor plan of cathedrals. Interesting opportunity for me to tie together my background studying medieval church architecture with mandolins and photoshop ninny-ness http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Dan: Yes, it is a perfect cross plan. Also notice the pitch of the roof... very steep (Gothic in feeling) and the vertical thrust of the board and batten siding. The interesting thing Ive found is that the plan is strikingly modern in that all rooms have windows on two sides and the living room and two other first floor rooms have windows on 3 sides. The house is surprisingly modern in feeling for indoor/outdoor living. Very light and airy. Most likely expensive to heat. It is not ornate like later Victorian and I find the simplicity very interesting. The widest floorboard I have found in the house is 16+" in width. The lumber was harvested and milled locally and hand hewn for the large beams.
Lest we forget this is a mandolin site I might add that the floorboards would make a whole lot of really nice mandolins.
Ted Eschliman
Nov-04-2004, 2:42pm
Them Mandolin Cafe freebies is righteously useful!!!
levin4now
Nov-05-2004, 8:28am
nice decal placement! that'll teach her for complaining about his practicing...
thepipersson
Nov-05-2004, 8:55am
"If I get a chance I will photograph myself and wife with mandolins in the above pose in front of our new house."
Hey Bart,
If you are ever in the midwest, you can get a picture of yourself infront of the actual house in the painting. #Its located in Eldon, Iowa and still looks like it does in the painting. #I live about 15 or 20 miles away from it and stop by once or twice a year.
The community of Eldon is working very hard to build a visitors center nearby to have information and tourist stuff available to the public.
Tom
PhilGE
Nov-05-2004, 10:35am
Tedthro, you missed the point. She's keeping her mouth shut to keep from laughing at his idea about using old strings for a hair piece...
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-Phil
To correct my comments a few messages above: Although the house is "Carpenter Gothic" in style, Its plan does not form a cross. It is a simplified, smaller version of a Carpenter Gothic house. I misinterpreted the house image in the painting.
Sorry about that...
duuuude
Nov-09-2004, 1:53pm
Bart,
I was wondering when you were going to correct that.
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Curious's version was such an inspirational addition, I couldn't help myself. Before Goth was Goth … call this one "American Grotesque."
Sure could've found a more productive way to spend my morning.
straight-a
Nov-22-2004, 9:29am
Arlen, that's GREAT!! All it needs is Ace "Fraily" on banjo! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Tim Conroy
Nov-22-2004, 4:57pm
OK, but how come he's not doing the Gene Simmons tongue thing?
Yellowmandolin
Nov-25-2004, 6:50pm
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
TommyK
Dec-09-2004, 11:58am
How about a Dawg Gothic? American Dawg? Maybe a Dawg relative?
Gotta put black electrical tape over Gibson.
Nope, nope, to be authentic, you gotta scratch out the 'Gibson' with your Barlow knife. Getting t.o.ed at Gibby first helps!
TommyK
Dec-09-2004, 12:00pm
Django is close enough for any forum! #Anyone who can play like that with only 2 good fingers and a thumb is okay in my book. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif
TommyK
Dec-09-2004, 12:02pm
Press Release: First picture of the new Rigel 3-P or Triple Play, being tested by Ted Eschliman.
That's just wrong! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
TommyK
Dec-09-2004, 12:04pm
I use Paint Shop Pro 8
Do you think I could use MSPaint?
racuda
Dec-27-2004, 10:29am
Mr. and Mrs. Mando enjoy "playing" with their new son.
Darryl Wolfe
Dec-28-2004, 9:20am
Now..I like that..
You guys are INSANE. I LOVE it! I was looking through these posts and nearly chuckled myself into incontenence.
racuda
Dec-30-2004, 10:06am
The first Loar was launched in 1922
Pattroglyph
Jan-03-2005, 7:52pm
Married but uncowed!
JEStanek
Apr-13-2005, 7:59pm
Here's my attempt. That's one small step for man. One giant leap for man-d'oh!
grandmainger
May-05-2005, 11:27am
Sorry... I just found this one on the web http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
http://blipart.com/b3ta/gothicband.gif
mandopete
May-05-2005, 4:47pm
Hey, hey...dude looks like lady!
I have always loved the second story window in that painting. I have thought it would make a cool headstock inlay.
Don Christy
Feb-04-2008, 9:19pm
uhhh, how is it fair that all the guys get mandos and hillary doesn't?
Don
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JEStanek
Feb-05-2008, 7:37am
For Parity....
violmando
Feb-05-2008, 10:43am
Thanks for giving Hillary a Lyon & Healy--now THAT's class!!!!
Uncle Choppy
May-31-2008, 11:19am
I suppose it is the definitive, "old-timey" image:
http://www.brendanashbrook.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/old-timey-gothic.jpg
Bill Snyder
Jun-01-2008, 10:52pm
We have not had a new "Photoshop" thread in a long time.
Oh well, here is another of Homer and Jethro.
Bill Snyder
Jul-24-2010, 10:24pm
An old thread, but a good thread.
Couldn't resist doing something with Mr. Stanek's head since he already had it on a green background.
Toby Bear
Apr-24-2011, 5:39pm
I'm Toby Bear and just joined up. Just HAD to check out this thread. Great fun! There seems to be lots of inside jokes. Guess I'll GET them when I get to know y'all better.
Mathew
Feb-08-2012, 12:03pm
Haven't got a program or the skills to do this myself, so would one of you gents please be so kind as to give the lady a mandolin?
JEStanek
Feb-08-2012, 1:09pm
See post 83 or download Gimp (http://getgimp.com/lp/index.php).
Jamie