View Full Version : Dude sighting!
jjboone101
Feb-16-2007, 7:52pm
It's so rare to see a Dudenbostel show up the in Cafe ads....and ON HOLD in a flash! #What a beauty. Whoever buys it should be morally obligated to post some sound clips...
evanreilly
Feb-16-2007, 9:27pm
It sold even faster than the last Dude that surfaced for sale.
stevem
Feb-16-2007, 9:38pm
Somebody is morally obligated to post more pics... That mandolin looks hot!
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mandolooter
Feb-16-2007, 9:51pm
30 G's...hummm should we move this to the "wise investment" thread? They sure don't last long do they!
cooper4205
Feb-17-2007, 1:25am
is that about the highest price for a mandolin that wasn't vintage or didn't belong to a known musician?
Red Englemann
Feb-17-2007, 6:06am
is that about the highest price for a mandolin that wasn't vintage or didn't belong to a known musician?
It is nice to see the local boys doing so well with their business. Lynn is one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
$30,000 is an amazing price to pay for any newer instrument. Actually, IMHO, $30,000 is a lot of money period. Is this a great country or what?
red
F5G WIZ
Feb-17-2007, 6:29am
That back looks like someone took a picture of silk drapes and glued it to the back of the mandolin. WOW! Amazing figure!
rhetoric
Feb-17-2007, 7:15am
Actually, I talked him down to a trade for a used Mandobird IV and $750. I plan to use it mostly as my camping mandolin.
Scott Tichenor
Feb-17-2007, 7:34am
is that about the highest price for a mandolin that wasn't vintage or didn't belong to a known musician?
There are new and not so new Nuggets and Monteleone's that have gone for $30K and more. I believe Monteleone charges upwards or $35-40 for a new custom model if you want to order one. May have been a Gilchrist or two in the $30K range. He's so productive that it keeps his prices just a bit lower.
John Hill
Feb-17-2007, 7:42am
He's so productive that it keeps his prices just a bit lower.
Whew, no need for the 3rd mortgage then...
Seriously though, while I personally think it a little less than sane to pay that much for an instrument (unless you're getting paid to play & can deduct the expense); I have to admit that the Dudes, Montes & Nuggets seem to only increase in value or at the very least hold their value, so it looks like a pretty good investment from that standpoint.
Kevin K
Feb-17-2007, 8:10am
Wow, 30K and moved in just a short time, makes me saving up for a 3K mandolin seem like a joke.
Kevin, I know how you feel I'm trying to scrape together 3k too!!
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JEStanek
Feb-21-2007, 7:38am
Another chance posted in the classifieds on 2/20... $30K and it's yours.
Jamie
Jerry Byers
Feb-21-2007, 7:40am
Is this the one from last week?
JEStanek
Feb-21-2007, 7:55am
Dunno, that price range is off my radar! No photo this time.
Laura Leder
Feb-21-2007, 8:07am
I went to Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island, NY this past weekend and played a beautiful Monteleone that is listed at $24,000. It sounded incredible!
For anyone that hasn't been there...it's worth the trip. Stan Jay has an unbelievable selection of mandolins and guitars.
It was the only chance I'll probably get to play all those great Gibsons, etc...like being a kid in a candy shop!
jjboone101
Feb-21-2007, 8:18am
this one says #22. Can't recall if last week's Dudenbostel mentioned a serial number or not. Perhaps the quick sale and hefty price point from last week has caused other lucky owners to consider a "Dude separation"...
Harrmob
Feb-21-2007, 4:30pm
I can't imagine buying a mandolin for that amount of money and abusing it the way I abuse mine. When I play at bars, even churchs, I sweat all over it, things get spilled on it, it gets scratched and dinged. I have a Gibson A-9 and a Weber that sound wise I would put up against any $30k mandolin, and yes I have played a dude before. I don't get it.
Jerry Byers
Feb-21-2007, 4:41pm
Well, if $30k is too much for a Dude, there's a Loar in the classifieds at a better deal of $91k.
f5loar
Feb-21-2007, 9:15pm
If you don't get it it's because you ain't got it!
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James P
Feb-22-2007, 12:23am
Oh, I get it. But I still haven't got it.
Funny to think that that'd be peanuts in the violin world.
Better buy now while they're still cheap! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Yes, F5 Loar.
That Loar in the classifieds will make someone very happy.
Dave Dearnley
Feb-23-2007, 10:56am
I can't imagine buying a mandolin for that amount of money and abusing it the way I abuse mine. #When I play at bars, even churchs, I sweat all over it, things get spilled on it, it gets scratched and dinged. #I have a Gibson A-9 and a Weber that sound wise I would put up against any $30k mandolin, and yes I have played a dude before. I don't get it.
Tell that to Big Mon!
Dave
Flowerpot
Feb-23-2007, 11:16am
Big Mon paid what, $150? $200? for his Loar from the pawn shop?. I don't remember, but it surely wasn't a time-adjusted $30k. I'd love to hear what he'd say today about the prices of mandolins -- bet he'd have some choice words for the kind of money people (including myself) spend on instruments.
f5joe
Feb-24-2007, 11:05am
Bill bought the best mando available when he got that Loar. He'd do the same today, regardless of money.
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Jerry Byers
Feb-24-2007, 11:19am
Bill bought the best mando available when he got that Loar.
Did he buy the best mando available, or did he buy the best mando available for his money?
f5loar
Feb-24-2007, 11:30am
I would suspect Monroe only need to do a few strokes to know it was the one he wanted.
Jerry Byers
Feb-24-2007, 11:40am
Well, that's probably true. However, he probably didn't know of the impact that Loar would make with the F-5 mandolin. The fact that he didn't buy a new Gibson indicates the used Loar was a better bargain for him. I suspect the $250 was a big chunk of change, even for him.
f5loar
Feb-24-2007, 1:28pm
Not for brother Charlie who saw fit to buy his new mandolin picker, Lester Flatt a new $250 '41 F5 to play in his new band after brother Bill left. No doubt Bill knew about the F5 model and may have even played a few thinking it sounded no better then the broke in F7 he was playing. But when he hit that Loar one time I don't think price entered into his thought of wanting it. Heck he probably got a free haircut thrown in the deal too!
evanreilly
Feb-25-2007, 1:28am
Bill paid $150.00 for the mandolin. The report I read was that he went in, strummed it and knew that mandolin was it.
Jerry Byers
Feb-25-2007, 6:46am
And that is the way legends begin.
JEStanek
Feb-25-2007, 7:27am
You think the barber kept the strings fresh and in tune? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Jamie
MarthaWhitePicker
Feb-25-2007, 2:02pm
Not for brother Charlie who saw fit to buy his new mandolin picker, Lester Flatt a new $250 '41 F5 to play in his new band after brother Bill left.
And later on Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs carried on the tradition by buying Everett Lilly a $95 mandolin to record with on their sessions. Everett then paied them back plus 10 percent.
Dave Dearnley
Feb-25-2007, 2:53pm
Big Mon paid what, $150? $200? for his Loar from the pawn shop?. #I don't remember, but it surely wasn't a time-adjusted $30k. #I'd love to hear what he'd say today about the prices of mandolins -- bet he'd have some choice words for the kind of money people (including myself) spend on instruments.
I was thinking less about the price than the comment about scratches and dings.
Play it, don't pray to it.
Dave
I'm just paraphrasing what Bill told me.