Parting mandolin

[re simmers]

I've ordered a Buckeye for this spring. I expect that will cure MAS. But I have a '74 Gibson F12 that I just got back from a Randy Wood rework. Wow! I thought I would sell it, but he made it sound fantastic. I have a terrific '91 Flatiron F5 that I bought new. I need to part with one. The other will be a backup to the Buckeye. Which one is a better investment to keep, the F12 or the Flatiron?

Thanks
Bob

[mandroid]

If still in the list stage, have the Buckeye guy build a Mandola.


Q? what did Randy charge for his efforts?

[lenf12]

If you just got your F-12 back from Randy and think it sounds fantastic, wait about 6 months. After about 12 months it'll sound even better. I got my '56 F-12 back from Randy 19 months ago and it still getting better. I let a guy play it at the local BG jam this past Wed. nite and I stood about 5 feet in front of him to listen. My oh my, it has that classic '30s F-5 sound that Sam Bush made famous and it's plenty loud. I'd say keep your F-12 because there are not many around and you've already invested in the Randy Wood treatment. Your Flatiron F-5 may be worth a bit more right now and (if it were mine and one had to be sold) the Flatty would be sacrificed. There are plenty around and you could more easily replace it in a fit of seller's remorse. I don't know anything about Buckeye mandolins but I like the mandola suggestion made above by Mandroid.

Such joyful dilemmas!!
Len B.
Clearwater, FL

[allenhopkins]

Whatta question...keep 'em all. All of them. Three mandolins is just a start. What "need to part with one"? What's this need for "mandolin monogamy" (or, in this case, "bigamy")? You can have your mandolin harem, be the Sultan of the Florentines...!

[EarlG]

I have never sold an instrument I did not regret selling. I even lost a parts guitar I bought 30 years ago and I find myself wondering where the heck it could be.

[zombywoof]

I have never sold an instrument I did not regret selling. I even lost a parts guitar I bought 30 years ago and I find myself wondering where the heck it could be.


Amdn Bro. Some of the worst mistake I ever made were selling guitars. Unless it is an issue of do or die just keep 'em all.

[...and Master of None]

Did anybody else get a scary mental picture from the title of this thread? :)

[Jim]

Yeah, I sort of guessed bridge, tailpiece and tuners for sale after some mandolin disaster.

[Marni Sorrick]

Dear Re Simmers, Allen Hopkins has already given you the answer to your question. You should keep them all!!!

And Mandolin Acquisition Syndrome is never truly satisfied. You may be satisfied for a while, it could be mere months or stretch into years, but then someday you will see something else that you covet.

Why fight it? :)