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Jun-17-2013, 12:37pm

f5loar replied to a thread Loar copy gone in 60 seconds in Post a picture of your mandolin

I thought back in the 90's Gibson's retainer lawyers would be knocking no your door if you still did this sorta thing. Maybe the lawyers got laid...

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Jun-16-2013, 11:20pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson "The Virginians" H-4 ? in Vintage Instruments

But we (or you) caught this scam from your memory of the mandola already being sold on ebay. To the new ebayer looking for a Gibson mandola I saw...

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Jun-16-2013, 9:49pm

f5loar replied to a thread Where to visit en route to North Carolina? in General Mandolin Discussions

The mystery was solved about 5 years ago when a team of scientist camped out to study the mysterious lights of Brown Mtn. They concluded it was...

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Jun-16-2013, 9:39pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson "The Virginians" H-4 ? in Vintage Instruments

I got the notice that ebay stopped it on their terms which pretty much means it was a scam. Can anyone tell me what they saw was a scam about it...

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Jun-15-2013, 11:27pm

f5loar replied to a thread New Kentucky Colonels in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

<content removed> From the forum posting guidelines: - Topics started for or end up being used to discuss religion, politics or sex as well as...

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Jun-15-2013, 11:13pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson "The Virginians" H-4 ? in Vintage Instruments

If that ebay ad is a scam it's the best one I've ever seen. If the scammers are getting this good we all in trouble in buying anything from ebay. ...

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Jun-15-2013, 11:05pm

f5loar replied to a thread Where to visit en route to North Carolina? in General Mandolin Discussions

that first weekend in Asheville is the Folk and Dance Festival downtown at the Civic Center. Also that same weekend in Maggie Valley is the Popcorn...

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Jun-13-2013, 12:12pm

f5loar replied to a thread Happy Birthday to all the 13June23 Loar afficionados in Vintage Instruments

just another thought from "my back pages" that I thought of when I was "eight miles high" chasing after my "chesnut mare" knowing I could...

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Jun-13-2013, 7:41am

f5loar replied to a thread Happy Birthday to all the 13June23 Loar afficionados in Vintage Instruments

Hey Alan, Have you thought about going to the courthouse and changing your BD by one day? Many adoptive folks celebrate 2 BDs! Some of the best...

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Jun-12-2013, 11:32pm

f5loar replied to a thread A Progressive Acoustic Fan does a deep dive on Bill Monore in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

I was not impressed with the song selection on that 4 CD box set by MCA. It seem to lack the really complex songs and the more high lonesome sounds...

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Jun-12-2013, 11:28pm

f5loar replied to a thread Going to Savannah Georgia... in General Mandolin Discussions

Paula Dean may be a bit on the tourist side but where else will you find a homemade ooohwe,goowe butter cake? I do suggest you order from the menu...

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Jun-12-2013, 12:13am

f5loar replied to a thread New Kentucky Colonels in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

Since the White Bros. have been so much a part of my musical journey from the mid 60's I thought I would write you guys a review of this new live...

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Jun-11-2013, 9:08pm

f5loar replied to a thread Rolling Stones on Mandolin? in Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Rockabilly

But sometimes you can get what you wish for! Since doing Rolling Stones songs in the 60's (As Tears Go By) in one of my first bluegrass bands along...

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Jun-11-2013, 4:39pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson mandolin luthiers? in General Mandolin Discussions

Even the late and great Clarence White was forced to use an Ovation for a short while because of product endorsement money. You will notice in the...

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Jun-10-2013, 8:49pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson mandolin luthiers? in General Mandolin Discussions

I think it goes something like this: If you go to a really big bluegrass festival and counted the brand name instruments of the mandolin and banjo...

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Jun-09-2013, 9:33pm

f5loar replied to a thread For everything else there's Mastercard... in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I'm pretty sure the made in China Epiphone J200 knock-off is post hippie era which would make the ad's claim false.

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Jun-09-2013, 9:29pm

f5loar replied to a thread Tuning a mandola to gdae like a mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

If I remember correctly Peter Rowan when he was playing his 1924 H5 Loar Mandola (since stolen) he tuned it to regular mandolin tuning. Anybody...

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Jun-08-2013, 2:43am

f5loar replied to a thread Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen in General Mandolin Discussions

Very nice indeed! Sure would like to hear you do the same song on the mandolin. My wife just loves the song.

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Jun-05-2013, 9:59pm

f5loar replied to a thread Loar signed Mandola at Mandolin Brothers in Vintage Instruments

I know of a 4th one for sale in much better shape than any of those 3 for $100K.

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Jun-04-2013, 11:36pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson mandolin luthiers? in General Mandolin Discussions

the above 2 videos pretty much prove no 2 mandolins from Gibson or any other modern day builder are going to be the same. I don't know how Randy...

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Jun-03-2013, 11:17pm

f5loar replied to a thread Blue chip picks in Equipment

I can remember way back when a pick was just a pick. They came 4 ways: thin, medium, heavy and extra heavy in 2 shapes: teardrop and triangle.

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May-31-2013, 1:28am

f5loar replied to a thread 1957 Duane Eddy owned Gibson mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

It's baaaaaaack again for another round. No changes, same $50K. They just won't give up on this one. I guess there is no limit at ebay as to how...

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May-30-2013, 11:23pm

f5loar replied to a thread H5 to F5 Conversion? in Looking for information about mandolins

I know Luke Thompson enough to know that if it can be done he can do it. He still living so I guess you could always get in touch with him and he...

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May-29-2013, 11:07pm

f5loar replied to a thread H5 to F5 Conversion? in Looking for information about mandolins

There are plenty of photos of how he did it on the F5Journal archives under serial no. 76458. Basically he took the H5 apart piece by piece and then...

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May-28-2013, 10:17pm

f5loar replied to a thread Steve Martin's Lloyd Loar F5 in General Mandolin Discussions

It was not the sorta thing Gibson Co. wanted to be made public at the time it was found. I guess I'm the reason it went public and others saw fit to...

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May-28-2013, 12:37pm

f5loar replied to a thread Steve Martin's Lloyd Loar F5 in General Mandolin Discussions

You only need to send a computer geek to my house to put the document into my scanner and then push the right 5 buttons out of 10,478 buttons to send...

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May-28-2013, 12:18am

f5loar replied to a thread charlotte nc pickers? in Jams, Places To Meet Others

No replies yet? Hummm.... Charlotte area is a hot bed of pickers. You got John Bird an excellent Monroe style mandolin picker heading up the...

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May-28-2013, 12:13am

f5loar replied to a thread Who's the mandolin player on this............? in General Mandolin Discussions

Well after viewing I'm with Hillary Clinton on this one "What difference does it make". I mean it could have been me up there strumming that...

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