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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    A discussion of $20k mandolins leaves out about 99% of mandolins.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Or, Only Gibsons are glued enough.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    I have a friend with a Northfield and they're doing a lot of things right.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    In the early 2000's Gibsons salesman used to talk about how they were the ones who invented the F5 and how everyone else making them was ripping Gibson off.
    I'm glad they are making the effort to...
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    Re: Can I say tap-tuning on MC?

    I don't know much about the subject but when I saw the video of Roger hammering the tonebars of a mandolin with the top attached to the sides I thought to myself that can't be how Gibson did it since...
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    Re: Truss rod and carbon fiber.

    I made a few A's with quilted necks and I used CF and a truss rod on those just for safety's sake.
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    Re: John Leventhal

    John is all about taste and tone, adding what the song needs instead of flash.
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    Re: John Leventhal

    I cheated and Googled it. A Premier/ Multivox from the 60's. That's Rosanne doing the harmony.
  9. Re: Steve Morse, Rob Wasserman, David Grisman 1985 Merv Griffin S

    I agree it didn't work. Apples and oranges.
  10. Re: Steve Morse, Rob Wasserman, David Grisman 1985 Merv Griffin S

    I kind of like that Steve Morse guy.
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    Re: Anyone know which tuners these are?

    In the 70's and 80's those were just about the only game in town as replacements. They made the button shafts extra long to make sure they would fit anything.
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    Re: Man....I had a blue guitar...

    I used to admit I knew Don.
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    Thanks to this thread I now have Mando deodorant ads in all my social media.
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    Re: Man....I had a blue guitar...

    Here's mine.
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    Re: Fake Gibson oval hole?

    Thanks to the Archive I found a '20 A4 that has the same fingerboard.
    The '18 F4 here shows how the little extra point on the older ovals was meant to align with the oval. That's why it didn't look...
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    Re: Fake Gibson oval hole?

    The fingerboard looks wrong where it meets the oval. Maybe something they did later but in that case wouldn't it have a truss rod?
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    Re: Mandolins too twangy

    My soapbox issue is that the top shape needs to be smooth and flowing. Many new builders and I include myself in the early days don't get the recurve shape right. We go on about Loar graduations but...
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    Re: Blacktop Friday

    I got this shot of that mandolin and I still have it as my wallpaper.
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    Re: Blacktop Friday

    One of my early ones. Truth was I had gotten the wood from a Canadian supplier and when finished blonde it had a horrible runout problem and this was the only solution I could think of.
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    Re: Mandolin music for Halloween

    This is from my band Crabshack House Band. The song was written by Skye Yates in New Mexico. Used an old familiar for the instrumental break.
  21. Re: Is Gibson Getting Ready to Roll Out Some New Models?

    It's the execution, not the materials that count to me.
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    Re: Gibson 1923 F-5 Master Model Re-Issue

    Sierra Hull did in a Gibson Youtube and it's pretty impressive.
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    Re: Old Wave OM worth?

    Start high.
  24. Re: Is Gibson Getting Ready to Roll Out Some New Models?

    While Adrian has some issues with the fine details to me this is a step in the right direction in getting it right.
  25. Thread: Shipping

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    Re: Shipping

    The usps phone hotline says it will be tomorrow, something still not on tracking.
    15 years ago when PO didn't get a mando delivered overnight they gave me the $ back. Those days are over. First, I...
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