Got my first tattoo yesterday afternoon and opted for a good old F5 flowerpot on my left side calf:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/fretbored_oh/2013-02-11073852_zps6953da37.jpg
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Got my first tattoo yesterday afternoon and opted for a good old F5 flowerpot on my left side calf:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/fretbored_oh/2013-02-11073852_zps6953da37.jpg
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Posted this on the main board as well...
Got my first tattoo yesterday afternoon and opted for a good old F5 flowerpot on my left side calf:
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Got my first tattoo yesterday afternoon and opted for a good old F5 flowerpot on my left side calf:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/fretbored_oh/2013-02-11073852_zps6953da37.jpg
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I know a couple of other Ferns you could put in it...
f5loar's right about the smell... it's really something
Willie, talked with Danny several times about it... it was one of the ones where he didn't know who built it.
Nah... I like it as is! Makes for a better story in my book... although those are the chapters that are in the dark still...
Very near where you are thinking Bernie... I live in Wheeling, WV. My (outdated) profile may have said Martins Ferry, OH at one point. You are the guy that mentioned Egypt Valley, right?
If so,...
I still have 11 years worth of story on this mandolin to uncover... gonna keep at it! Hehe...
I had a very neat evening centered around this mandolin this past Friday night... the Rarely Herd was playing at the Pennyroyal Opera House in Fairview, OH (a great small bluegrass venue with a...
I like those two gals on his left.
That's a pretty good endorsement i'd say then... The guys at StewMac are top notch.
How do his mandolins play and sound? I agree his pearl work is top notch from the searches I did.
Was able to zoom in on it... I agree that it looks like plain unfigured maple, cheap tuners, etc. It looks kinda factory made to me... like a sprayed lacquer miscellaneous pacrim mando that had a...
Not much detail in those photos can be seen... I am not seeing any sign of good maple in the back, and the top looks kinda flat on the carving...
Nugget studied with Bob White back in the day, and...
If it's definitely from Ohio, Bob White was one of the earliest masters...
It was built by Todd Sams in southern Ohio.
He lives a couple of doors down from Don MacRostie (Red Diamond mandolins), and they have worked together at Stewart Macdonald for many years. He's not...
That is a nice lineup!
Very nice... love that you are building them in parallel!
Very well stated!
Almost all of the top guys did it with the Loar F5s (most of them pretty early on in the 70s)... Randy Wood, Bob Givens, John Monteleone, Nugget (Mike Kemnitzer), Wayne...
He is a top notch guitar builder and has done at least 19 or 20 mandolins. I say that because mine is marked at #19!
More to follow in the near future.
I will post em very soon! I finally removed the big, badly done fake MM label and found the builder's original label underneath. I think his original inlay was reworked to The Gibson later on, but...
The mystery is solved.
It came from Texas, but was built within a 3 hour range of Wheeling, WV...
Darryl... thanks for posting this! Taking a look at some of the shapes and lines now...
I would love for you to be able to hear this thing... I will be looking for a chance to run into you.
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Most definitely... have had some great conversations with some great people already just trying to solve this one.