I thought it looked a little odd myself, but there again I don't know the whole story, I'm just a family friend.
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I thought it looked a little odd myself, but there again I don't know the whole story, I'm just a family friend.
He has actually gotten his money back, The "Thief" turned out to be a member of the original owners family and they took care of it.
The second one was stolen from a friend of mine and is a great mandolin fortunatly I recognised on Ebay ,it has been recovered and the thief caught in the process, thanks to a very cooperative Ebay...
The 2nd mandolin was stolen
Kentucky KM 600 First one, bout worn slam out just got it back from the shop for a broke neck and promptly broke the bridge.
2nd Was a Fender F style, Sounded like a wash pot with strings till...
I play the Mandolin and Also play the guitar but mostly out of tune:grin:
I put a set of the Martin Bluegrass Strings on a Savannah F style for a friend of mine, they are light gauge strings . I found them to be really easy to fret and made a HUGE diffrence in the sound(...
Thanks for all the suggestions and observations, I've decided I'm going to take it to Lewis Price (Pricetone) I'm playing one of his Mandolins that he built for me now. After paying a little more...
It is one weird looking crack It actually looks as if its under the finish where it turns upward. That was the reason I could not get a good picture of it. Thanks for all the ideas.
You will notice in the 2 pictures the one shows a level crack that gives the impression that it is broken all the way around in that manner, if that was the case I wouldn't worry over the repair so...
This is a picture of my Kentucky KM 600, This is a older model 600 with a lot of playing time on it, When this happened the instrument lost tune and was unplayable. Before that it sounded good and...
I've got one of those same models that the neck actually broke on down near the body during a jam session one night. Talk about going out of tune. I'm still trying to decide what to do with it. It...
Really nice!!
A masterpiece
One of My Favorites , I have a good friend who plays guitar and we do "Where the soul of Man Never Dies" in the Stylings of Skaggs and Rice. We get tons of request for it, another favorite is "The...
We have a local Band here Called "Subject to Change" The Bass player is Wheelchair bound, He plays an acoustic Bass and does a Really fine Job, This band has a 15 year old lead singer and guitar...
Do a search on here for Pricetone or look up Lewis Prices Website. He Hand builds great looking F-styles that play every bit as good as they look. I just put photos of mine up in the photo section at...
Yossi, Yes I was and am occaisionally asked to "Fill in" Had a good session last night, Played a lot of rythym and spent most of the night on chop chords at the request of the lead guitar player. He...
Absolutly love that "seasoned" look
Finally was able to get Mr Lewis Price to build me one of his Fine instruments, just so happened it was his 200th Mandolin, and its a real beauty, plays great also , fine Bluegrass tone and absolutly...
At our local Jam sessions and when I "sit in" with groups I normally am "expected" to Chop, I have apparently some sort of "Power Chopper" Mandolin. Got a call about an hour ago from a local group...
After meeting a local mandolin player by the name of Hugh Fanning a few weeks ago (plays for Flatland express from Orangeburg S.C.) and hearing how LOUD his Gibson was , I asked him what the secret...
I had never noticed this before. I have a Pricetone which is built here locally where I am in S.C. by Lewis Price. It is according to him a copy of the 1923 Loar. It has the scroll like in the Loar...
I've got several diffrent ones , for the money the Snark is tough to beat, I use it on my mandolins, make My son use one of the others on his guitar:grin:
Always a great feeling to get that instrument that just "Fits" . Hope you get years of enjoyment from it!!!