No harm, no foul Joe...however when one enters the kitchen of a discussion forum armed with an opinion that apparently has no basis of fact, beware of the heat caused by pushback...and after all...
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No harm, no foul Joe...however when one enters the kitchen of a discussion forum armed with an opinion that apparently has no basis of fact, beware of the heat caused by pushback...and after all...
And I never intimated "illegal"..he stated "I find having Monroe's actual signature in a reproduction he actually never authorized to be extremely creepy..."
Without knowledge of what I stated...
Welcome to the Cafe and best wishes to your monumental endeavor!
This deserves some pushback for the following reasons:
1. You assume the contractual language between Gibson and Bill Monroe for the Monroe Model prohibits any future usage of the signature labels...
Great article in Bluegrass Today: Gibson Bill Monroe Hall of Fame Mandolin that gives more backstory and Gibson's production plans!
That was exquisite!
That Stiver sounds to my ears like it captures everything a Loar F5 was meant to do when Mr. Loar made the design parameters for the F5
I don't know about that Bogle...they're really just F5Ls with Flowerpots on the headstock, some with spirit varnish, but the Montana build specs were waaaay different than Derrington/Harvey. I know...
You were only off $1K, don't Master Models retail at $20,999, this one's $25K...$3K + $21K ($20,999) = $24K
That's only $1K off...your paying for labor intensive-specific distressing...Got to pay...
Congrats Brotha!
That Northfield F5 (4.0) has a real nice vintage vibe to it in its looks...would love to play one!
More pics from David Harvey's workbench, courtesy of CJ Lewandowski...
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Addendum: pics were taken I guess from TMS listing;...
As many as dhmando can make, they'll sell like hotcakes at that price...
Dennis just confirmed they will be in production for sale, with the first one coming to THE MANDOLIN STORE!
Dennis Vance just posted this on Facebook with the caption
"here's the new Gibson Bill Monroe Hall Of Fame Model"
Let the wrangling begin!
...If for sale I LUST for one...LOL!
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Sounds like mine...
Yup, Asian made
Not really Bluegrass, but Old Time Fiddle, and NMC, but worthy of posting
Fiddler/Dancer Hillary Klug and Champion dancer Thomas Maupin perform the 8th Of January
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I'm sure that between Nina and myself that there will be...
See you there next week Gary...Tad Van Allen, my main bass guy is riding up with me...look forward to seeing you Brotha!
Guess the proofreaders missed that one
The Master Fiddler: Kenny Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmiyNXgF_8I
Joe Val...Joe Val...Joe Val...Love me some Joe Val and his Loar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6P7QJtM1g
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In reading Tom Ewing's incredible Monroe biography, he details when and how, and what re: the mandolin.
It's a 1924 Gibson A4 Snakehead...read the book and he gives you all the...
Don's mandolin is a beauty, however for most of us it's unplayable!
Come on Don, when are you going to stop using that wacky tuning so I can really check that thing out?...LOL!
See ya at the...
Then there's: "Statistics is the art of torturing the data to make it confess to what you want it to"
...Back to the OP's concern, it seems that a fair amount of posters did reply in the context...