Yea, love to have a vintage Gibson but they're pretty rare. I've seen a couple F12 conversions by Randy Wood but I didn't have the dough when they were available.
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Yea, love to have a vintage Gibson but they're pretty rare. I've seen a couple F12 conversions by Randy Wood but I didn't have the dough when they were available.
I still can't get over his varnish work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup, got the PM and thanks. Last year I got to IBMA too late in the evening and all the vendors were gone and I had to leave that night so I missed out. This year i'm taking a day off work and see...
Its been a little quite on the BRW front these days. I'd like to know how your mandolins are sounding after being played in.
Also if you could tell me how long it took to get there.
Thanks
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IBMA is a must, played it last year and it was fantastic. Currently i'm playing a BRW F5, its really a nice instrument probably the nicest i've had and there's been a few. Well OK many. I play...
There's been a lot of conversation lately on the populartiy of the Altman, Ellis, Red Diamond, MF5, etc. brand mandolins and I'm seriously considering one. It looks to me the price range for this...
Its Blountville, no S. Its a town in East TN
Well said Tenor, well said!
Cool story too.
S
OK everyone, what do you recommend when you want the Gil sound that guys like compton, long and mccurry get but don't have $15K+ to plunk down on a mandolin.
Are there builders / instruments out...
I ordered 2, 1 to play and the other to collect interest for my retirement.
All good advise, I have both Monroe DVD's and while he's he's somewhat frail he still has the chops. Yes the right hand is the thing to watch.
As far as NEW players, I think Rob McCoury's the...
Recently there's a '94 F5 L in the classifieds that has seemingly had a TON of work performed on it. Judgeing by the photo's it seems like the work was done professionally but what is the consensus...
What ever happened to the other loar?
While l never used to be concerned about such things its been creeping up on me like a cold, i'm wondering what is behind the name on the headstock of a mandolin.
How many of us i'm wondering...
Thats a good question, I'd like to know that too.
S
Me too, I just got my mclung armrest and its great. Doug is a very patient man also, I had paypal issues.....
Anyway, its great and well made.
jm
Its my experiance, mandolin players have higher IQ's than guitar players.
Consider yourself lucky.
I believe ratliff and his crew at that time made them by the truckfull, Morrell commisioned ratliff's shop to make 'em without headstock names and morrell put them on himself.
They were cheeeepies...
Pretty,,,,,,,,,,,,,,looks like he had an extra A style neck laying aroung.
I once had a girlfried that i wanted to distress.......but she kept all her cloths on
...I said HAD!
I think the destressing process includes a set of key's, a hair dryer some empty cans of Bud and a guy named Zeke..........???
IMHO, Grisman has the best tremelo around. How does he approach it? Guys like that just "do" it, I don't think they think about it anymore since they've spent sooooo much time in the early part of...
To all who advised me of Grismans "Home is where the heart is" thanks, its probably one of the best bluegrass albums i've ever bought. I found it on Amazon but could'nt find it on Grismans site, not...
Steve, is that the Poe? Not to highjack the thread but how's the mandolin maturing as you play it. I've asked this question in another thread and apologize if you responded there.
Thanks
S.
Great color, what kind of binding it that?