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The last new Paganoni from Doyle I heard of was in the 15K range and that was a year or so ago. #There have been a few offered on the classifieds here and the asking price was in the $12K - $12.5K....

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Make that 3 votes for the Flatiron A5-1. #Mine is an 83', moves lots of air, cuts through the banjers and has great tone. #My Buckeye F-5 is very close though.

Hey Shaun, Don has had the opportunity to gather all of the necessary data from another very famous Loar. You can use your imagination but the next batch may not bark like a Dawg, but may sing like a...

I'll be there Thur-Sun. Staying on a jamming floor. #There should be serious lack of sleep and good times. #

Looking forward to it.

Jacob, you beat me to the punch. #Don's latest batch of mandolins are, to say the least, very special. #

I was at Don's shop last week with Johnny Staats, who plays a Red Diamond as his main...

Great news to hear about you Butch.

I wanted to ask if anything is planned in benefit or awareness of Butch at next weeks IBMA conference. #I would be more than willing to donate some time.
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Butch, my thoughts and prayers have been with you this week. #I have always loved your playing from back in the Weary Hearts and Lonesome Standard Time days. #I have learned many tunes from your...

Thanks FD and Shayne, my old Flatiron A5-1 has seen quite a few mandolins come and go. It has ran off several high end F-5's. Something special about those early Flatirons.

I like the Newson and...

I apologize for using up so much bandwidth. I don't post much, but the A-5's get me going. Thanks,

And the Stiver that is also in the hands of another Cafe member.

Headstock of Tucker

I love my A-5's. Here is my old Tucker A-5 prototype now owned by another happy cafe member. I miss it bad.

My Nugget Tim Obrien #19, special mandolins

70's ODE A-5, mature vintage tone

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My 83' A5-1, a true Hoss that moves lots of air.

Alex, must be something to the Portaflex B-15 thing leading to mandolin. #I still have two. A 66' B15N in great shape (still has the tone) and one in the basement in need of attention. #Lately mine...

What a great loss to our bluegrass and mandolin families. #My thoughts and prayers go out to the members of L&F and to friends and family of Dempsey.

He was truly one of my musical heros....

Followup Report. The show was good. I met at least 6 or 7 cafe members. Charles had some nice mandolins there. I liked his F5L and his Bob Shue very much. Got to see a great Gilchrist and a equally...

I was at the Gibson Showcase a few months ago on a mission to try out the Master Models that were in stock. I took the opportunity to pluck on just about everything there. On the wall were 3...

Any mando players planning on going to the Charlotte Guitar Show this weekend? I'll be there with a couple of mandos. #I know Charles Johnson(MWHQ) will be there with some nice instruments. #His...

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. #He has left a great legacy with his work at Gibson and throughout the music community. #Today I am at the Augusta workshops and the thoughts...

The pictures and information came from Paganoni DL#5 which was posted on Ebay at one time by a fellow Cafe member. #I bought the Pag here on the cafe and I am loving it. #The Ebay auction didn't...