Re: Gibson "Monroe" model F-5s - 200 of 'em
Originally Posted by
Gary Hedrick
Having owned a varnish one of them I would say that they are nothing to write home to moma about......in other words.....nothing special there.....
I know two people who owned one. One of them belonged to a friend of mine who I played in a band with for 10 years. Got to play it often. Like Gary said, nothing special. At the time I owned a Kentucky KM-850. The Gibson Monroe wasn't any better. I actually recorded a band project and used my Kentucky on all but 2 tracks and used the Monroe for those 2. Honestly, the tracks recorded with the Kentucky sounded slightly better.
I never had a chance to play the other Monroe model, but it belonged to another local player. It sounded OK when he played it but, once again, nothing special.
I recall being amazed that such a average mandolin cost over $8K.
Larry Hunsberger
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