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    Quote Originally Posted by Spruce View Post
    I'm sure Gary knows of other schemes...
    Smiling all the way to bank perhaps?? I think not!! He's way too honest for that, but he did pull off a great prank and fooled a bunch of us "experts".

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    Quote Originally Posted by lenf12 View Post
    ...but he did pull off a great prank and fooled a bunch of us "experts".
    And us shills...

    "The quirky little joint in the point is something that a lot of copies lack, and this one just screams "legit"..."

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    The devil is in the details...I mean "extreme" details.

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    The fact that I put it on such a public forum assures an honest motivation.

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    I'm still laughing at how well "hooked" I was and many others were too at first, nice prank! Excellent work to be sure.
    The difference between a joker and a wit?
    Timing!
    You timed it just perfectly!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timbofood View Post
    You timed it just perfectly!
    Actually, a day early...

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    Tombo, take it easy on yourself. You were not alone.

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    just getting back to this thread - i glanced at it when posted and thought, like everyone else, nice to see another Loar surface. beautiful instrument. All i can say is wow, Gary you did an impressive job on this. i have seen a good number of Loars personally and when i looked at the pics, i didn't see anything that would cause me to doubt it was authentic. the finish my friend is absolutely nailed on this and usually, right off the bat you can look at a Loar without even touching it and tell just from that.
    Great work.

    there was actually a true story of this happening here in central NC some years ago. a young viola player came into one of the guitar shops with a 24 LL mandola that had been gifted to her. absolute mint condition
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzugypsy View Post
    there was actually a true story of this happening here in central NC some years ago. a young viola player came into one of the guitar shops with a 24 LL mandola that had been gifted to her. absolute mint condition

    ...whoever faked that hasn't owned up yet, has he?
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    It was the day early that made it work so well, actually. Had it "appeared" on the first, I think more of us guppies would have seen the joke right away.
    Like I say, timing!
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    Fabulous!!

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    I can't pull up the page you linked to Gary. I get the following message from Facebook:

    "This content is currently unavailable
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    Works for me. Try it again

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    Apparently the link doesn't work for some. It's simply my Facebook page that anybody should be able to access.

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    It said the same for me, so I went home.
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    I'm having trouble downloading it to the 'cafe. Sorry

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    Gary,

    Can you upload it to your own YouTube channel(page)?

    From there it's easy to link in a post here on the Cafe...
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    The sound is just as perfect as the looks, to me. Whatever double-blind Gibsons aficionados say. And nice playing, too!

    Raising the old question: if all sensory information says "Gibson", isn't it just that?


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    At only a fraction of the cost of the original!

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    At only a fraction of the cost of the original!
    I'd happily pay the cost for one, but you said it ain't fer sale! I have an F4, F5, and H4, but I really need an H5 in my stable.

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    And here I thought I was the shill...

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    Mr. Vessel, that sounds amazing
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