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    Default Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    https://instagram.com/p/BPiqAaBD_0n/

    Is that THE mandolin?!

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    No. Looks like one Gary Vessel made.

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Believe this is a David Harvey creation. Happened to see it on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...00000853528892

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    That's pretty cool.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    I know some folks don't have Facebook accounts. The story that Dave Harvey has on his page says:

    This a tribute mandolin project that started with Ricky accidentally breaking off the peghead scroll off his Skaggs model, distressed Gibson F-5 mandolin. We are thrilled with the results, hope you like it! It looks, and sounds 94 years old!
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    ...the Tribute Mandolin that started life in 2008 as a Distressed, Ricky Skaggs Model Gibson F-5!
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Thanks for the info everyone! I guess it's not technically vintage then, but still very cool.

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    That is just awesome,,what about that case, ,is that a copy or real?

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    Default New Gibson Monroe Tribute Model

    Tribute model of Monroe's Loar F5, Skaggs Distressed MM modified....all I know is what Dave posted to Facebook below. I will say this though, that based on a conversation I had with him months ago, I figured it was coming down the pike; just couldn't say anything about it!

    Dave Harvey: "This a tribute mandolin project that started with Ricky accidentally breaking off the peghead scroll off his Skaggs model, distressed Gibson F-5 mandolin.
    We are thrilled with the results, hope you like it! It looks, and sounds 94 years old!"


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    Default Re: New Gibson Monroe Tribute Model

    Being discussed here.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
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    Default Re: New Gibson Monroe Tribute Model

    Hey Mike, thanks!

    You wanna kill this thread then? OK by me....
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    Default Re: New Gibson Monroe Tribute Model

    It's got " Gibson" scratched out of the headstock,,that's great..

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    How about I merge it in, you've got the pictures.
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    Default Re: New Gibson Monroe Tribute Model

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    How about I merge it in, you've got the pictures.
    Cool!....Sorry I'm stepping all over your work...LOL!
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Do a search for 'Another new Vessel' ....people might be surprised !
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Yeah, but this is the first one Gibson has done to my knowledge, no?
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    Wow, that looks beyond "distressed", don't see many ninety year old instruments quite that worn.

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Quote Originally Posted by RichieK View Post
    Do a search for 'Another new Vessel' ....people might be surprised !
    Oh yeah!...Gary does amazing work...you ought to see his Loar tribute that is of a brand new Loar circa 1923!
    A friend of mine owns it and it is the real deal!

    Just nice to see Gibson finally do one!
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    More pics courtesy of my buddy Russell Carson; hey Ricky uses a pointy pick with drilled holes

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Quote Originally Posted by Darren Bailey View Post
    Wow, that looks beyond "distressed", don't see many ninety year old instruments quite that worn.
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    I think it is supposed to look like a PARTICULAR vintage Gibson mandolin.
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Gary Vessel's Monroe Loar 'copy' wasn't quite as distressed as this one,but still looked really good. This one looks terrific. Apparently a really good 'copy' (or should we call them repros. ?) was made by Sumi :- http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...e%27s-mandolin That one is also very close to the original,so close in fact,that i could hardly tell the difference between BM's Loar & this one,until i found the Cafe thread,
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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    LOL. I guess that's still the thing to do when one breaks the headstock scroll. Just go ahead and make it a Monroe tribute copy. This one does look pretty good, and I'll bet it was fun to work on. But I do find it a bit disappointing that Skaggs didn't go his own way with it. Future generations may want to make a Skaggs tribute copy to mimic the unique damage and wear that he did to his mandolin.

    Is it just me, or does the back look sort of amateurishly done? No disrespect meant to Dave Harvey, but the distressing of the back seems to show rather clean scraping/sanding marks, and doesn't look like the more naturally even wear that Monroe's F5 had.

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Can anyone identify the pick?

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    Looks like a Red Bear with Ricky Skaggs name on it. Just sayin'...don't know.

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    Default Re: Apparently Ricky Skaggs got a "new" mando...

    Quote Originally Posted by FLATROCK HILL View Post
    Looks like a Red Bear with Ricky Skaggs name on it. Just sayin'...don't know.
    I was thinking the other kind that cannot be talked about...YMMV
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