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Is that THE mandolin?!
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Is that THE mandolin?!
No. Looks like one Gary Vessel made.
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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That's pretty cool.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I know some folks don't have Facebook accounts. The story that Dave Harvey has on his page says:
andThis 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!
...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."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Thanks for the info everyone! I guess it's not technically vintage then, but still very cool.
That is just awesome,,what about that case, ,is that a copy or real?
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!"
Last edited by DataNick; Jan-22-2017 at 7:17pm.
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Being discussed here.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Hey Mike, thanks!
You wanna kill this thread then? OK by me....
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
It's got " Gibson" scratched out of the headstock,,that's great..
How about I merge it in, you've got the pictures.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Do a search for 'Another new Vessel' ....people might be surprised !
Last edited by RichieK; Jan-22-2017 at 5:51pm. Reason: Poor memory
Yeah, but this is the first one Gibson has done to my knowledge, no?
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Wow, that looks beyond "distressed", don't see many ninety year old instruments quite that worn.
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
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,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
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.
Can anyone identify the pick?
Looks like a Red Bear with Ricky Skaggs name on it. Just sayin'...don't know.
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
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