Custom Master 4-27-04 "no click.."

**mandopixie** · Apr-28-2004, 11:12pm

Just arrived yesterday

**mandopixie** · Apr-28-2004, 11:14pm

..the gorgeous back.

**mandopixie** · Apr-28-2004, 11:15pm

?!!

**mandopixie** · Apr-28-2004, 11:31pm

le 'eadstock

**JimW** · Apr-28-2004, 11:55pm

Oh man, I don't know what else to say but.. Totally awesome, a work of art. You should be proud to be it's owner. Stunning...

Jim

**phynie** · Apr-29-2004, 6:28am

drool............

**John Zimm** · Apr-29-2004, 8:41am

Yup, I am jealous. That looks absolutely beautiful. Bravo to the guys at Gibson. How exactly was it checked over the same day you got it? Congrats.

-John.

**Tom C** · Apr-29-2004, 8:47am

That's what a mando should look like. Does that have a pure white binding on the pickguard? If so, I thought gibson change that to match the rest of the binding.

**Ken Sager** · Apr-29-2004, 9:07am

Originally Posted by (Buckley @ April 29 2004, 07:41)

How exactly was it checked over the same day you got it?

Kinda suggests the dates inside are pretty meaningless... Yes?

**Ken Sager** · Apr-29-2004, 9:08am

Very nice looking mandolin, nonetheless.

**Darryl Wolfe** · Apr-29-2004, 9:23am

Looks great.....good work Charlie

**John Zimm** · Apr-29-2004, 10:28am

Originally Posted by

Looks great.....good work Charlie

Hear hear. Fubar dates or no (maybe the date is correct-I am no expert), that is beautiful work. Looks like a mandolin to be proud to have made, and one a person can be proud to own.

-John.

**mandopixie** · Apr-29-2004, 11:02am

Thanks for the replies guys. The pickguard binding is w/b/w (I'm not sure why the pictures posted so blurred after using a tripod). There are only three things I requested different radiused fretboard, scooped extension and naked neck. The colors really are warm, and quite close to what one sees in the pictures. Now to break it in before competing next month..(yeah, right).

**c3hammer** · Apr-29-2004, 12:09pm

That dating kind of reminds of a can of Copenhagen I bought a few years ago that had a date stamp two days after I purchased it in Bozeman Montana. LOL!

I wonder what day it actually is when the date is stamped on a Bud label?

Cheers,
Pete

**JeffS** · Apr-29-2004, 2:00pm

Its the work of leprechauns I tell you. Or someone with very wee hands.

**Joe Parker** · Apr-29-2004, 6:41pm

Very nice!! How does it sound? Did you request the pearl truss rod cover? I can't wait to get mine! Thanks for the pics.

JPP

**Skip Kelley** · Apr-29-2004, 6:45pm

AWESOME just AWESOME!!

**goose** · Apr-29-2004, 10:47pm

Absolutely beautiful. Mine is over two years old and has been played countless hours and is no longer pristine but sounds as good as yours looks. You are in for a treat when that babe opens up. I'd like to see a picture of the nekkid neck.

**chris** · Apr-30-2004, 5:43am

Speechless!!!!!!!!!!

**mandoJeremy** · Apr-30-2004, 8:26am

The back on that is one of the most beautiful backs I have ever seen. Cool figure in it. Congrats.

**mandopixie** · Apr-30-2004, 10:23am

Wow! Great feedback from you fellow mandophiles. It warms my heart to share these with you. I'll shoot some 'nekkid' neck today to post here. It will be appearing 'in person' at the mandolin symposium, if any of you will be there (actually, it'll be there even if you're not)!
Late..

**mandopixie** · Apr-30-2004, 6:24pm

re: truss rod cover.. I added that. The only other things I've done were to round off the bass side of the saddle top, and Loctite the tuning button screws (pesky little blighters have a habit of coming loose).
[B]

**goose 2** · Apr-30-2004, 11:10pm

I always like a beautiful slender neck in the buff! I have about played all the varnish off my neck so its pretty nekkid itself. I like the feel better. Again ,congrats on your beautiful new instrument. What a peach!