Gilchrist 16jr

**mtucker** · Jul-08-2011, 1:17pm

Somewhere in the great Norwest lurks this 16jr.beast...looking very tasty! enjoy.

**Chip Booth** · Jul-08-2011, 8:10pm

very cool!

**sgarrity** · Jul-08-2011, 8:50pm

That's gorgeous!

**pjlama** · Jul-09-2011, 12:57am

Mmmmmmm, damn gas.

**usqebach** · Jul-09-2011, 5:48am

I'm surprised that a luthier of Steve's caliber would make such an obvious error as to leave two strings off this instrument!

**blauserk** · Jul-18-2011, 7:49pm

Tell me more! With that finish, I gather it's something he made in the last couple of years? I'm mainly a guitarist, so I'm intrigued.

**Charles E.** · Jul-18-2011, 8:36pm

Maybe it's just me but the F-holes look a bit rough. I am surprised to see that.

**mandomick** · Jul-18-2011, 8:44pm

Originally Posted by Charles E.

Maybe it's just me but the F-holes look a bit rough. I am surprised to see that.

Look at the entire body outline. I think the roughness is in the photo.

**Charles E.** · Jul-18-2011, 9:06pm

mick, I agree but it is not enough to make the f-holes look so bad.

**mtucker** · Jul-18-2011, 11:09pm

yeah, that photo is doing funky things .. here's a cleaner shot of one of the f's, click twice... The 16jr is the continuation of the last few runs in which Steve's built several jr. series mandolins ... stripped down, non-adorned little beasts.

**ColdBeerGoCubs** · Jul-19-2011, 8:29pm

Originally Posted by Charles E.

Maybe it's just me but the F-holes look a bit rough. I am surprised to see that.

The whole photo looks slightly out of focus or shot with a dirty lens or something, that or the conversion software botched the file resizing, definitely doesnt look like just the F holes on my monitor. But something does look not right there.

**Mark Seale** · Jul-20-2011, 1:24pm

I have absolutely no business owning one, but a Gil archtop has been on my bucket list for a long time. Talk about a rare bird and one that people won't let fly away once they get one...