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    That mandolin won't have far to go to its new home because I only live about 70 miles away

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlieshafer View Post
    Yay! for the Klipsch horns... I guess it's more exciting to me that someone still knows how good they are...
    The old ones were killer! Something happened later on and they became just a typical speaker, too heavy in the bass and treble but a set of vintage Klips are something else altogether. I still prefer the British style of loudspeaker but that's mostly because of the type of music I listen to.

    Have you got an old Empire turntable to go with those?

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    Mike I like my mandolins distressed, so you know what to do ; )

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    Can someone please explane how this went from the Lafferty mandolin to horn speakers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mando Tristan View Post
    Can someone please explane how this went from the Lafferty mandolin to horn speakers?
    Blame it on Mike.

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    Typical cafe thread creep for changing topics. I think Shifting Sands of Time is in his repertoire. That mandolin looks very good. I'm looking forward to the road test review.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mandoteacher View Post
    Who made it?
    In my humble opinion, that mandolin was made in the C*llings factory. It reminds me of my MT big time.

    The one detail I notice that may have been done to keep costs down is that the neck to body join is flat rather than rounded. Probably makes fitting it way easier.

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    Distressed? I'm walking on pins and needles to make sure I don't distress it. As for the maker, it has more of a Weber sound than a Gibson (personal observation). AS for the turntable, I had to buy a decent BO a few years ago when my last table died from lack of use.

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    Thanks for the review Mike. I'm reading with great interest.

    This thread is incomplete without someone asking for a sound clip ... so, do you have any?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlieshafer View Post
    Blame it on Mike.
    What!

    The Mike

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    Dennis has (had) sound clips of this mandolin on the The Mandolin Store website. I'll see if I can rig up something to record something, it's not something I usually do, as odd as that sounds.

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    I dug out a Zoom H2 that I bought several years ago, put on a shelf and never used.... I'll see if I can get it going and upload a sound file. Sometimes I'm amazed at what I have that I don't remember having.

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    Nice looking mando.. Let's see a video, that would be cool.

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    Agreed, it sounds good on the mandolin store website. Let's here you play it.

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    +1 for Collings....tailpiece...neck profile....if so great builder!

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    Sorry for the delay, real life got in my way. That and the fact that I wasn't smart enough to sit down and read the H2 manual and I had no software installed on my new PC to convert a WAV to an MP3. Here it is.
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    Sounds good Mike! Whoever wins the giveaway is going to be one lucky person.

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    oooooooooooh yesssssssssss!!!

    Thanks Mike... okay love the sound of that baby!

    Can't wait for it to arrive at my door!

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    Yup, sadly I have to send this one home, otherwise I'd probably have to anger my wife by buying it.

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    Very nice! Thank you.
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    Someone is going to be very very happy.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

    The entire staff
    funny....

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    Thanks for all the pics. I'd like to think I am going to win it but facts are facts... I was born Friday the 13th hehe

    still I can dream. very nice looking and love the sound

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    You can't win it if you ain't in it.

    If you entered your chance is as good as anyone elses.

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    Thanks for the sound clip Mike.

    It's appreciated, and says something about the mandolin if it impressed you enough to work through the hassle ... this mandolin is worth hearing, in your opinion. No small compliment.
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    It really does sound as gorgeous as it looks... she's the kinda girl you take home to momma..

    She's gonna make someone very proud.. and happy.
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