Fletcher Brock F5

**Chip Booth** · Jun-18-2012, 3:30pm

Here is a newly completed Fletcher Brock F5. This is a really nice mandolin, it sounds fantastic and is absolutely beautiful. I love the new reddish burst that Fletcher has been using lately.

**Charlieshafer** · Jun-18-2012, 3:45pm

as always, some of the prettiest looking and sounding mandolins out there.

**Dan Margolis** · Jun-18-2012, 3:56pm

Yes, his mandolins are always beautiful. I'd love to try one some day.

**Tavy** · Jun-19-2012, 4:03am

I'm not normally given to liking pearloid binding, but that ones' just sweet!

**Fretbear** · Jun-19-2012, 4:44am

That is insanely clean.....

**almeriastrings** · Jun-19-2012, 12:02pm

Yeah. Exactly my thoughts. Really, really super clean work. Very tasty indeed. Lovely finish too.

**jjboone101** · Jun-19-2012, 4:28pm

Looks great and I bet it sounds even better. Enjoy!

**Don Grieser** · Jun-19-2012, 7:37pm

That's about as good as it gets. Wow! Thanks for posting. Chip, you live in mando heaven.

**Glassweb** · Jun-19-2012, 7:51pm

good move choosing the front-facing binding on the headstock... nice!

**Joe Parker** · Jun-19-2012, 8:36pm

Interesting use of what looks like wood for the faux frets where the fingerboard has been scooped.

**mandopixie** · Jun-30-2012, 9:52am

"They're tasty, tasty, very very tasty. They're very tasty.."

**Linds** · Jul-09-2012, 11:35pm

Just breathtaking, as always. Someday I'd love to have one of his F5s to keep my OM company. Alas, unless I win the lottery, I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Chip, wasn't Fletch going to make you an OM sometime this year? Are you still getting one?

**Chip Booth** · Jul-10-2012, 10:32am

Lindsey, there is a big ol' batch of OMs under constuction right now, and I may be in there somewhere...

**Linds** · Jul-10-2012, 10:28pm

Fantastic, Chip! Hope yours gets done soon. I'm starting to play mine more and more with a couple of bands here in Colorado. It's so easy to make it sound like I know what I'm doing!

Hope to see you at the Targhee fest this year. Unfortunately, I had to pull out of the camp -- again -- but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for next year!