View Full Version : BIG MONS MANDO
mandodan22
Mar-12-2005, 2:05pm
Maybe this is old news but I have not seen any threads on it ... Ive heard from one of James Monroes band members that it is going to the Country Music Hall Of Fame.
Says that Marty Stuart and Vince Gill helped work it out .
Any body else know anything? I heard a price but I didnt want to spout off .
Hadn't heard that. What's your source?
evanreilly
Mar-12-2005, 3:18pm
Them Midnight Ramblers better not be spreading rumors....
And there are big ears here and on Comando; surprised that this hasn't been circulated...
jim simpson
Mar-12-2005, 4:15pm
Bill promised that mando to me. I am very dissapointed. I guess I shoulda got it in writing. What, you don't believe me?
John Flynn
Mar-12-2005, 4:18pm
That report is not correct. I just bought Big Mon's mando off of EBay, from a guy in Malaysia. I'm going to use it as a beater.
Scotti Adams
Mar-12-2005, 4:28pm
..nope your all wrong Lisa Marie Presley bought it ....she was going to display it in the Presley Mansion....sorta of a pilgrimidge to "Blue Moon of Kentucky"..which her daddy also sang..shes got a room in that big 'ol house called the Blue Room ya know....but now shes forced to put it back on the market to help with her ex beaus legal woes.
J. Mark Lane
Mar-12-2005, 5:25pm
No, no, no. Nothing but silly rumors. I have it on good information that Elmo bought it. He's taking it to the Honker Ducky Dinger Jamboree.
? Which one of you is right?
csstanley
Mar-12-2005, 5:41pm
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J. Mark, my son will be glad to hear that.
Elliot Luber
Mar-12-2005, 8:19pm
I heard Ted Williams' son bought it.
ronlane3
Mar-12-2005, 10:41pm
Yeah and he is going to freeze it just like his dad...
I'm starting a campaign to get the mandolin back to Charlie D. (Charlie, if I'm successful, I'll take a DMM as a thank you). My reason is clear, that mandolin has made Gibson a LOT of money and should be in caring hands. Who better than Charlie to take care of it, since he was the one that nursed it back from the grave the first time.
Scott Tichenor
Mar-13-2005, 7:57am
So many good ideas, but alas, April Fool's Day only comes once a year. Hmmmmm.
mandoman4807
Mar-13-2005, 8:56am
I heard on the FOX, Michael Jackson was going to place a bid on it. Now his pending bankruptcy has put a halt to it http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Darrell
mando bandage
Mar-13-2005, 12:33pm
No, no, no. Nothing but silly rumors. I have it on good information that Elmo bought it. He's taking it to the Honker Ducky Dinger Jamboree.
Uhhh.... Spoken like the father of small children there, J. Mark.
Reminds me of the day I told a particularly persistent telemarketer that I did not like green eggs and ham. He hung up right away.
R
Scotti Adams
Mar-13-2005, 1:34pm
No, no, no. #Nothing but silly rumors. #I have it on good information that Elmo bought it. #He's taking it to the Honker Ducky Dinger Jamboree.
Uhhh.... Spoken like the father of small children there, J. Mark.
Reminds me of the day I told a particularly persistent telemarketer that I did not like green eggs and ham. #He hung up right away.
R
LMAO http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
onlyagibsonisgoodenuff
Mar-13-2005, 2:05pm
I heard on the FOX, Michael Jackson was going to place a bid on it. Now his pending bankruptcy has put a halt to it http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Darrell
I think that mandolin may be too old for Michael Jackson.
Scotti Adams
Mar-13-2005, 2:21pm
....your right Fred...oh so right...
csstanley
Mar-13-2005, 2:28pm
So many good ideas, but alas, April Fool's Day only comes once a year. Hmmmmm.
I thought it was twice a year?
April 1st and April 15th.
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I heard on the FOX, Michael Jackson was going to place a bid on it. Now his pending bankruptcy has put a halt to it
I believe i have heard the same thing. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif
J. Mark Lane
Mar-13-2005, 2:57pm
Since when did being broke stop anyone from trying to by that mandolin?
Albert Whiting
Mar-13-2005, 6:25pm
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! j mark
Ken Berner
Mar-13-2005, 10:47pm
Santiago, If that happens, I hope they don't cut the (peg)head off and freeze the entire remains like they did The Splendid Splinter!
bsimmers
Mar-14-2005, 8:34am
Martha told me she bought it. And if she's lyin' she's going back to the little house in West Virginia.
ManjoMan
Mar-16-2005, 12:17pm
You guys are scaring me!
I hope someone buys it and plays it. If they don't
know how, I'll be glad to do it for them.
BTW, have any of you had the privelege of playing
Mr. Monroe's mandolin?
John Flynn
Mar-16-2005, 12:45pm
Honestly, if I won the lottery, I would outbid the highest bidder and buy it. I would do the following, based on inspirations I have gotten here on the board:
1. Re-carve "The Gibson" out of the headstock and replace it with the inlay of a topless mermaid
2. Have the fretboard radiused
3. Refit it with the Buzz Feiten tuning system
4. Add a tone gard, arm rest, pickguard, maple bridge and solid tailpiece, all permanently attached with Gorilla Glue
5. Get the top autographed in Sharpie marker by Dale Cater
6. Post a picture of it every day on the "Loar Picture of the Day" thread
7. Use it as a wall hanging in my garage and never play it
8. Entertain myself to no end with the hate mail I would get
Darryl Wolfe
Mar-16-2005, 12:53pm
I guess there is no real news on the mando since the rumor is now aged enough to be just that?
Yea F5journl i am thinking the same thing.
mandodan22
Mar-18-2005, 5:09pm
OK Guys
Sorry I hav'nt got back ,I've been a little busy .
I should have posted this in the form of a question (sorry).
I'm not trying to spread rumors ,I heard the story from a very reliable source, someone in James band who has been up till now, right on the money.
I was and am still hoping it's the truth and was just hoping someone else had heard.