Mandola

[lkb3rd]

I'd love to get my hands on al old Gibson, or other quality h4 style. Got any idea where to find one?

[Ken]

Keep an eye on the classifieds section on the board here, plus Elderly Instruments, Gruhns, Mandolin Brothers, and Mandolin World Headquarters. They are all on the links page under dealers. I didn't see any when I checked just now, but they do show up from time to time.
Ken

[Pete Martin]

You might look at Old Wave mandolins, Bill built me a terrific H2 copy. Would probably build an H4 copy.

He builds the best oval hole mandos I've played.

[red7flag]

Lebeda makes an FM4 and FM5 which would correspond to H4 and H5. They have very nice sound and are reasonable in price. I am going with the A model as you can see. The link for Jeff Cowherd is http://www.mandolins.net/lebeda.htm . I was looking for H4s and H5s too and found them hard to find and when I did find them a bit pricey. I hope this helps.
Tony

[Ted Eschliman]

Ditto on the Old Wave (http://jazzmando.com/bill_bussmann.shtml). Despite his reputation for the eccentric, Bill make a spectacular "traditional" style Dola!

http://jazzmando.com/images/OWMFront.jpg

[Shana Aisenberg]

I've played some really nice Capek mandolas, both A and F4 style oval hole, they're quite nice for the price. I believe Gallery of Strings has one in stock.

If you can go with a Gibson H-1 or H-2 instead of H-4, Charles Johnson has a few currently listed on his site. I have an H1 that I've been playing for 10 years, a great mandola.

Seth

[lkb3rd]

Yea, after seeing the prices i'm definitely not against an H1 or H2. I figured the prices on old Gibsons would compare to the mandolins, but i guess the rarity drives the prices up.
Thanks for the tips, all
Len
Just curious, what have H4's sold for lately? Anyone know of a recent sale?

[sgarrity]

Carmel Music sold a '21 H4 for $8000 here recently

[Greenmando]

Scott just listed his 1921 Gibson Mandola for a nice price, wish I could grab it.
21 Gibson Mandola (http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=19731&query=retrieval)

[John Rosett]

paul lestock (arrow mandolins) makes a mighty nice mandola. maybe not traditional in style, but great sounding and really nice playablity.

[testore]

I'm building a copy of the one Carmel music had for sale.It's gonna be done later next month.Gorgeous one piece back, Engleman spruce top.
Gary

[allenhopkins]

Bernunzio in Rochester has an H-2 for sale (currently "on hold");

H-2 mandola (http://www.bernunzio.com/item.php?sku=059328)

Price is $2,750 -- Handel tuners, looks to be in good shape

[Mandobar]

i have a pomeroy oval hole mandola that i am considering selling. not sure if i want to part with it yet, but still thinking about it.