Unseen122
Oct-16-2006, 12:17am
So, a guy that lives down the hall in my dorm says he has an old mandolin at his house and asks me to teach him some stuff as he saw me playing OM a couple times. I say, sure bring it up next time you go home. I get back from my fall break and he says he brought the Mando, I ask to take a look. Now, I am expecting some thing that is old, not very nice, and in bad condition, but that was not the case.
I open up the case and find a Gibson A-3 that has been recently restored. One crack in the sound board and one in the headstock and neck, both have been repaired. Looking at serial number specs on the Gibson site, I estimate it was made around 1910. Of course I do a bit of playing on it and there is nothing like that old Gibson sound. A very queit instrument, tonally well suited for Irish music, but it would never cut it volume-wise in a session. I have to say that it has a very strong low end, and not too much bark. Not good for Bluegrass.
I open up the case and find a Gibson A-3 that has been recently restored. One crack in the sound board and one in the headstock and neck, both have been repaired. Looking at serial number specs on the Gibson site, I estimate it was made around 1910. Of course I do a bit of playing on it and there is nothing like that old Gibson sound. A very queit instrument, tonally well suited for Irish music, but it would never cut it volume-wise in a session. I have to say that it has a very strong low end, and not too much bark. Not good for Bluegrass.