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frankenstein
Jan-08-2009, 10:28pm
Just reading about Hans Brentrup building an 0-45 and thought if anyone has some pics of mandos and 12 fretters , that would be nice.I love 12 fret instruments, the bridge sits in the sweet spot.. i think we've had cats and chickens and pigs and even overalls before so maybe just gits and mandos this time.. here are some 12 fret compadre's freshly strung relaxing on the couch before some recording.. for those that are interested .. they are a Sumi f-5 dx, a Jackstraw quilt mahogany, a Tippin german / rosewood and a Sumi red spruce / maple. let's see 'em..~o)
Jake Wildwood
Jan-09-2009, 1:50pm
Hmm, I'll see if I can get something for you... :)
12-frets are the only things I play these days. Nice instruments!
Nice collection!
Here are my mandos with my 12-fret parlour guitars:
Newell A-style red spruce/big leaf maple; Manson German spruce/yew; Bascetta redwood/walnut; Davidson oval hole sitka/maple.
Fliss
Lawn Jockey
Jan-09-2009, 2:28pm
I'll play......
Larrivee A-33 (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Larrivee%20A33/) (click for album)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Larrivee%20A33/LarriveeA336.jpg
Poe Scout (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Poe%20Scout%20025/) (click for album)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Poe%20Scout%20025/25-12.jpg
Lyon & Healy American Conservatory (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Lyon%20and%20Healy%20American%20Conservatory%20Man dolin/) (click for album)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Lyon%20and%20Healy%20American%20Conservatory%20Man dolin/LH5.jpg
Larrivee P-05MT (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Larrivee%20P-05MT%20100846/) (click for album)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Larrivee%20P-05MT%20100846/LarriveeP05MT5.jpg
fatt-dad
Jan-09-2009, 3:56pm
Behold, the "Gibamazoo" photo! Kept the guitar, sold the mandolin, but they do seem to be brothers, eh?
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/uploads/post-15-60597-gibamazoo_small.jpg
f-d
Fliss
Jan-10-2009, 10:32am
Here are a couple of better photos of mine (taking advantage of the weekend daylight!) Bascetta and Davidson; Manson and Newell.
Fliss
John Flynn
Jan-10-2009, 1:02pm
I love 12 fret instruments, the bridge sits in the sweet spot..
I would say the same of 12 fret oval hole mandolins!
Here is my Parsons Flat-top, Martin 000-15S and Old Wave Oval A.
oldwave maker
Jan-10-2009, 1:14pm
Larrivee rosewood parlor, Old Wave "The Other". My sons F5 has 'The One' on the peghead!
PhilTod
Jan-10-2009, 3:04pm
frankenstein-very nice collection! I particularly like the Sumi 12 fretter. Any chance of seeing a few closeup, more detailed pics? Thanks!
frankenstein
Jan-10-2009, 10:31pm
:mad:given up trying to post photo's, takes to long.. try again later..nice collections folks.. Hans, you could put that scroll peghead on your guitar and call it a hybrid:(
frankenstein
Jan-11-2009, 6:05pm
PhilTOD here ya go. The Sumi 00-12 was built for the 2008 Tokyo guitar show.It has a 400 year old ( EZO ) red spruce top. select maple back and sides,koa binding and ab purfling. i searched for a long time for a maple 12 fretter, not too many available so i pounced on it. Fliss, nice !! FATT-DAD, what year is the Gibbamazoo ?? thanks to the MODS for allowing us to discuss guitars here although i think they go hand in hand with mandolins...
Michael Cameron
Jan-11-2009, 6:17pm
Larrivee rosewood parlor, Old Wave "The Other". My sons F5 has 'The One' on the peghead!
Bill,Is that a snakewood finger-rest on "The Other"!? Beauty.
I have a couple Weber armrest/tp combos that look a lot like the one on The Other.
Great tailpiece/armrest combo IMHO. Must be a bear to make?
frankenstein
Jan-11-2009, 6:58pm
got a new camera so it's a good way to get used to it.
fatt-dad
Jan-11-2009, 8:56pm
frankenstein, HERE (http://home.comcast.net/~fatt-dad/l-00.html) is about all I know on my 12-fret hog/spruce Gibson. Maybe it's a '29, maybe it's a 36? Maybe it's even some hybrid. It is x-braced and light as a feather. I've owned it for many years (well a couple decades or so. . .) - a gift from my father-in-law, not that he's some guitar dude, just a find at an estate that he settled many years ago. The Kalamazoo is likely a '36 and the new owner loves it. I kept my '84 Flatiron pancake (i.e., 1N) in favor over the Kalamazoo pancake. No regrets.
On the matter of 12 fret guitars, I have two others, a 000-28Norman Blake and a 000-15S. Along with the pancake, my mandolins include my regular player, the '84 Flatiron A5-1 and my old friend the '20 A3. Here's the family shot:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff102/fatt-dad/guitar-mandolinfamilybacks.jpg
O.K. here's the fronts of the mandolins. . . .
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff102/fatt-dad/guitar-mandolinfamily.jpg
Pay no attention to the 14-fret Taylor ('97 914, Brazilian), it's for sale on some other forum somewhere. . .
Interesting topic!!
f-d
Poor photo, GREAT instruments. Guitar was custom built for Chris Hillman (and featured in the Collings' "Serious Guitar" ads); varnish mando was custom built too (no fretboard dots; ebony buttons; birdseye back & sides).http://www.troutstudios.com/collingsmg.jpg
Technically, for mandolins, the "number of frets" is usually counted to the cross piece. So the mandolin in the first picture would be 15 frets to the cross piece. The older A's, F-2s,F-4s,F-7s(?) are 12 to the cross piece.
frankenstein
Jan-12-2009, 6:22pm
FATT- DADDIO, nice looking family. i had a 1914 A-3 pumpkin in perfect condition years ago but i sold it, didn't really know what i had back then.
frankenstein
Jan-12-2009, 6:25pm
1 more:)
Any other 12 fret dreadnought lovers out there in mando land?
frankenstein
Jan-20-2009, 5:52am
Well we are a rare breed arn't we.. just to add to the sweet spot comments, also the shorter and usually fatter neck makes the guitar stronger and also more air inside give it a surprisingly loud voice.. i don't get f-4 hybrids..
Well we are a rare breed arn't we.. ...
Yeah, but that doesn't make us wrong :)
FWIW, my two 12 fret parlours were both custom built for me, and so the neck isn't particularly fat. In each case the neck profile is quite shallow, and the nut width 44mm - I'd struggle to cope with anything wider than that!
One thing I particularly enjoy about 12 fret guitars is that the shorter neck gives a more compact feel (more like a mandolin!)
Fliss