Jake Wildwood
Jun-28-2012, 10:57pm
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ULoxrSlUzKo/T-yg7V25UjI/AAAAAAAAYPY/-eJF5J5-AcI/s1600/chic4.jpg
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More on this fella at the blog post (click here) (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2012/06/c1930-chicag-made-bacon-style-banjo.html) -- but the short of it is that this thing has a way-cool Bacon-style tonering inside which gives it oodles more punch, clarity, and sweet warm sustain vs. the typical fare. I'm pretty sure this was made by Regal for L&H or similar (Slingerland models are also very like these but usually just have hoop rings).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sO_0LFpk0Qo/T-0a5p1TpKI/AAAAAAAAYUI/P2WvMWfRhmw/s1600/harm1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3nYWcnXy6Ps/T-0a6Z4g-bI/AAAAAAAAYUQ/u2q_MEnrxzU/s1600/harm2.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jg2M35w0C-0/T-0bCIvDyGI/AAAAAAAAYVI/nhxMekS0kEE/s1600/harm9.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l5yuthGsBqI/T-0cSlaIM3I/AAAAAAAAYVQ/98mT2vWhvvw/s1600/harm10.jpg
More info/pics at THIS ONE's blog post (click here) (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2012/06/c1970-harmony-monterey-archtop-mandolin.html). This mando gave me a "Stradolin moment" once I'd finished setting it up because it sure as heck sounds better than it ought to. I was pretty pleased. Normally I avoid Monterey mandos like the plague because so many are found with the boring "all birch, faux flame, painted binding" stuff in various states of severe dilapidation (cracks, sunken tops, missing all sorts of hardware, needing seam glues, etc) but this one is so clean, has a spruce top, some mildly curly maple back/sides, and an actual rosewood (not dyed, mutilated) fretboard. Thus, it plays and sounds great for BG or "cutting" old-time after work, especially compared to stuff "in its class."
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ULoxrSlUzKo/T-yg7V25UjI/AAAAAAAAYPY/-eJF5J5-AcI/s1600/chic4.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5gWQCetV_6U/T-yg_lSf4vI/AAAAAAAAYPo/wfvDYx0t7LQ/s1600/chic6.jpg
More on this fella at the blog post (click here) (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2012/06/c1930-chicag-made-bacon-style-banjo.html) -- but the short of it is that this thing has a way-cool Bacon-style tonering inside which gives it oodles more punch, clarity, and sweet warm sustain vs. the typical fare. I'm pretty sure this was made by Regal for L&H or similar (Slingerland models are also very like these but usually just have hoop rings).
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sO_0LFpk0Qo/T-0a5p1TpKI/AAAAAAAAYUI/P2WvMWfRhmw/s1600/harm1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3nYWcnXy6Ps/T-0a6Z4g-bI/AAAAAAAAYUQ/u2q_MEnrxzU/s1600/harm2.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jg2M35w0C-0/T-0bCIvDyGI/AAAAAAAAYVI/nhxMekS0kEE/s1600/harm9.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l5yuthGsBqI/T-0cSlaIM3I/AAAAAAAAYVQ/98mT2vWhvvw/s1600/harm10.jpg
More info/pics at THIS ONE's blog post (click here) (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2012/06/c1970-harmony-monterey-archtop-mandolin.html). This mando gave me a "Stradolin moment" once I'd finished setting it up because it sure as heck sounds better than it ought to. I was pretty pleased. Normally I avoid Monterey mandos like the plague because so many are found with the boring "all birch, faux flame, painted binding" stuff in various states of severe dilapidation (cracks, sunken tops, missing all sorts of hardware, needing seam glues, etc) but this one is so clean, has a spruce top, some mildly curly maple back/sides, and an actual rosewood (not dyed, mutilated) fretboard. Thus, it plays and sounds great for BG or "cutting" old-time after work, especially compared to stuff "in its class."