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Today, 12:11pm

Rush Burkhardt replied to a thread Loar-period A-Jrs. in Vintage Instruments

Thanks, Folks! Continuing... Question 1: Did all LPJrs. (Loar Period Jrs.) have 1 piece bridges? Question 2: Were all LPJrs. sold with the...

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Today, 8:57am

Rush Burkhardt started a thread Loar-period A-Jrs. in Vintage Instruments

Having, over the years, passed on several opportunities to own LL's, for various reasons, I have finally achieved my goal of purchasing a...

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Today, 7:57am

Rush Burkhardt replied to a thread 10 Questions for Dan Beimborn in Mandolin Cafe News Discussions

Envious of your time with Dan, Scott! I'd have at least 10 questions for him! Having, over the years, passed on several opportunities to own...

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Jun-24-2019, 10:50pm

f5loar replied to a thread 1963 Gibson f5 custom mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

well a '63 is one of those "iffy" years. Could be okay, might not be so good. But as others say, you can get them "made over" and set up to be fine...

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Jun-24-2019, 9:10pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Views on the Gibson action against Dean;

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Jun-24-2019, 11:26am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thank you! That is the first time I have heard anyone detail exactly how Flatiron started and why there was a disconnect between the the age of the...

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Jun-24-2019, 8:04am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

What a treasure trove of information Hermann! That article on Ren Fergueson is amazing -- i always wanted to know the story of the those "Museum"...

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Jun-24-2019, 7:29am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks for that information. So Flatirons must have come onto the market around 1983 - 84 time frame then. I had always assumed that they came...

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Jun-24-2019, 6:40am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks for the information! Was it inlaid as a "Nugget" or as a "Gibson"? Does anyone have an image of one of these very early Nugget F-5s? ...

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Jun-24-2019, 6:24am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

You've put together an list of impressive comments/commenters on this matter. :) Still I wonder if that means that a significant segment of the...

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Jun-23-2019, 8:07pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

I think to posit that "public opinion" (as in the instrument buying world "out there") would correspond to the opinions of a dozen or so members of...

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Jun-23-2019, 7:54pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

It might seem ridiculous to you but you don't own Gibson. Most companies do things like that. All of the automakers have each patented thousands of...

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Jun-23-2019, 7:38pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks for that list of independent builder back in the day. Most of the names I have heard of but I really did not know who was building when. ...

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Jun-23-2019, 6:22pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes Adrain no doubt it was Bill Monroe the put the Gibson F-5 back in the spotlight in 1945 after it had languished for over two decades. The crash...

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Jun-23-2019, 6:05pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Yeah Stanley -- I was thinking of Ed Rendell former governor of PA! LOL!

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Jun-23-2019, 2:31pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Fair enough!

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Jun-23-2019, 2:27pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks! So Gilchrist was about 1 or 2 years ahead of the F-5L? Of course Randy Wood in Georgia was making Gibson copies in the early 1970s. ...

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Jun-23-2019, 2:08pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Bertram noted But would you say that same philosophy applies to tunes and songs now -- just a sea shell found on the beach?

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Jun-23-2019, 1:22pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Just for the record can anyone supply the dates when Hutto, Wood, Duff, Gilchrist, Carlson, and others who made higher end F-5s got started with a...

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Jun-23-2019, 1:15pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Yeah Roger said at one point that Ed Rendall (spelling?) about threw him out of Kalamazoo when Roger made a less then encouraging remark about what...

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Jun-23-2019, 1:06pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Of course you have your opinions and others have theirs. But no one here has to "justify" the actions of Gibson vis a vis their right to any claim...

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Jun-23-2019, 10:43am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Exactly. And so why is everyone so upset - - this is business as usual?

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Jun-23-2019, 10:35am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

I would beg to differ.

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Jun-23-2019, 10:32am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

I think what you say is mostly true although thanks to Roger Siminoff I would suggest that Gibson more or less got back into the game in 1978 with...

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Jun-23-2019, 8:46am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

If you are correct no one has anything to worry about then?

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Jun-23-2019, 8:41am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Thank you for that! All the individuals saying they will never buy a Gibson? That's fine don't buy one! Vote with your wallet if it makes you...

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Jun-21-2019, 10:49pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson Shipping Ledger - November 29, 1951 in Vintage Instruments

okay, got it but that makes Sonny's story a bit "off" on the dates. You would think he did the self destruction to the F5 as soon as he got it back...

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Jun-21-2019, 10:31pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Funny you would post of photo of a Gibson Flying V. A 1958 Flying V just sold a few weeks ago for $395,000. About all I can say about Gibson and...

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Jun-19-2019, 3:03pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

On the other side of the coin I own 7 Gibson instruments right now and since the early 70's I've owned at least another 30 or more other Gibsons,...

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Jun-19-2019, 2:46pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community in General Mandolin Discussions

Sold his soul? Is it really that dire? Is the man marked for life now? :) I'll bet Mark comes home from Gibson every day and is nice to his...

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